Websites:

American Civil Liberties Union
http://www.aclu.org/Privacy/PrivacyMain.cfm
Information on why the U.S. is at risk of becoming a surveillance society.

Analysis of USA Patriot Act by CDT and Others
http://www.cdt.org/security/usapatriot/analysis.shtml
Links to resources on the USA Patriot Act.

CDT Privacy Issues
http://www.cdt.org/privacy/
Contains an essay and publications on online privacy issues, information about legislation, and an overview of the issues involved.

Electronic Privacy Information Center
http://epic.org/
News and information about electronic privacy issues.

LLRX.com
http://www.llrx.com/features/usapatriotact.htm
Article by Mary Minow: "The USA Patriot Act and Patron Privacy on Library Internet Terminals."

National Consumer Coalition's Privacy Group
http://www.nccprivacy.org/
"The NCC Privacy Group brings together NCC members active in issues relating to consumer privacy with other member groups and think tanks that understand the importance the free market and consumer choice."

Privacy.org
http://www.privacy.org/
"Privacy.Org is the site for daily news, information, and initiatives on privacy."

Books:

Garfinkel, S. (2000). Database nation: the death of privacy in the 21st century. Sebastopol: O'Reilly
Call Number: JC596.2.U5 G37 2000

Henderson, H. (1999). Privacy in the information age. New York: Facts On File.
Call Number: KF1263.C65 H46 1999

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