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Volume 20.20                                         October 16, 2013
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                   Published by the
       Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
                   Washington, D.C.

  
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Table of Contents
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[1] EPIC Appeals Secrecy of Body Scanner Radiation Documents
[2] Gov. Brown Signs New California Privacy Laws
[3] EPIC FOIA Docs
Shed Light on Secret FBI Mobile Phone Tracking Team 
[4] Court Rules that Gmail Case Can Go Forward
[5] EPIC Urges Congress on Student
Privacy after Court Decision
[6] News in Brief 
[7] EPIC in the News 
[8] EPIC Bookstore
[9] Upcoming Conferences and Events


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[1] EPIC Appeals Secrecy of Body Scanner Radiation Documents
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EPIC has challenged two decisions by a federal district
court which 
allow the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation
Security Administration to withhold factual information
about airport 
body scanners, including test results, fact sheets, and estimates of 
radiation risks. In the opening brief to the
court, EPIC argued that 
federal agencies may not withhold factual information under the 
"deliberative process privilege" in the
Freedom of Information Act. 
EPIC maintained that "under the standard adopted by the lower court, 
not only would the judgment of agency officials be exempt,
but so too 
would reports or studies of any significance."

The challenge combines  two separate cases EPIC appealed to the DC 
Circuit.
EPIC filed a motion to consolidate both appeals  because they 
raise substantially similar legal issues. EPIC then presented the
issue 
of whether the lower court erred in failing to apply the "inextricably 
intertwined" test before determining that records
could be withheld in 
full despite containing non-deliberative and factual materials normally 
released under the Freedom of Information Act. 

The two cases combined in EPIC's appeal also include a case against the 
Department of Homeland Security. That FOIA lawsuit sought
records on 
the radiation risks posed by body scanners. The other FOIA lawsuit, 
against the Transportation Security Administration,
sought to obtain 
agency records that detailed the operation and capabilities of the 
"Automated Targeting Recognition" software
used on body scanners.

According to the government Automated Targeting Recognition software 
allows TSA agents to see only a generic
human image rather than the 
traveler's naked body. After several EPIC lawsuits and an act of 
Congress, TSA was required to adjust
the devices to produce only 
generic images. However, earlier in 2013 the TSA was finally forced 
to unplug and box up the backscatter
x-ray body scanners after the 
agency could not meet the Congressional mandate. The TSA was also 
required to take public comments
on the use of body scanners after 
EPIC sued the agency for the unilateral decision to make body 
scanners the primary screening
technique in US airports - 
a rule change that violated the Administrative Procedures Act.


EPIC:  EPIC v. DHS - Body Scanner FOIA
Appeal 
    http://epic.org/foia/dhs/bodyscanner/appeal/

EPIC:  Opening Brief in EPIC v. DHS (Oct. 1, 2013)
     http://epic.org/redirect/101113-epic-v-dhs-brief.html

EPIC:  EPIC v. DHS - Full Body Scanner Radiation Risks
    http://epic.org/redirect/020113-backscatter-radiation.html

EPIC:  EPIC v. TSA - Body Scanner Modifications (ATR)
    http://epic.org/foia/tsa/atr/

EPIC: Comments to TSA re: Passenger Screening Using AIT (June 24, 2013)
    http://epic.org/privacy/body_scanners/EPIC-TSA-NBS.pdf

DC District Ct.:  Decision in EPIC v. DHS (Scanners) (Mar. 7, 2013)
    http://epic.org/privacy/body_scanners/EPIC-v-TSA-11-00290.pdf

DC District Ct.:  Decision in EPIC v. DHS (PowerPoint) (Mar. 7, 2013)
    http://epic.org/privacy/body_scanners/EPIC-v-DHS-10-1992.pdf

EPIC:  Initial Documents from DHS re: Body Scanners (Feb. 11, 2013)
    http://epic.org/foia/dhs/usss/Secret-Service-Docs-1.pdf

EPIC:  EPIC v. DHS: Suspension of Body Scanner Program
    http://epic.org/redirect/030113-epic-v-dhs-scan-suspension.html

Whole Body Imaging Technology and Body Scanners 
    http://epic.org/privacy/airtravel/backscatter/


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[2] Gov. Brown Signs New California Privacy Laws
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California Governor Jerry Brown (D) has signed three state privacy 
bills into law. Assembly Bill 370 amends the California Online

Privacy Protection Act by requiring that businesses disclose how they 
respond to Do Not Track signals or other mechanisms used
by consumers 
to prevent the surreptitious collection of their browsing history. 
Senate Bill 568 provides for an "eraser button"
that would require 
websites to allow minors to remove their own information. Finally, 
Senate Bill 255 prohibits "revenge porn,"
or the posting of explicit 
images or videos without the victim's consent. 
 
California law already requires website operators to
post links to 
their privacy policies. AB 370 expands the disclosure requirement to 
include the website's response to Do Not Track
signals. Although a Do 
Not Track standard has yet to be implemented, the law's disclosure 
requirements apply broadly to any "mechanisms
that provide consumers 
the ability to exercise choice regarding the collection of personally 
identifiable information about an
individual consumer's online 
activities . . . ." 
 
SB 568 contains an "eraser button" provision that requires a website or 
mobile
app to allow registered minors to remove their content or 
information. The law has been compared to the federal Children's Online

Privacy Protection Act and the "right to be forgotten" in the EU's 
proposed data protection regulation. However, SB 568 differs
from COPPA 
in that it applies to users under age 18, whereas COPPA only applies to 
users under age 13. Additionally, minors may
only delete information 
they post themselves, not information posted by a third party.
 
SB 255 criminalizes the publication of
intimate photos or videos that 
were originally produced "under circumstances where the parties agree 
or understand that the image
shall remain private" if the publication 
was intended to, and in fact causes, "serious emotional distress." The 
law is intended
to prevent "revenge porn" and is the first of its kind 
in the nation.

In 2008, EPIC and a coalition of consumer privacy organizations
successfully forced Google to place a prominent link on its homepage
to the company's privacy policy. The groups said that Google
was in 
violation of the California Online Privacy Protection Act. As the 
groups explained, "California law requires the operator
of a 
commercial web site to 'conspicuously post its privacy policy on its 
Web site."

Google initially said that it would upset
the web page aesthetic
to include the word "privacy," but later made the modification.
 
 
State of CA:  AB 370  (Sept. 27, 2013)
      
    http://epic.org/redirect/101113-ca-bill-370.html
 
State of CA:  SB 568 (Sept. 27, 2013)
    http://epic.org/redirect/101113-ca-bill-568.html
 
State of CA:  SB 255 (Oct. 1, 2013)
    http://epic.org/redirect/101113-ca-bill-255.html
 
State of CA:  CalOPPA 
    http://oag.ca.gov/privacy/COPPA
 
EPIC:  Online Tracking and Behavioral Advertising  
    http://epic.org/privacy/consumer/online_tracking_and_behavioral.html
 
EPIC:  Children's Online Privacy
    https://epic.org/privacy/kids/default.html  
    
Privacy Rights:  Letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt (Jun. 2008)
    https://www.privacyrights.org/ar/Google-HomePage-Alert-080603.htm#1


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[3] EPIC FOIA Docs Shed Light on Secret FBI Mobile Phone
Tracking Team 
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In response to EPIC's Freedom of Information Act Lawsuit, the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation has released more than 400 pages of documents 
related to the cell site simulator technology
commonly referred to as 
"StingRay." A StingRay is a device that can triangulate the source of a 
cellular signal by acting "like
a fake cell phone tower" and measuring 
the signal strength of an identified device from several locations. 
With StingRays and other
similar "cell site simulator" technologies, 
government investigators and private individuals can locate, interfere 
with, and even
intercept communications from mobile phones and other 
wireless devices.

The FBI's most recent release to EPIC is the latest in
a series that 
began in 2012, and comprises over 4,000 pages of responsive documents. 
The most recent release includes training
and promotional materials 
from the "Wireless Intercept & Tracking Team," a specialized unit 
within the FBI previously undisclosed
to the public.

According to the documents obtained by EPIC, the FBI's Tracking Team 
provides technical and financial support to
a rapidly expanding group 
of federal and local law enforcement agents trained to use the 
controversial surveillance tools. The
documents also reveal information 
about two other cellular surveillance technologies known as 
"Loggerhead" and "Triggerfish." While
"Loggerhead" is largely obsolete, 
since it was used primarily to eavesdrop on older analog cell phones, 
"Triggerfish" is still
apparently in use.

The documents reveal that the FBI believes it can use cell site 
simulators without a warrant, but thus far only
one federal court has 
considered the Fourth Amendment implications of these devices, 
including their interception of innocent users'
data. Earlier in 2013, 
a federal court in Arizona permitted police to use evidence gathered by 
"StingRay" surveillance technology.
The court held in United States v. 
Rigmaiden that investigators did not violate the Fourth Amendment. 


EPIC:  Stingray/Cell Site
Simulation 
    http://epic.org/foia/fbi/stingray/

EPIC:  FBI's October 2013 Document Production
    http://epic.org/foia/fbi/stingray/#october2013documents

EPIC:  Complaint in EPIC v. FBI (Apr. 26, 2012)
    http://epic.org/foia/fbi/stingray/EPIC-Complaint.pdf

EPIC:  EPIC v. FBI - Next Generation ID
    http://epic.org/foia/fbi/ngi/


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[4] Court Rules that Gmail Case Can Go Forward
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A federal district court has ruled that Google may have violated the 
federal Wiretap Act when it routinely intercepted, read, and
acquired 
the contents of user email for advertising purposes. Judge Lucy Koh of 
the Northern District Court of California wrote,
"The court finds that 
it cannot conclude that any party - Gmail users or non-Gmail users - 
has consented to Google's reading of
e-mail for the purposes of 
creating user profiles or providing targeted advertising," The court 
rejected Google's arguments that
the activity occurred in the "ordinary 
course of business." 

The court held that the interception must be "instrumental" to the

provision of an email service and that Google's business interest was 
not sufficient to meet that test. The court also found that
Google had 
not obtained consent from users for the company's ad profiling 
practices. According to the opinion, "Google has cited
no case that 
stands for the proposition that users who send emails impliedly consent 
to interceptions and use of their communications
by other . . . than 
the indented recipient of the email." 

The recent ruling applies also applies to Google Apps for Education,

through which Google obtains emails from educational organizations of 
students, faculty, staff, and alumni. 

EPIC Appellate Advocacy
Counsel Alan Butler was quoted in The New York 
Times, saying, "What's at stake is a core digital privacy issue for 
consumers right
now, which is the extent to which their digital 
communications are protected from use by third parties." 


District Court of N.
CA:  Ruling in Google Wiretap Case (Sep. 26, 2013)
    http://epic.org/privacy/gmail/Gmail-Order-09-26-13.pdf

EPIC:  Gmail Privacy FAQ
    http://epic.org/privacy/gmail/faq.html

EPIC:  Ben Joffe v. Google
    http://epic.org/amicus/google-street-view/

EPIC:  Investigations of Google Street View
    http://epic.org/privacy/streetview/
    

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[5] EPIC Urges Congress on Student Privacy after Court
Decision
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In a letter to the US Senate and House Committees
on Education, EPIC 
has asked Congress to restore privacy protections for student data. 
EPIC's letter follows a court opinion on
recent changes to the Family 
Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which held that neither EPIC 
nor any of EPIC's Board of
Director co-plaintiffs "have standing to 
bring the claims asserted in the complaint." The judge did not address 
EPIC's substantive
claims asserted in the complaint. 

EPIC's letter warned that the changes in the student privacy law allow 
the release of student
records for non-academic purposes and undercut 
parental and student consent provisions, and urged Congress to 
investigate the impact
of the revised regulations. "Students and 
families are losing control over sensitive information," EPIC wrote, 
"and private companies
are becoming the repositories of student data 
and even the data maintained by the schools is far more extensive than 
ever before."

EPIC's original lawsuit argued that the Education Department's changes 
to FERPA exceeded the agency's authority and that the revised

regulations violate FERPA itself. Before initiating the lawsuit, EPIC 
submitted extensive comments to the Education Department,
opposing the 
regulations. In comments, EPIC stated that the Education Department's 
recommendations "would undermine privacy safeguards
set out in the 
[FERPA] statute and would unnecessarily expose students to new privacy 
risks." 

After the Education Department
failed to modify the proposed 
regulations, EPIC filed suit in early 2012. "Through the FERPA's text, 
purpose, and legislative history,
Congress unambiguously guaranteed 
students the right to prevent disclosure of directory information," 
EPIC stated. EPIC was joined
in the lawsuit by EPIC Board of Directors 
members Grayson Barber, Pablo Garcia Molina, Peter Neumann, and Dr. 
Deborah Peel.   

EPIC has been a longtime advocate for student privacy rights. In 2011, 
EPIC filed a "friend of the court" brief in Chicago Tribune
v. 
University of Illinois, a case involving student privacy rights 
protected by FERPA. Additionally, EPIC and more than 100 local,
state, 
and national organizations previously urged then-Secretary of Defense 
Donald Rumsfeld to end the "Joint Advertising and
Market Research 
Studies" Recruiting Database, which discloses personal information 
about 16-25-year-old Americans without obtaining
individual consent. 


EPIC:  Letter to Congress re: FERPA Decision (Oct. 9, 2013)
    http://epic.org/apa/ferpa/EPIC-ED-Student-Privacy-Letter.pdf

EPIC:  Court Order in EPIC v. Ed. Dept. (Sept. 26, 2013)
	http://epic.org/apa/ferpa/EPIC-FERPA-Opinion-Order.pdf

EPIC:  Memorandum Opinion in EPIC v. Ed. Dept. (Sept. 26, 2013)
	http://epic.org/apa/ferpa/EPIC-FERPA-Opinion.pdf

EPIC:  Complaint in EPIC v. Ed. Dept. (Feb. 29, 2012)
	http://epic.org/open_gov/apa/EPIC-FERPA-Complaint.pdf

EPIC:  Comments to Ed. Dept. on FERPA (May 23, 2011)
	http://epic.org/privacy/student/EPIC_FERPA_Comments.pdf

EPIC:  Brief in Chi.
Tribune v. U. of Illinois (Jul. 20, 2011)
	http://epic.org/amicus/tribune/EPIC_brief_Chi_Trib_final.pdf

Privacy Coalition:  DoD Database Campaign Coalition Letter (2003)
   	http://privacycoalition.org/nododdatabase/letter.html

EPIC:  EPIC v. The US Department of Education
	http://epic.org/apa/ferpa/

EPIC:  Student Privacy
	http://epic.org/privacy/student/

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[6] News in Brief
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NSA Attacked Tor, a Privacy Enhancing Network

The NSA and Britain's GCHQ have attempted to break the privacy 
protections of the
Tor anonymity network, according to a series of 
documents recently published in The Guardian. The documents describe 
the NSA's
efforts to de-anonymize Tor users by using viruses to 
compromise their computers and the Tor software, and by following 
DoubleClick
advertising cookies. The documents also reveal that despite 
the NSA's efforts the Intelligence Community has had limited success

compromising the Tor network. One presentation, called "Tor Stinks," 
concludes that the IC will "never be able to de-anonymize
all Tor users 
all the time." In May 2013, EPIC filed a FOIA request with the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors, seeking evidence
of government 
interference with the Tor network. In 2000, EPIC filed a complaint with 
the FTC over DoubleClick's efforts to merge
users' browsing activity 
with personally identifying information; in 2007, EPIC objected to 
Google's acquisition of DoubleClick,
warning that it would place 
Internet users' privacy at risk. 


The Guardian:  'NSA and GCHQ target Tor network' (Oct. 4, 2013)
    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/04/nsa-gchq-attack-tor-
    network-encryption 

The Guardian:  '"Tor Stinks" Project' (Oct. 4, 2013)
    http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/oct/04/tor-
    stinks-nsa-presentation-document

The Tor Project
    https://www.torproject.org/

EPIC:  FOIA Request to BBG re: Tor (May 31, 2013)
    http://epic.org/Tor_FOIA_Request_31_May.pdf

EPIC:  Complaint to FTC re: DoubleClick (Feb. 2000)
    http://epic.org/privacy/internet/ftc/DCLK_complaint.pdf

EPIC:  EPIC v. BBG - Tor
    http://epic.org/foia/tor/

EPIC:  Privacy? Proposed Google/DoubleClick Merger
    http://epic.org/privacy/ftc/google/default.html



EPIC FOIA:  FBI Says 20% Error Rate Okay for Facial Recognition

EPIC's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the FBI has 
produced new documents about "Next Generation Identification" and the 
FBI's plans for facial recognition
systems. According to one of the 
documents obtained by EPIC, "NGI shall return an incorrect candidate a 
maximum of 20% of the time",
a percentage much greater than expected. 
Earlier in 2013, EPIC received other documents from the FBI on the use 
of facial recognition
and state DMV photos. The FBI still has not 
updated a 2008 Privacy Impact Assessment on facial recognition 
technology despite 2012
Congressional testimony that a new assessment 
was planned. 


EPIC:  FOIA Complaint Against FBI re: Facial Recognition (Apr. 8,
2013)
    http://epic.org/foia/fbi/ngi/Complaint.pdf

EPIC:  EPIC v. FBI - Next Generation Identification
    http://epic.org/foia/fbi/ngi/#FOIA

EPIC:  FOIA Docs from FBI on Facial Recognition (Oct. 2010)
    http://epic.org/foia/fbi/ngi/NGI-System-Requiremets.pdf

EPIC:  FOIA Docs on Agreement Between FBI and State of IL (2012-2013)
    http://epic.org/foia/fbi/faces/FBI-MOUs-FACES-Unit.pdf

EPIC:  FOIA Request to FBI on Facial Recognition Systems (Mar. 29, 2013)
     http://epic.org/foia/fbi/faces/EPIC-FOIA-Request-FBI-DMV-MOUs.pdf

FBI:  Testimony Before US Senate on Facial Recognition (Jul. 18, 2012)
    http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/pdf/12-7-18PenderTestimony.pdf

EPIC:  Facial Recognition
    http://epic.org/privacy/facerecognition/
    


EPIC FOIA - New Information on Drone Flight Applicants

The Federal Aviation Administration has responded to an EPIC FOIA

request seeking documents related to applications to fly drones in US 
airspace by providing a list of nearly 200 entities within
the 
Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the 
Department of Justice, and state and federal law enforcement
agencies. 
The FAA further responded to EPIC's request for information by making 
the drone licenses, or "certificates," available
on a public portal. 
EPIC has called on the FAA to maintain a searchable database of all 
drone operators as the agency seeks to
expand domestic drone use. 


FAA:  Response to EPIC FOIA Request on Drones (Sep. 24, 2013)
    http://epic.org/privacy/drones/Reply-09-24-13.pdf

EPIC:  FOIA Request to FAA re: Drone Applications (Aug. 5, 2011)
    http://epic.org/privacy/drones/FOIA-Request-08-05-13.pdf

EPIC:  List from FAA of Domestic Drone Applicants (Aug. 27, 2013)
    http://epic.org/privacy/drones/Applicants-List.pdf

FAA:  Drone Programs and Initiatives
    http://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/uas/

EPIC:  Comments to FAA on Domestic Drone Use (Apr. 23, 2013)
    http://epic.org/privacy/drones/EPIC-Drones-Comments-2013.pdf

EPIC:  Domestic Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Drones
    http://epic.org/privacy/drones/



EPIC Updates and Relaunches 'Practical Privacy Tools'

EPIC has updated and expanded one of its most popular web pages of all

time - "Practical Privacy Tools." EPIC's "Practical Privacy Tools" page 
includes a detailed listing of Internet Anonymizers, Proxy
Servers, 
email encryption, secure Internet messaging, password vaults, antivirus 
programs, cookie cleaners, and more. Although
EPIC does not endorse any 
particular product or service, EPIC strongly supports the widespread 
availability of privacy enhancing
techniques. As EPIC explained to 
Congress in 1998, "techniques to protect privacy and anonymity should 
be encouraged and restrictions
on encryption should be lifted." 


EPIC:  Online Guide to Practical Privacy Tools
    http://epic.org/privacy/tools.html

EPIC:  Testimony to Congress on Privacy Tools (Mar. 1998)
    http://epic.org/privacy/internet/rotenberg-testimony-398.html
    
    
    
Privacy Groups Ask Congress to End Secret Hearings on Data Industry

EPIC, joined by a coalition of consumer privacy
groups, has asked the 
US House of Representatives Privacy Task Force to open to the public 
meetings now taking place in secret
on Capitol Hill. "We recognize that 
there is value in private meetings among Members and staff and with 
constituents," the group
wrote, but added, "with public matters of 
common concern" meetings should be held "in the open, a public record 
should be created,
and various viewpoints should be heard." The groups 
thanked Representatives Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Peter Welch (D-VT) 
for
examining "the enormously important issue of consumer privacy" but 
said, "there is simply no reason for your task force to hold
closed-
door sessions." In 2012, both the White House and the Federal Trade 
Commission recommended enactment of consumer privacy
legislation.


EPIC et al.:  Letter to Congressional Privacy Task Force (Oct. 1, 2013)
    http://epic.org/privacy/consumer/ConsPriv-Ltr-10-13.pdf

FTC: 'Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change' (Mar. 2012)
    http://www.ftc.gov/os/2012/03/120326privacyreport.pdf

The White House:  'Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World' (Feb. 2012)
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/privacy-final.pdf

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[7] EPIC in the News
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"Snapchat hack secretly saves images using app." BBC, Oct. 15, 2013.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24533919

"Feds Demand Supreme Court Thwart Challenge to NSA Phone Spying." 
Wired, Oct. 15, 2013.
    http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/10/scotus-nsa-phone-metadata/

"Facial Recognition Software That Returns Incorrect Results 20% Of The 
Time Is Good Enough For The FBI." Tech Dirt, Oct. 15, 2013.
    http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131010/07182224824/facial-
    recognition-software-that-returns-incorrect-results-20-time-is-
    good-enough-fbi.shtml

"FBI's Facial Recognition Software Could Fail 20 Percent of the Time."
National Journal, Oct. 14, 2013.
   http://www.nationaljournal.com/daily/fbi-s-facial-recognition-
   software-could-fail-20-percent-of-the-time-20131014?mrefid=
   LeadStoryTiles_medium


"Yahoo to make SSL encryption the default for Webmail users. Finally."
The Washington Post, Oct. 14, 2013.
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/10/14/
    yahoo-to-make-ssl-encryption-the-default-for-webmail-users-finally/

"Administration looks to dodge Supreme Court challenge to NSA program."
The Hill, Oct. 14, 2013.
    http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/328453-
    administration-looks-to-dodge-supreme-court-challenge-to-nsa-
   
program

"Amid NSA Outrage, Big Tech Companies Plan to Track You Even More 
Aggressively." Wired, Oct. 11, 2013.
    http://www.wired.com/business/2013/10/private-tracking-arms-race/

"FBI Files Reveal New Info on Clandestine Phone Surveillance Unit." 
Slate, Oct. 8, 2013.
    http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/10/08/fbi_wireless_
    intercept_and_tracking_team_files_reveal_new_information_on.html
    
"Why journalists can still trust Tor." Columbia Journalism Review,
Oct. 8, 2013.
    http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/can_we_still_trust_tor.php
    
"White House pursues online privacy bill amid NSA efforts." Politico,
Oct. 7, 2013.
    http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/white-house-online-privacy-
    bill-nsa-efforts-97897.html?hp=l10
    
"Church and state, executive power on Supreme Court docket." CNN, Oct.
6, 2013.
    http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/06/politics/court-term-cases/
    
"Deciding Who Sees Students' Data." The New York Times, Oct. 5, 2013.
    http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/business/deciding-who-sees-
    students-data.html?hp&_r=1&
    
"Report: NSA tried, largely failed to crack Tor network." The Hill,
Oct. 4, 2013.
    http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/326665-report-
    nsa-tried-largely-failed-to-crack-tor-network
    
    
For More EPIC in the News: http://epic.org/news/epic_in_news.html

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[8] EPIC Bookstore
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"The Public Voice WSIS Sourcebook: Perspectives on the World Summit on
the Information Society" (EPIC 2004). Price: $40.

http://www.epic.org/bookstore/pvsourcebook

This resource promotes a dialogue on the issues, the outcomes, and the
process of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
This
reference guide provides the official UN documents, regional and
issue-oriented perspectives, and recommendations and proposals
for
future action, as well as a useful list of resources and contacts for
individuals and organizations that wish to become more
involved in the
WSIS process.

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"The Privacy Law Sourcebook 2004: United States Law, International
Law,
and Recent Developments," Marc Rotenberg, editor (EPIC 2005). Price:
$40.

http://www.epic.org/bookstore/pls2004/

The Privacy Law Sourcebook, which has been called the "Physician's Desk
Reference" of the privacy world, is the leading resource
for students,
attorneys, researchers, and journalists interested in pursuing privacy
law in the United States and around the world.
It includes the full
texts of major privacy laws and directives such as the Fair Credit
Reporting Act, the Privacy Act, and the OECD
Privacy Guidelines, as well
as an up-to-date section on recent developments. New materials include
the APEC Privacy Framework, the
Video Voyeurism Prevention Act, and the
CAN-SPAM Act.

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"Filters and Freedom 2.0: Free Speech Perspectives
on Internet Content
Controls" (EPIC 2001). Price: $20.

http://www.epic.org/bookstore/filters2.0

A collection of essays, studies, and critiques of Internet content
filtering. These papers are instrumental in explaining why filtering
threatens free expression.

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EPIC publications and other books on privacy, open government, free
expression, and constitutional values can be ordered at:

EPIC Bookstore:  http://www.epic.org/bookstore

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EPIC also publishes EPIC FOIA Notes, which provides brief summaries of
interesting documents obtained
from government agencies under the
Freedom of Information Act.

Subscribe to EPIC FOIA Notes at:
http://mailman.epic.org/mailman/listinfo/foia_notes

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[9] Upcoming Conferences and Events
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Surveillance Conference, Sponsored by the Chicago Committee to Defend 
the Bill of Rights. Speaker:  EPIC Domestic Surveillance
Counsel Amie 
Stepanovich. Northwestern University School of Law, Evanston, IL, 
19 October 2013. For More Information:
http://www.ccdbr.org/events/save-the-date-ccdbr-surveillance-conference/

American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island 2013 Annual Dinner 
Celebration. Keynote Speaker:  EPIC Domestic Surveillance Counsel
Amie 
Stepanovich. Providence, RI, 8 November 8, 2013. For More Information:
http://www.riaclu.org/events/event/2013-annual-dinner-celebration.

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center in Washington, DC. It was established in 1994 to focus public
attention on emerging privacy issues
such as the Clipper Chip, the
Digital Telephony proposal, national ID cards, medical record privacy,
and the collection and sale
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policy research. For more information, see http://www.epic.org or write
EPIC, 1718 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20009. +1 202
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Your contributions will help support Freedom of Information Act and
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of privacy and efforts to oppose government and private-sector
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