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Volume 21.02                                         January 28, 2014
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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] Obama Announces End of NSA Telephone Record Collection Program
[2] Markey Outlines New Student Privacy Legislation at EPIC Event
[3] Review Group to Senate:  NSA Program Has Not Prevented Threats
[4] EPIC Files Appeal, Challenging Secrecy of Presidential Directive
[5] EPIC Gives 2014 International Award to EU Parliament Member Albrecht
[6] News in Brief 
[7] EPIC in the News 
[8] EPIC Bookstore
[9] Upcoming Conferences and Events


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[1] Obama Announces
End of NSA Telephone Record Collection Program
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In a widely
anticipated January 17 speech on NSA reform, President 
Obama announced that he would cease the agency's telephone record 
collection
program, first by requiring a court order for all queries 
and then by ending the NSA massive record request prior to the next 
renewal.
EPIC, legal scholars, the President's Review Group, the 
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and sponsors of the USA 
FREEDOM
Act, including Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Ron Wyden 
(D-OR), had urged the President to take this step.

The President announced
that the White House would move to implement "a 
majority of the recommendations" made by the Review Group, including:
	* Instituting
a public advocate for the Foreign Intelligence 
	  Surveillance Court
	* New privacy rights for non-US citizens
	* More transparency
for data collection 
	* A narrowed focus on foreign data collection
	* Greater oversight of signals intelligence
	* A new Privacy
Coordinator at the White House 
	* A new panel to look closely at privacy and "Big Data." 

President Obama also announced Presidential
Policy Directive 28, which 
governs domestic and foreign signals intelligence activity.  The 
Directive specifies the purposes for
which signals intelligence can be 
used, and explicitly bans the use of signals intelligence to suppress 
dissent; discriminate against
people based on their ethnicity, race, 
gender, sexual orientation, or religion; or provide competitive 
advantage to US companies.
The President added that the Directive 
requires all elements of the intelligence community to develop policies 
and procedures to
safeguard personal information collected from signals 
intelligence.

Still, the President may not have gone far enough to address
the scope 
of NSA programs, the privacy rights of those outside the US, and the 
need to ensure stronger technical safeguards for
Internet stability 
and reliability. The President also did not indicate whether the US 
would move to ratify the Council of Europe
Privacy Convention or seek 
legislation to enact the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights.


The White House:  President's Speech on NSA
reform (Jan. 17, 2014)
    http://epic.org/redirect/012814-obama-nsa-speech.html

The White House:  "Liberty and Security in a Changing World" (Dec. 2013)    
    http://epic.org/redirect/122013-WH-NSA-report.html

The White House:  Presidential Policy Directive 28 (Jan. 17, 2014)
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2014sigint_mem_ppd_rel.pdf

The White House:  "Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights" (Feb. 2012)
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/privacy-final.pdf

EPIC:  Council of Europe Privacy Convention
    http://epic.org/privacy/intl/coeconvention/


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[2] Markey Outlines New Student Privacy Legislation at
EPIC Event
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At a January 14 briefing on Capitol Hill hosted
by EPIC, Senator Ed 
Markey (D-MA) announced plans to introduce legislation to protect 
student data. Senator Markey set out four
principles his bill would 
cover: (1) Student information may never be used to market products to 
children; (2) Parents must have
the right to access and amend student 
information held by private companies; (3) Schools and private 
companies must safeguard student
information; and (4) Companies must 
delete student information after it is no longer needed for educational 
purposes. 

Senator
Markey made his remarks at the EPIC event "Failing Grade: 
Education Records and Student Privacy," which included a panel of 
leading
experts in technology, student privacy, and the Chief Privacy 
Officer at the US Education Department. 

In 2013, Senator Markey
sent a letter to the US Education Department, 
requesting information on the privacy "impact of increased collection 
and distribution
of student data." Markey's questions included why the 
federal agency made changes to the Family Educational Rights and 
Privacy
Act, a federal student privacy law; whether the agency 
"performed an assessment of the types of information" that schools 
disclose
to third party vendors; and whether students and their 
families can obtain their information held by private companies. "By 
collecting
detailed personal information about students' test results 
and learning abilities, educators may find better ways to educate 
their
students," Markey wrote. "However, putting the sensitive 
information of students in private hands raises a number of important 
questions about the privacy rights of parents and their children." The 
Education Department's response suggested that when schools
outsource 
to private companies, those schools should ensure the companies protect 
student data.

Also in 2013, EPIC sent a letter
to the US Senate and House Committees 
on Education, urging them to restore privacy protections for student 
data. EPIC also filed
an extensive complaint with the Federal Trade 
Commission over the business practices of scholarships.com, a website 
that encourages
students to divulge sensitive medical, sexual, and 
religious data in order to obtain financial aid information. 
Scholarships.com
claims that this information is used to locate 
scholarships and financial aid; the company, however, transfers student 
data to
a business affiliate, American Student Marketing, which in turn 
sells the data for general marketing purposes. EPIC's complaint
alleges 
that this is an unfair and deceptive trade practice, as is 
scholarships.com's failure to employ reasonable security measures.

Following EPIC's complaint, the company improved website security.

EPIC has a strong interest in student privacy. In 2013, EPIC
filed a 
Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Education Department to 
uncover information about student loan debt-collection practices. As 
government contractors,
debt collectors are required to follow the 
Privacy Act, a federal law that protects personal information. The 
Education Department
also requires student-debt collectors to submit 
quality-control reports indicating whether the companies maintain 
accurate student
loan information. Pursuant to the lawsuit, EPIC 
obtained documents revealing that many private debt collection agencies 
maintain
incomplete and insufficient quality control reports. EPIC has 
also testified before the Colorado State Board of Education on privacy

issues concerning companies that acquire student information. 


EPIC:  "Failing Grade" (Symposium on Student Privacy) (Jan. 14,
2014)
    http://epic.org/events/student-privacy14/

Sen. Ed Markey:  Press Release on Student Privacy (Jan. 14, 2014)
    http://epic.org/redirect/012814-markey-student-privacy.html

Sen. Ed Markey:  Letter to ED re: FERPA Rule Changes (Oct. 22, 2013)
    http://www.markey.senate.gov/documents/2013-10-22_FERPA.pdf

Education Department:  Response to Sen. Ed Markey (Jan. 13, 2014)
    http://epic.org/redirect/012814-ED-markey-response.html

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

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

EPIC:  FTC Complaint re: Scholarships.com (Dec. 12, 2013)
    http://epic.org/privacy/student/EPIC-FTC-Compl-Scholarships.com.pdf

Scholarships.com
    https://www.scholarships.com/

EPIC:  EPIC v. ED - Private Debt Collector Privacy Act Compliance
    http://epic.org/foia/ed/default.html

EPIC:  Conserve Quality Control Reports
    http://epic.org/foia/ed/ConServe.pdf

EPIC:  FOIA Docs Coast Professional Inc. Quality Control Reports (2010)
    http://epic.org/foia/ed/Coast.pdf

EPIC:  Testimony and Statement regarding inBloom, Inc. (May 16, 2013)
    http://epic.org/privacy/student/EPIC-Stmnt-CO-Study-5-13.pdf

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


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[3] Review Group to Senate: NSA Program Has Not Prevented
Threats
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Members of the President's Review Group presented
their recommendations 
for NSA reform at a recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. The 
expert panel set out 46 recommendations
on a range of issues from 
reforming intelligence surveillance directed at US persons to promoting 
prosperity, security, and openness
in the networked world. Review Group 
members stated the NSA's bulk collection of metadata had not prevented 
threats against the
United States and recommended that the program be 
ended.

Prior to release of the Review Group's report, EPIC met with the panel

and subsequently submitted extensive comments, specifically urging the 
end of the NSA's bulk record collection program. EPIC also
recommended 
the publication of declassified versions of Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Court opinions, the creation of a special
advocate to 
argue before the FISA Court in opposition of the government, and annual 
Inspector General reports that include a declassified
summary of FISA 
Court decisions.

In his January 17 speech on NSA reform, President Obama committed to 
implementing the "majority
of the recommendations" made by the Review 
Group. The President spoke specifically of periodically reviewing FISA 
Court opinions
for declassification and creating a panel of advocates 
to argue against the government in significant cases before the Court. 
Most
significantly, President Obama announced the end of the NSA 
telephone record collection program.

The Privacy and Civil Liberties
Oversight Board, an independent 
government agency, recently released a comprehensive analysis of the 
NSA's Section 215 telephone
record collection program. The Oversight 
Board also called for the end of the NSA's telephone record collection 
program. A majority
of the Oversight Board concluded that the program 
"lacks a viable legal foundation under Section 215."

In 2013, EPIC filed a petition
in the US Supreme Court challenging the 
legality of the NSA's telephone record collection program. Legal 
scholars and former members
of the Church Committee supported the 
EPIC petition. 


US Senate:  Hearing on President's Review Group Report (Jan. 14, 2014)

   http://epic.org/redirect/012814-senate-report-hearing.html

The White House:  "Liberty and Security in a Changing World" (Dec. 2013)    
    http://epic.org/redirect/122013-WH-NSA-report.html

EPIC:  Comments to President's Review Group (Aug. 29, 2013)
    http://epic.org/privacy/terrorism/fisa/EPIC-IRP-Ltr-8-13.pdf

The White House:  President's Speech on NSA reform (Jan. 17, 2014)
    http://epic.org/redirect/012814-obama-nsa-speech.html

PCLOB:  Telephone Metadata Report (Jan. 23, 2014)
    http://epic.org/redirect/012814-pclob-metadata-report.html

EPIC:  In re EPIC - NSA Telephone Records Surveillance
    http://epic.org/privacy/nsa/in-re-epic/


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[4] EPIC Files Appeal, Challenging Secrecy of Presidential
Directive
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EPIC has filed an appeal with the DC Circuit
Court of Appeals on a 
lower court's ruling in EPIC v. NSA - NSPD 54. NSPD 54 is a secret 
Presidential Directive that sets out the
scope of the NSA's authority 
over computer networks inside the US. The lower court had determined 
that NSPD 54 is not subject to
disclosure under the Freedom of 
Information Act. 

EPIC sought the Directive, signed by President George W. Bush in 
January 2008, from the National Security Agency after the White
House 
disclosed the existence of the Directive but not the substance. After 
the agency failed to respond to EPIC's FOIA request,
EPIC filed an 
administrative appeal, then a lawsuit. The Washington, DC District 
Court ruled in October 2013 that a Presidential
Directive is not "an 
agency record" subject to the FOIA. 

To determine whether a document qualifies as an "agency record," a 
court
will balance a set of factors describing the agency's "control" 
over the document. These factors include the extent to which the

agency relies on the document, the extent to which the document is 
integrated into the functioning of the agency, the agency's
ability to 
use the records as it sees fit, and the document writer's "intent to 
control" the document when it was created. The
lower court in EPIC v. 
NSA only looked to the fourth factor - the President's "intent to 
control" the document when it was created.
This was the first time a 
federal court had ruled that a Presidential Directive is not subject 
to the Freedom of Information Act. 

EPIC believes that the court misapplied the "control" test, and has 
asked the DC Appeals Court to determine "whether the district
court 
erred in holding that a Presidential Directive in the possession of a 
federal agency is not an agency record subject to the
FOIA."


EPIC:  Statement of the Issue Presented in EPIC v. NSA (Jan. 22, 2014) 
    http://epic.org/privacy/nsa/Statement-of-Issue.pdf

EPIC:  Notice of Appeal in EPIC v. NSA - NSPD 54 (Dec. 17, 2013)
    http://epic.org/privacy/nsa/Notice-Appeal.pdf

DC District Court:  Ruling in EPIC v. NSA - NSPD 54 (Oct. 21, 2013)
    http://epic.org/foia/nsa/NSPD_54_Opinion.pdf

EPIC:  FOIA Request to NSA and NSD (Jun. 25, 2009)
    http://epic.org/privacy/nsa/NSPD54_FOIA_request.pdf

The White House:  Summary of NSPD 54
    http://epic.org/redirect/012814-wh-nspd54-summary.html

EPIC:  EPIC v. NSA - Cybersecurity Authority 
    http://epic.org/privacy/nsa/epic_v_nsa.html


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[5] EPIC Gives 2014 International Award to EU Parliament
Member Albrecht
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EPIC has given the 2014 International
Champion of Freedom Award to 
European Parliament Member Jan Philipp Albrecht for "modernizing and 
defending the law of data protection."
Albrecht is a member of the 
German delegation to the European Parliament, a member of the German 
Green Party, and, at age 31, the
youngest MEP. 

As a "rapporteur" for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and 
Home Affairs (LIBE), Albrecht has led efforts
in the European 
Parliament to update European privacy law, including the EU-US Data 
Protection Directive. He is also an outspoken
defender of privacy 
rights and has promoted the investigation of the NSA program of mass 
surveillance, including PRISM and TEMPORA.

Albrecht received the award from EPIC at the 7th Annual Computers, 
Privacy & Data Protection conference in Brussels. Previous award

recipients include privacy activist Max Schrems, Canadian Privacy 
Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart, European Parliamentarian Sophie
In't 
Veld, Australian Jurist Michael Kirby, and Constitutional Law Scholar 
Stefano Rodotà. The award is given by EPIC annually
in recognition of 
International Privacy Day, held every January 28.


EU Parliament:  Jan Philipp Albrecht
    http://epic.org/redirect/012814-jan-albrecht.html

EU:  Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
    http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/libe/home.html

European Parliament:  LIBE Committee Inquiry (Sep. 5, 2013)
    http://epic.org/redirect/091613-LIBE-inquiry.html

EPIC:  2014 International Champion of Freedom Award
    http://epic.org/i/2014-Intl-Priv-Champ-Award.jpg

Intl. Computers, Privacy & Data Protection Conference (Jan. 2014)
    http://www.cpdpconferences.org/

EPIC:  EU Data Protection Directive
    http://epic.org/privacy/intl/eu_data_protection_directive.html

The Public Voice:  Madrid Privacy Declaration (Nov. 2009)
    http://thepublicvoice.org/madrid-declaration/

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[6] News in Brief
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Oversight Board Calls for End of NSA Telephone Records Program

The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has called for the
end 
of the so-called "Section 215" program, which allows the NSA to collect 
the telephone records of all Americans. In a comprehensive
report, the 
Oversight Board unanimously found that the program "has not proven 
useful in identifying unknown terrorists or terrorist
plots" and that 
"telephone calling records, when collected in bulk and subjected to 
powerful analytic tools, can reveal highly
sensitive personal 
information." A majority of the Board also concluded that Section 215 
did not permit the routine collection
of all telephone records on all 
Americans. The report set out 12 recommendations discussing additional 
privacy safeguards, greater
transparency, and improvements to the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Oversight Board members 
unanimously supported almost
all of the recommendations. EPIC urged the 
Board at a 2013 public workshop to (1) find that Section 215 does not 
permit the collection
of all telephone records by the NSA; (2) improve 
reporting of FISA activities; (3) establish new safeguards for 
transparency and
accountability; and (4) reconsider the Constitutional 
basis of metadata collection in light of the scope of the government's 
activities
and recent Supreme Court opinions. Also in 2013, EPIC 
petitioned the US Supreme Court to find the 215 Program unlawful. 
Former
members of the Church Committee and dozens of legal scholars 
supported the EPIC petition. 


PCLOB:  Report on Section 215 Program
(Jan. 23, 2014)
    http://epic.org/redirect/012814-pclob-report.html

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
    http://www.pclob.gov/

EPIC:  Statement Before PCLOB re: FISA (Jul. 9, 2013)
    http://epic.org/privacy/oversight/EPIC-PCLOB-Statement.pdf

EPIC:  Petition to US Supreme Court re: NSA Metadata (Jul. 8, 2013)
    http://epic.org/EPIC-FISC-Mandamus-Petition.pdf

EPIC:  In re EPIC - NSA Telephone Record Surveillance
    http://epic.org/privacy/nsa/in-re-epic/
    


EPIC, Amnesty Urge Obama to Support Privacy in State of the Union Speech

EPIC President Marc Rotenberg, Amnesty International
Secretary General 
Salil Shetty, and members of the EPIC Advisory Board have asked 
President Obama to support privacy and the International
Privacy 
Convention in his January 28 State of the Union speech, which this 
year falls on International Privacy Day. EPIC and Amnesty
are urging 
the President to express support for privacy as a fundamental human 
right and to begin the process of ratification of
the International 
Privacy Convention, supported by more than 40 countries around the 
world. In 2013, many members of the US Congress,
including Senator 
Patrick Leahy (D-VT), expressed support for International Privacy Day. 
Members of the EPIC Advisory Board also
wrote to then-Secretary of 
State Hillary Clinton about the Privacy Convention, urging US support. 


EPIC et al.:  Letter to President
Obama re: 2014 Speech (Jan. 22, 2014)
    http://epic.org/privacy/intl/EPIC-Obama-Privacy-Convention.pdf

EPIC:  International Privacy Day
    http://epic.org/2012/01/international-privacy-day.html

Sen. Leahy (D-VT):  Statement on Intl. Privacy Day 2013 (Jan. 28, 2013)
    http://epic.org/redirect/012814-leahy-intl-privacy-2013.html

EPIC:  Council of Europe Privacy Convention
    http://epic.org/privacy/intl/coeconvention/

EPIC et al.:  Letter to Sec. Clinton on Convention 108 (Jan. 28, 2010)
    http://epic.org/privacy/intl/EPIC_Clinton_ltr_1-10.pdf



DHS Appeals Ruling in EPIC's 'Internet Kill Switch' Case

The Department of Homeland Security has appealed a court ruling for

EPIC in a Freedom of Information Act case involving Standard 
Operating Procedure 303, a protocol describing the government's plan 
for deactivating wireless communications
networks, otherwise known as 
the "Internet Kill Switch." In 2012, EPIC filed a FOIA lawsuit against 
the agency, seeking information
about the First Amendment and public 
safety implications of the protocol. A federal court ruled in late 2013 
that the protocol
could not be withheld under the FOIA because it was 
not an investigative technique and DHS had not established that 
releasing the
document would cause harm to any individual. The 
Department of Justice has now appealed that decision to the DC Circuit 
Court of
Appeals. 


DHS:  Notice of Appeal in EPIC v. DHS (SOP 303) (Jan. 13, 2014)
    http://epic.org/foia/EPICvDHS-%28SOP303%29-DHSappeal.pdf

DC US District Court:  Ruling in EPIC v. DHS (Nov. 12, 2013)
    http://epic.org/foia/EPICvDHS-SOP303-Opinion.pdf

EPIC:  EPIC v. DHS - SOP 303
    http://epic.org/foia/epic_v_dhs_-_sop_303.html

EPIC:  EPIC FOIA Cases
    http://epic.org/foia/



White House Announces Review of 'Big Data and the Future of Privacy'

Following President Obama's Jan. 17 speech on reform of
US intelligence 
collection programs, White House Counselor John Podesta has announced 
"a comprehensive review of the way that big
data will affect the way we 
live and work; the relationship between government and citizens; and 
how public and private sectors
can spur innovation and maximize the 
opportunities and free flow of this information while minimizing the
risks to privacy." This
is the first major privacy initiative announced 
by the White House since the 2012 release of the "Consumer Privacy Bill 
of Rights,"
and will involve key officials across the federal 
government, including the President's Science Advisor and the President's 
Council
of Advisors on Science and Technology. EPIC has participated in 
several workshops and studies on the intersection of privacy and
"big 
data."


The White House:  President's Speech on Intel. Reform (Jan. 17, 2014)
    http://epic.org/redirect/012814-text-obama-intel-speech.html

The White House:  "Big Data and the Future of Privacy" (Jan. 23, 2014)
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/01/23/big-data-and-future-privacy

The White House:  "Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights" (Feb. 2012)
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/privacy-final.pdf

The White House:  Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/pcast

The
Aspen Institute:  "The Promise and Peril of Big Data" (2010)
    http://epic.org/redirect/012814-aspen-big-data.html



Supreme Court Lets Stand Fourth Amendment Protections at the Border

The US Supreme Court has declined to review the Ninth Circuit's

decision in the case United States v. Cotterman, thus leaving in place 
expanded Fourth Amendment protections for searches occurring
at the US 
border. In Cotterman, the federal appeals court held that the Fourth 
Amendment requires a border agent to have reasonable
suspicion before 
using forensic tools to search laptops, cameras, and other digital 
devices. The court emphasized that the "comprehensive
and intrusive 
nature of the forensic examination" is the key factor in triggering 
greater Fourth Amendment scrutiny. EPIC has argued
previously that 
advanced traveler screening methods should only be employed subject 
to privacy protections. 


9th Circuit Court:
 Decision in US v. Cotterman (Mar. 8, 2013)
    http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13727924395632289367

SCOTUSBlog:  Cotterman v. US
    http://epic.org/redirect/012814-scotus-cotterman.html

EPIC:  Air Travel Privacy
    http://epic.org/privacy/airtravel/

EPIC:  Florida v. Jardines
    http://epic.org/amicus/jardines/

EPIC: Amicus Curiae Briefs 
    http://epic.org/amicus/

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[7] EPIC in the News
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"U.S. to allow companies to disclose more details on government 
requests for data." The Washington Post, Jan. 27, 2014.
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/us-to-allow-
    companies-to-disclose-more-details-on-government-requests-for-data/
    2014/01/27/3cc96226-8796-11e3-a5bd-844629433ba3_story.html

"Obama vows to review big data privacy impact." Politico, Jan. 27, 
2014.
    http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/obama-vows-to-review-big-
    data-privacy-impact-102620.html

"Change Agents: William Li's robot wants to police you." USA Today, 
Jan. 26, 2014.
    http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/01/26/knightscope-k5-
    police-robot/4018047/

"Massive blimps over Maryland to conduct 24/7 domestic aerial 
surveillance." ComputerWorld, Jan. 22, 2014.
    http://blogs.computerworld.com/privacy/23425/massive-blimps-over-
    maryland-conduct-247-domestic-aerial-surveillance

"Danger Posed by Student-Data Breaches Prompts Action." Education Week,
Jan. 22, 2014.
    http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/01/22/18dataharm_ep.h33.html

"Make Legal Memos Public." Letter to the Editor by EPIC President Marc
Rotenberg and Coordinator of EPIC's Open Government Project
Julia 
Horwitz. The New York Times, Jan. 8, 2014.
    http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/opinion/make-legal-memos-
    public.html
    
"Obama sets good course on privacy debate," by EPIC President Marc
Rotenberg. CNN, Jan. 17, 2014.
    http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/17/opinion/rotenberg-obama-nsa/
    
"Supreme Court will decide if warrantless cellphone searches are 
constitutional." The Verge, Jan. 17, 2014.
    http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/17/5319996/supreme-court-
    warrantless-cellphone-searches-legal-illegal
    
"Top 5 Goals for Open Government in 2014," by EPIC Board Member 
Charlie Firestone. The Huffington Post, Jan. 16, 2014.
   
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-m-firestone/top-5-goals-
    for-open-gove_b_4613116.html

"Target's data breach highlights state role in privacy." USA Today,
Jan. 16, 2014.
    http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/16/target-data-
    breach-states-privacy/4509749/
    
"Senators: Police Should Get Warrants to Use Drones in the U.S."
Mashable, Jan. 15, 2014.
    http://mashable.com/2014/01/15/senators-warrants-drones/
    
"Some say they'll return Nest thermostat because of Google acquisition."
LA Times, Jan. 14, 2014.
    http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-google-nest-
    privacy-20140114,0,4312762.story#ixzz2rAd00ysR

"Forum on Privacy Examines Districts' Role in Protecting Data."
Education Week, Jan. 14, 2014.
    http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/marketplacek12/2014/01/forum_on_
    privacy_examines_districts_role_in_protecting_data.html

"Student Data Not a 'Product' To Be 'Sold to the Highest Bidder'."
The Journal, Jan. 14, 2014.
    http://thejournal.com/articles/2014/01/14/student-data-not-a-
    product-to-be-sold-to-the-highest-bidder.aspx#B9pyUmPIt5GDcVQR.99

"PreCheck unchecked: why the TSA is putting more people in the fast 
lane." The Verge, Jan. 14, 2014.
    http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/14/5307000/why-is-the-tsa-pushing-
    everyone-through-precheck-security-screening
    
"Google, let users opt in on privacy setting," by EPIC President Marc
Rotenberg. CNN, Jan. 11, 2014.
    http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/10/opinion/rotenberg-gmail-users/
    index.html


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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2010 volume is the
25th edition of the manual that lawyers, journalists
and researchers have relied on for more than 25 years.

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"Information Privacy Law: Cases and Materials, Second Edition" Daniel J.
Solove, Marc Rotenberg, and Paul Schwartz. (Aspen 2005).
Price: $98.

http://www.epic.org/redirect/aspen_ipl_casebook.html

This clear, comprehensive introduction to the field of information
privacy law allows instructors to enliven their teaching of fundamental
concepts by addressing both enduring and emerging controversies. The
Second Edition addresses numerous rapidly developing areas of
privacy
law, including: identity theft, government data mining and electronic
surveillance law, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act,
intelligence sharing, RFID tags, GPS, spyware, web bugs, and more.
Information Privacy Law, Second Edition, builds a cohesive
foundation
for an exciting course in this rapidly evolving area of law.

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"Privacy & Human Rights
2006: An International Survey of Privacy Laws
and Developments" (EPIC 2007). Price: $75.

http://www.epic.org/phr06/

This annual report by EPIC and Privacy International provides an
overview of key privacy topics and reviews the state of privacy
in over
75 countries around the world. The report outlines legal protections,
new challenges, and important issues and events relating
to privacy.
Privacy & Human Rights 2006 is the most comprehensive report on privacy
and data protection ever published.

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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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"Assessing the Impact of PPD 28 on NSA Oversight," featuring EPIC
National Security Counsel Jeramie Scott. Georgetown University

Center for Security Studies, Washington, DC, Jan. 30, 2014. 
For More Information:  
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/assessing-the-impacts-of-
presidential-policy-directive-28-on-the-nsa-and-the-broader-
intelligence-tickets-10292829129

"The Future of Information Privacy Protection." Speaker: EPIC President
Marc Rotenberg. Georgetown University Law Center, Washington,
DC,
Feb. 4, 2014. For More Information:
Contact Kiana Graham at ktg9@law.georgetown.edu.

"Freedom of Speech and Privacy," featuring EPIC President Marc
Rotenberg. University of Texas at Austin, Feb. 6, 2014.
For More
Information:
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/orgs/bbtobjectivism/free-speech-dialogues/
about-the-series.php.

"Civil Liberties Dead Zone: US Border Searches," featuring EPIC 
President Marc Rotenberg and former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff.
National Press Club, Washington, DC, Feb. 13, 2014. For More
Information:  http://press.org/events/panel-examine-civil-liberties-
dead-zone-us-borders. 

Fourth Annual International Summit on the Future of Health Privacy.
Washington, DC, June 4-5, 2014. For More Information:  
http://patientprivacyrights.org/summit/.

IEEE Presents "Reintroducing Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century."
Boston, 24-26 June 2014. For More Information:  
http://21stcenturywiener.org.

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