The 2002 edition of Privacy and Human Rights examines the impact of government proposals after September 11, 2001 on privacy and civil liberties. The report documents many new anti-terrorism and security measures and identifies key trends including increased communications surveillance, weakening of data protection regimes, and increased profiling and identification of individuals.

The 2002 Privacy and Human Rights report finds that laws to protect privacy in the workplace are gaining more support and that efforts to pass new data protection laws are continuing in Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America. Important debates are also taking place around the world concerning the future of new technologies for identification and surveillance:

CONTENTS:

Defining Privacy
Aspects of Privacy
Models of Privacy Protection
Comprehensive laws
Sectoral Laws
Self-Regulation
Technologies of Privacy
The Right to Privacy
The Evolution of Data Protection
Rationales for Adopting Comprehensive Laws
The European Union Data Protection Directives
Oversight and Privacy and Data Protection Commissioners
Transborder Data Flows and Data Havens
European Union-United States “Safe Harbor” Agreement

Threats to Privacy

The Response to September 11, 2001
Increased Communications Surveillance and Search and Seizure Powers
Weakening of Data Protection Regimes
Increased Data Sharing
Increased Profiling and Identification
Identity systems
Identity (ID) cards
Biometrics
Surveillance of Communications
Legal Protections and Human Rights
Legal and Technical Standards for Surveillance: Building in Big Brother
Internet Surveillance: Black Boxes and Key Loggers
Transactional and Location Data: Surveillance and New Communications Technologies
Retention of Traffic and Location Data
‘Cybercrime’: International Initiatives in Harmonizing Surveillance
National Security, Intelligence Agencies and the “Echelon system”
Audio Bugging
Video Surveillance
Face Recognition
Satellite Surveillance
Electronic Commerce
Spam
Profiling
Security Breaches
Information Brokers and Seal Programs
Privacy Enhancing Techniques
Electronic Numbering
Public Records and Privacy, Public-Private Ventures
Digital Rights Management
Authentication and Identity Disclosure
Defining Identity Disclosure
Inscribing Identity into Policy
Inscribing Identity into Infrastructure
Inscribing Identity into Technology
Authentication without Identification
Spy TV: Interactive Television & “T-Commerce”
Genetic Privacy
Genetic Identification
Genetic Testing
Right Not to Know
In the Workplace
Insurance
Legal Safeguards
Workplace Privacy
Legal Background
Performance Monitoring
Telephone Monitoring
E-mail and Internet Use Monitoring
Drug Testing

Country Reports
- almost 60 countries reported on!

Download the Report...
See:  http://www.privacyinternational.org/survey/phr2002/

Part 1 - Analysis: Forward, Overview, Threats to Workplace Privacy (PDF 782k)
 http://www.privacyinternational.org/survey/phr2002/phr2002-part1.pdf

Part 2 - Country Reports: Argentina to Lithuania (PDF 985k)
 http://www.privacyinternational.org/survey/phr2002/phr2002-part2.pdf

Part 3 - Country Reports: Luxenbourg to United States (PDF 855k)
 http://www.privacyinternational.org/survey/phr2002/phr2002-part3.pdf

Sarah Andrews
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Washington, DC, US

Privacy International
London, UK