C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 1 Privacy Policy, Law and Technology Fair Information Practices September 9, 2008
C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 2 Assignments for HW2 #4 TRUSTe Network Advertising Initiative Safe Harbor The Privacy Act of 1974 The Federal Wiretap Act The Fair Credit Reporting Act HIPPA The Gramm-Leach Bliley Act The Video Privacy Protection Act Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) CPNI rules Cable TV Privacy Act EU Directive PIPEDA (Canadian privacy law) Japanese Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) California SB-1386 Australian Federal Privacy Law Other US laws? Other international laws?
C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 3 Using Library Resources
C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 4 CMU Libraries Engineering and Science (a.k.a. E&S) –Location: Wean Hall, 4th floor –Subjects: Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Science, Technology Hunt (CMU’s main library) –Location: Its own building (possibly 2nd ugliest on campus behind Wean), between Tepper and Baker –Subjects: Arts, Business, Humanities, Social Sciences Software Engineering Institute (a.k.a. SEI) –Location: SEI Building (4500 Fifth Avenue), 3rd floor –Subjects: Security, Software, Technology
C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 5 START HERE: Cameo Cameo is CMU’s online library catalog – Catalogs everything CMU has: books, journals, periodicals, multimedia, etc. Search by key words, author, title, periodical title, etc.
C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 6 CAMEO: Search Result for “Cranor” Number of copies and status Library
C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 7 CAMEO: Search Result for “Solove” Due date
C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 8 If it’s not in Cameo, but you need it today: Local Libraries Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh –Two closest locations Oakland: Practically on campus (4400 Forbes Ave.) Squirrel Hill: Forbes & Murray (5801 Forbes Ave.) – University of Pittsburgh Libraries –16 libraries! Information science, Engineering, Law, Business, etc. –
C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 9 If it’s not in Cameo, and you can wait: ILLiad and E-ZBorrow ILLiad and E-ZBorrow are catalogs of resources available for Interlibrary Loan from other libraries nationwide (ILLiad) and in Pennsylvania (E-ZBorrow) Order items online (almost always free) Wait for delivery – average 10 business days Find links to ILLiad and E-ZBorrow online catalogs at
C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 10 Other Useful Databases Links to many more databases, journal collections –Must be accessed on campus or through VPN – Lexis-Nexis –Massive catalog of legal sources – law journals, case law, news stories, etc. IEEE and ACM journal databases –IEEE Xplore and ACM Digital Library INSPEC database –Huge database of scientific and technical papers JSTOR –Arts & Sciences, Business, Mathematics, Statistics
C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 11 And of course… Reference librarians are available at all CMU libraries, and love to help people find what they need – just ask!
C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 12 Writing a Literature Review
C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 13 Writing a literature review What is a literature review? –A critical summary of what has been published on a topic What is already known about the topic Strengths and weaknesses of previous studies –Often part of the introduction or a section of a research paper, proposal, or thesis A literature review should –be organized around and related directly to the thesis or research question you are developing –synthesize results into a summary of what is and is not known –identify areas of controversy in the literature –formulate questions that need further research Dena Taylor and Margaret Procter The literature review: A few tips on conducting it.
C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 14 Literature review do’s and don’ts Don’t create a list of article summaries or quotes Do point out what is most relevant about each article to your paper Do compare and contrast the articles you review Do highlight controversies raised or questions left unanswered by the articles you review Do take a look at some examples of literature reviews or related work sections before you try to create one yourself –For an example, of a literature review in a CS conference paper see section 2 of
C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 15 Privacy terminology Data subject Data controller Secondary use of data
C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 16 OECD fair information principles _34255_ _1_1_1_1,00.html _34255_ _1_1_1_1,00.html Collection limitation Data quality Purpose specification Use limitation Security safeguards Openness Individual participation Accountability
C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 17 US FTC simplified principles Notice and disclosure Choice and consent Data security Data quality and access Recourse and remedies US Federal Trade Commission, Privacy Online: A Report to Congress (June 1998),
C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 18 USACM Policy Recommendations on Privacy (June 2006) y.htm y.htm
C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 19 Discussion
C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 20 The Prada NYC dressing room e.com/ e.com/ What aspects seem privacy invasive? How could the design be changed to reduce privacy concerns?
C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 21 Discussion questions Which technologies are privacy invasive? Which technologies are privacy protective? Can we turn one into the other? How can we use the FIPs in our analysis?
C MU U sable P rivacy and S ecurity Laboratory 22 Applying the FIPs Google Street View Gmail advertising Hillman Library Web Cam Amazon.com book recommendations Giant Eagle Advantage Card Transportation Security Administration watch lists