American Civil Liberties Union: Privacy - Describes how the United States risks of turning into a full-fledged surveillance society through surveillance-enabling technologies and loosening checks on government spying.
CryptoRights Foundation - A nonprofit, nongovernmental organization (NGO) dedicated to promoting global justice through the protection of human rights and humanitarian workers, journalists and the information they collect and communicate for the public good; and the preservation of freedoms for security professionals who do open research on security and safety issues in the public interest.
EFF - The Electronic Frontier Foundation's collection of articles relating to issues of Privacy. These range from proposed and enacted legislation to resource lists for activists.
Electronic Privacy Information Center - EPIC is a public interest research center. Tracks news and legislation on First Amendment, and constitutional issues of privacy.
GuardMyCreditFile - Works to educate consumers about the unfair practices that occur daily in the credit reporting industry, educate businesses about how to protect the financial and personal information of their clients, and provide a system for consumers to monitor the activity and accuracy of their credit records.
Internet Privacy Coalition - The IPC promotes privacy and security on the Internet through widespread public availability of strong encryption and the relaxation of export controls on cryptography.
Online Privacy Alliance - A group of corporations and associations who work together to introduce and promote business-wide actions to foster protection of individuals' privacy online.
Privacy International - Human rights "watchdog" organization focused on privacy intrusions by government and businesses. Site has lots of privacy issue articles.
PrivacyActivism.org - A non-profit organization whose goal is to enable people to make well-informed decisions about the importance of privacy on both a personal and societal level.
Surveillance Camera Players - Pro-privacy group that protests against surveillance cameras by performing silent specially adapted plays directly in front of them.
TRUSTe - Independent, non-profit, global initiative aimed at building trust and confidence in online transactions through the adoption of a branded "trustmark" informing users of how their personal information is handled by online organizations.
Victims of Credit Reporting - Archived information from a group opposed to credit reporting and scoring, on the grounds that they are devastating to privacy.
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