Privacy Rights

What forces will shape the internet in the next decade?

37% of email users said spam had increased in their personal email accounts, up from 28% of email users who said that two years ago.

A survey of technology thinkers and stakeholders shows they believe the internet will continue to spread in a "flattening" and improving world. There are many, though, who think major problems will accompany technology advances by 2020. A predictions...

A summary document of Pew Internet Project data on youth and technology prepared in advance of testimony by Pew Internet staffer Amanda Lenhart at the House Telecom subcommittee hearings.

The Project's formal testimony submitted to the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Telecommunications Subcommittee for the Hearing on social networking websites and the Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006.

Although a right to personal privacy is not mentioned in the Constitution, most judges and legal scholars acknowledge that a measure of privacy is essential to the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. The exact extent of that privacy, however, is highly contested. Indeed, some of the most hotly debated high court decisions in U.S. […]

Thought-provoking scenarios of the future regarding education and network security.

The first Federal Trade Commission complaints against pornography spammers will be cheered by email users.

A federal appeals court decision handed down on June 29 has the potential to change the way ISPs monitor email – but how many Americans will hear about it? And how many will u...

This report is intended to give a general overview of how the federal health privacy regulation ("HIPAA") may or may not apply to health Web sites.