Resources
1. Privacy
“The Internet of Things Research Study”
Hewlett Packard
www8.hp.com/h20195/V2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA5-4759ENW.pdf
Privacy Handbook
BC Civil Liberties Association
bccla.org/privacy-handbook/privacy5contents.html
United States Department of Justice
(Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties)
Frequently Asked Questions
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
“Ten Tips for Protecting Personal Information”
priv.gc.ca/resource/fs-fi/02_05_d_64_tips_e.asp
“Ten Tips for Reducing the Likelihood of a Privacy Breach”
priv.gc.ca/resource/fs-fi/02_05_d_60_tips_e.asp
A Guide for Individuals: Protecting Your Privacy
priv.gc.ca/information/pub/guide_ind_e.asp
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Surveillance Self-Defense
Eva Galperin, Global Policy Analyst
2. Fraud
Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre
antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/reportincident-signalerincident/index-eng.htm
Canadian Spam Reporting Centre
fightspam.gc.ca/eic/site/030.nsf/eng/h_00017.html
Federal Trade Commission
Guide for Assisting Identity Theft Victims
consumer.ftc.gov/articles/pdf-0119-guide-assisting-id-theft-victims.pdf
United States Department of Justice
Report Fraud
3. Blocking Cookies and Creating Passwords
For blocking cookies:
Password management tool:
“Alternatives to Passwords: Replacing the Ubiquitous Authenticator”
Ron Condon, ComputerWeekly.com
computerweekly.com/feature/Alternatives-to-passwords-Replacing-the-ubiquitous-authenticator
The Diceware Passphrase
To help you create a strong, but easy to remember passphrase:
• world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html
• world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.wordlist.asc
Animated guide to Diceware:
• ssd.eff.org/en/module/animated-overview-how-make-super-secure-password-using-dice
4. Transparency
Public Safety Canada, Annual Report on the Use of Electronic Surveillance
Government of Canada
publications.gc.ca/site/eng/360588/publication.html
Transparency Reporting by Private Sector Companies
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
priv.gc.ca/information/research-recherche/2015/transp_201506_e.asp
Transparency Reporting Guidelines
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsF/eng/sf11057.html
Wiretap Reports
United States Courts
uscourts.gov/statistics-reports/analysis-reports/wiretap-reports
“Who Has Your Back? Protecting Your Data from Government Requests”
Electronic Frontier Foundation
eff.org/who-has-your-back-government-data-requests-2015
“What Transparency Reports Don’t Tell Us”
Ryan Budish, The Atlantic
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/12/what-transparency-reports-dont-tell-us/282529
“I Downloaded My Facebook Data. Here’s What I Got”
Craig Desson, The Toronto Star
thestar.com/news/privacy-blog/2015/09/i-downloaded-my-facebook-data-here-s-what-i-got.html
Europe versus Facebook
Austrian privacy watchdog Max Schrems
5. Encryption, App Security, and Smartphones
Encryption
Get Smart on the Web
(Especially Government Surveillance: Try encryption)
Security in-a-Box
(For activists and human rights defenders)
“Exposing Your Personal Information — There’s an App for That”
Daniel V. Hoffman, Juniper Networks
“Regulatory Guidance: Mobile Privacy, Tracking & Advertising”
Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC)
cippic.ca/index.php?q=en/mobile_privacy_guidelines
Ten Tips for Individuals on Protecting Personal Information on Mobile Devices (OPC)
priv.gc.ca/resource/fs-fi/02_05_d_47_dpd_e.asp
“What Sean Penn Teaches Us About How Not to Chat With a Fugitive”
Andrew Fishman, The Intercept
theintercept.com/2016/01/12/sean-penn-el-chapo-opsec/
“How to be invisible: Designers Create Anti-Surveillance Products to Protect Privacy”
Laura Beeston, The Globe and Mail
theglobeandmail.com/life/anti-surveillance-items-helping-people-go-off-the-grid/article26805195
“Ways to be Secret”
Victoria and Albert Museum
6. Border Security
“Defending Privacy at the US Border: A Guide for Travelers Carrying Digital Devices”
Seth Schoen, Marcia Hofmann, and Rowan Reynolds, Electronic Frontier Foundation
eff.org/files/eff-border-search_2.pdf
US Customs and Border Protection
Submit a Complaint/Concern
help.cbp.gov/app/forms/complaint
Watch Lists & Border Controls
Terrorist Screening Center (US)
fbi.gov/about-us/nsb/tsc/terrorist-screening-center-frequently-asked-questions
“How the US’s Terrorism Watchlists Work — and How You Could End up on One”
Spencer Ackerman, The Guardian
theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/24/us-terrorism-watchlist-work-no-fly-list
Transportation Security Administration
Complaints
tsa.gov/contact-center/form/complaints
Security screening
tsa.gov/travel/security-screening
US Department of Homeland Security
File a Privacy Act Request
dhs.gov/file-privacy-act-request
Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act
dhs.gov/freedom-information-act-and-privacy-act
Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
dhs.gov/office-civil-rights-and-civil-liberties
Traveler Redress Inquiry Program
tsa.gov/travel/passenger-support/travel-redress-program
Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA)
1-888-294-2202
Complaints
catsa.gc.ca/questions-comments-and-complaints
Damaged or lost items
Security Screening
Public Safety Canada
Application to the Passenger Protect Recourse Office Form under the Passenger Protect Program
publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/ntnl-scrt/cntr-trrrsm/pssngr-prtct/pplctn-frm-eng.aspx
Safeguarding Canadians with Passenger Protect
publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/ntnl-scrt/cntr-trrrsm/pssngr-prtct/index-en.aspx
7. Key Intelligence Watchdogs
Canadian Security Intelligence Review Committee
sirc.gc.ca/cmpplt/mkeprt-eng.html
Office of the Communications Security Establishment Commissioner
ocsec-bccst.gc.ca/s58/d313/eng/complaints-procedure
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP
US Department of Justice
Office of the Inspector General
National Security Agency (NSA)
Office of the Inspector General
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Inspector General
cia.gov/offices-of-cia/inspector-general
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Inspector General of the Intelligence Community
Civil Liberties and Privacy Office
dni.gov/index.php/about/organization/civil-liberties-privacy-office-who-we-are
8. Information Requests
Privacy in the Age of Big Data: Recognizing Threats, Defending Your Rights, and Protecting Your Family, Theresa M. Payton and Theodore Claypoole, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., New York, 2015
Your Right to Know: How to Use the Law to Get Government Secrets, Jim Bronskill and David McKie, Self-Counsel Press, Canada, 2014
US Department of State
Freedom of Information Act: Information Access Guide
foia.state.gov/Request/Guide.aspx
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
priv.gc.ca/faqs/index_e.asp#q008
Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada
(Personal Information Request Form)
tbs-sct.gc.ca/tbsf-fsct/350-58-eng.asp
Canada Border Services Agency
(Traveller’s Advance Information/Passenger Name Record Information Request Form)