The editors have compiled the following list of organizations concerned with the issues debated in this book. The descriptions are derived from materials provided by the organizations. All have publications or information available for interested readers. This list was compiled on the date of publication of the present volume; the information provided here may change. Be aware that many organizations take several weeks or longer to respond to inquiries, so allow as much time as possible.
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10004
(212) 549-2500
website: www.aclu.org
For nearly 100 years, the ACLU has been our nation’s guardian of liberty, working in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country. With more than a million members, activists, and supporters, the ACLU is a nationwide organization that fights tirelessly in all fifty states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, DC, to safeguard everyone’s rights.
Consumer Watchdog
(310)392-0522
website: www.consumerwatchdog.org
Consumer Watchdog is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing an effective voice for taxpayers and consumers in an era when special interests dominate public discourse, government, and politics. Consumer Watchdog deploys an in-house team of public interest lawyers, policy experts, strategists, and grassroots activists to expose, confront, and change corporate and political injustice every day, saving Americans billions of dollars and improving countless lives.
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EEF)
815 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 436 9333
email: info@eff.org
website: www.eff.org
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. EFF champions user privacy, free expression, and innovation through impact litigation, policy analysis, grassroots activism, and technology development. We work to ensure that rights and freedoms are enhanced and protected as our use of technology grows.
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Electronic Privacy Information Center, 1718 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20009
email: info@epic.org
website: www.epic.org
EPIC is a public interest research center established to focus public attention on emerging privacy issues and to protect privacy, freedom of expression, and democratic values in the information age. EPIC pursues a wide range of program activities including policy research, public education, conferences, litigation, publications, and advocacy. EPIC routinely files amicus briefs in federal courts, pursues open government cases, defends consumer privacy, organizes conferences for NGOs, and speaks before Congress and judicial organizations about emerging privacy and civil liberties issues.
National Security Agency (NSA)
9800 Savage Road, Suite 6272,
Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755-6000
(301) 688-6524
website: www.nsa.gov
The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/ CSS) leads the US government in cryptology that encompasses both signals intelligence (SIGINT) and information assurance (IA) products and services, and enables computer network operations (CNO) in order to gain a decision advantage for the United States and its allies under all circumstances.
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Washington, DC 20511
(703) 733-8600
website: https://www.dni.gov
Created after the terror attacks on September 11, 2011, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence leads intelligence integration and forges an intelligence community that delivers the most insightful information in order to ensure the security of the nation.
The Privacy Coalition
Electronic Privacy Information Center, 1718 Connecticut
Avenue NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20009
email: coalition@privacy.org
website: https://privacycoalition.org
The Privacy Coalition is a nonpartisan coalition of consumer, civil liberties, educational, family, library, labor, and technology organizations that have agreed to the Privacy Pledge, a promise to support a privacy framework to safeguard the rights of Americans in this information age.
62 Britton Street, London, EC1M 5UY, United Kingdom
+44 (0) 20 3422 4321
email: info@privacyinternational.org
website: www.privacyinternational.org
Privacy International is committed to fighting for the right to privacy across the world. The organization investigates the secret world of government surveillance and exposes the companies enabling it. They litigate to ensure that surveillance is consistent with the rule of law and advocate for strong national, regional, and international laws that protect privacy.
Wikileaks
website: https://wikileaks.org
WikiLeaks is a multinational media organization and associated library. WikiLeaks specializes in the analysis and publication of large datasets of censored or otherwise restricted official materials involving war, spying, and corruption. It has so far published more than ten million documents and associated analyses.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Technology and Society Domain Privacy Interest Group
website: www.w3.org
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community where member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. Led by web inventor Tim Berners-Lee and CEO Jeffrey Jaffe, W3C’s mission is to lead the web to its full potential.