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Privacy Research

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:31:06 CDT

This page will contain research on the topic of privacy, including literature searches, interviews with experts, and web sites or other discussion guides produced on this topic. Our interviews with stakeholders to identify the concerns that we should map in our framing will be in the Field Research section. Information about how to frame an issue are in the Resources section.

Data:
Public Agenda has consolidated survey data on the following:
Concerns about threats to freedom http://www.publicagenda.org/specials/constitution/constitution5.htm
Concerns about terrorism http://www.publicagenda.org/specials/terrorism/terror.htm Internet Speech/Privacy: People’s Chief Concerns http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/pcc_detail.cfm?issue_type=internet&list=6 http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/pcc_detail.cfm?issue_type=internet&list=11 http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/pcc_detail.cfm?issue_type=internet&list=12 http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/pcc_detail.cfm?issue_type=internet&list=13 http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/pcc_detail.cfm?issue_type=internet&list=14
Issues with the data above http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/red_flags_detail.cfm?issue_type=internet&list=5&area=1

On April 18, 2007, PEW Internet released a study, Teens, Privacy & Online Social Networks: How teens manage their online identities and personal information in the age of MySpace. http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Teens_Privacy_SNS_Report_Final.pdf

OCLC: Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World,Sept. 2007 http://www.oclc.org/reports/pdfs/sharing_part3.pdf

PBS' NOW has covered this issue over the past two years and may be a resource for information and video footage on this issue. NOW. Politics & Economy. The Privacy Wars | PBS

ALA Emerging Leaders page: http://wikis.ala.org/emergingleaders/index.php/Project_LL

"Spy on thy Neighbor" in Utne Reader 2/1/07
http://www.utne.com/webwatch/2007_285/news/12430-1.html

Privacy news tracking http://www.independent.org/issues/search.asp?subID=57

Best, Samuel J., Brian S. Krueger, and Jeffrey Ladewig. 2006. The polls--trends: privacy in the information age. Public Opinion Quarterly70(3): 375-401.

This article presents data on public opinion about privacy invasions and surveillance techniques since 1990.

Americans and Online Privacy: The System is Broken by Joseph Turow, June 2003. http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/Downloads/Information_And_Society/20030701_America_and_Online_Privacy/20030701_online_privacy_report.pdf

Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: The Right of Privacy
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/rightofprivacy.html

"The Hidden Secrets of Online Quizzes" by JR Raphael in PC World. http://www.pcworld.com/article/164527/the_hidden_secrets_of_online_quizzes.html
and this on Facebook. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/what_facebook_quizzes_know_about_you.php
Discussion frameworks:
League of Women Voters Local Voices discussion guide on Civil Liberties.

Public Agenda Internet discussion guide http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/debate.cfm?issue_type=internet

NIF streaming video http://www.nifi.org/discussion_guides/nif_demchallenge_7.html

Bill of Rights Defense Committee http://www.bordc.org/resources/

ALA OIF http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/statementspols/statementsif/interpretations/questionsanswers.htm

Daniel Solove's publications: http://docs.law.gwu.edu/facweb/dsolove/Solove-Publications.htm

Who Can have your Social Security Number?

Articles, interviews, etc.

Louise Story. "To Aim Ads, Web is Keeping Closer Eye on You." The New York Times March 10, 2008: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/technology/10privacy.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Alexandra Marks - "Is It Impossible to Protect Your Privacy?" - http://www.alternet.org/rights/83023/

Bruce Schneier. 2008. On People, the Death of Privacy, and Data Pollution. EDUCAUSE Review (43)2 (March/April 2008)
http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/OnPeopletheDeathofPrivacy/46321?time=1207624026

danah boyd. 2008. "Facebook's Privacy Trainwreck." Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies (14)1: 13-20.

Boyd also has many other papers about privacy and social networking: http://www.danah.org/papers/

Sheehan, Kim Bartel. 2004. How public opinion polls define and circumscribe online privacy. First Monday (9)7. http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_7/sheehan/index.html

This study examines the language of 43 opinion polls and surveys dealing with privacy and the Internet to understand how these polls define and assess online privacy. Results suggest that polls treat the complex construction of privacy in an overly simplistic way. Additionally, pollsters present many poll questions in a way that may lead survey respondents to express stronger negative feelings about privacy than really exist.

Singer, Eleanor, et. al. 2003. Attitudes and Behavior: The Impact of Privacy and Confidentiality Concerns on Participation in the 2000 Census. Public Opinion Quarterly 67(3): 368-384.

Kasper, Dabbie V. S. 2005. The Evolution (or Devolution) of Privacy. Sociological Forum20(1): 69-92.

This paper explores changes in the meaning of privacy. Because individuals' understandings & experiences of privacy vary by sociohistorical contexts, privacy is difficult to define & even more challenging to measure. Avoiding common obstacles to privacy research, I examine privacy from the standpoint of its invasion.

Gautschi, Heidi. 2008. The True Price of Privacy: What Users are Willing to Exchange for (Free) Content. EContent (31)2: 26-30.

Kranich, Nancy. 2007. Librarians and Teen Privacy in the Age of Social Networking. Knowledge Quest 36(2): 34-7.

Issue Map based on interviewed concerns

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:28:24 CST

	Who do I trust to protect my privacy?
the marketplace	the government	my self
Actions to implement	Actions to implement	Actions to implement
Purchase security measures	Set up an office like Canada	Monitor credit, stay informed
Use spending to reward businesses that respect privacy	Use courts to enforce checks/balances	Demand transparent processes
Use public opinion, boycott against intrusive business	Enact legislation that protects privacy	Pay cash, avoid EZpass

Supporters would say	Supporters would say	Supporters would say
Innovates to protect own privacy	HIPAA, libraries are positive examples	“Who will watch the watchers?”
Keeps up with new threats	Privacy implied in First Amendment	What should be private is individual
Is motivated to please customers	Protecting rights is government role	Individual carelessness is main threat
ID theft threatens profits	Clarifies public value for public servants	Only one who can detect/correct errors/IDtheft

Opponents would say	Opponents would say	Opponents would say
Targeted marketing is invasive	No universal definition of what’s private	Too hard, too much work
Data mining is profitable	Susceptible to demagoguery	Public is lazy, won’t demand privacy
Susceptible to government pressure	Cannot keep up with changing threats	Individuals don’t have the power
Public has limited leverage	Always tempted by secrecy	Can never be sure you’re safe

Tradeoffs	Tradeoffs	Tradeoffs
Savings through targeted sales	Public safety & national security	Time & effort & inconvenience
Escalating security expense	Complex bureaucratic rules	No one to blame but self

Framing Issues for Public Deliberation

TexasTaylor — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:22:38 CST

Resources attached:

Guide to Framing Issues by Julie Pratt. Below is a synopsis of the process that can be used as a template for an issue framing action plan.
Guide to Framing Issues adapted for framing the issue of Education in Iowa
Field notes from American Library Association Senior Associate Executive Director Mary Ghikas prepared for librarians after she attended an issue framing workshop at DuPage.
Memo to Issue Framing Working Group by Ed Arnone.

Synopsis of the Framing Process

Getting Ready to Frame

➢ Assemble the framing team and interviewers. The framing team should include 6-8 experienced members of the NIF network from across the state. The team will develop the questions to ask a wide range of stakeholders. In addition, the team will recruit additional researchers to conduct interviews.
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Conducting the Research

➢ Interviews and conversations. The framing team along with the researchers will conduct with community folks including experts, officeholders and everyday people. It may also include results of focus groups that probed for what bothers people most and what appeals most.
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➢ Factual information – This should include local and national statistics. The point of the data is not to overwhelm the participants or to make them experts on the issue, but to give context for the dialogue and to explain why the issue should be discussed.
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➢ Political rhetoric and public talk What conversations have taken place? These can be culled from newspapers, magazines, and other sources. What stories are people telling about their experience with the issue?
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➢ The latest theories on how to attack the problem. What ideas have been discussed by the experts and policy-makers?
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➢ Polling results
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Develop the Framing

A Day of Framing (7.5 – 10.5 hours):

➢ Identify the concerns (2-3 hours)

➢ Grouping the concerns and perspectives (2 hours)

➢ Honing in on the problem (1 hour)

➢ Recognizing the tensions (.5)

➢ Outlining the benefits, costs and drawbacks of each approach (1-2 hours)

➢ Listing the actions and trade-offs (1-2 hours)

Write the framing

Test the framing
➢ Focus groups

➢ Conduct test forums

Refine the framing

Conduct forums

Process approaches

ccaywood — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:04:31 CDT

I am going to move some loose pages under this. Also, we can list here resources for creating a discussion guide.

For example, here is a template from Everyday Democracy:
http://www.everyday-democracy.org/Exchange/CreateGuideIntro.aspx

Taylor's sketch of process

ccaywood — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:02:15 CDT

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Diagram of a Framework

ccaywood — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:01:42 CDT

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issue framing diagram

ccaywood — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:01:08 CDT

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Resources

ccaywood — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:59:28 CDT

This page is where we will post resources that will be useful to us in doing our framing. These resources are not about the issue of privacy. They are related to the process of framing.

Frame Works Institute "Framing Public Issues Toolkit" - http://www.frameworksinstitute.org/strategicanalysis/FramingPublicIssuesfinal.pdf

Everyday Democracy:
http://www.everyday-democracy.org/Exchange/CreateGuideIntro.aspx

Examples of how other groups framed an issue:

ACRL "Framing the Issue: Open Access" - www.arl.org/bm~doc/framing_issue_may04.pdf

National Issues Forum "A Guide to Issue Framing in the Classroom - From the New England Center for Civic Life" - http://www.nifi.org/news/news_detail.aspx?progID=&workID=5153&catID=5153&itemID=5395

Institute on the Common Good "Three American Futures: What direction should we take?" - http://teachingdemocracyonline.org/file.php/1/PDFs/issue_three-american-futures.pdf

Framing the Human Capital Development Issue in Virginia - http://www.nifi.org/stream_document.aspx?rID=8631&catID=7773&itemID=8630&typeID=8

Potentially helpful resources about framing:

"Frames and Framing" from the Rockridge Institute (has a definite political agenda, but some good information) - http://www.rockridgeinstitute.org/aboutus/frames-and-framing/

They also have a publication archive on framing - http://www.rockridgeinstitute.org/research?Subject=Framing

Reese, Stephen D. 2001. Framing Public Life : Perspectives on Media and Our Understanding of the Social World. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

The editors illustrate how texts and those who provide them powerfully shape, or "frame," our social worlds and thus affect our public life. Embracing qualitative and quantitative, visual and verbal, and psychological and sociological perspectives, this book helps media consumers develop a multi-faceted understanding of media power, especially in the realm of news and public affairs.

Chong, Dennis and James N. Druckman. 2007. Framing Public Opinion in Competitive Democracies. American Political Science Review (101)4:637-655.

What is the effect of democratic competition on the power of elites to frame public opinion? We address this issue first by defining the range of competitive contexts that might surround any debate over a policy issue. We then offer a theory that predicts how audiences, messages, and competitive environments interact to influence the magnitude of framing effects.

Gross, Kimberly. 2008. Framing Persuasive Appeals: Episodic and Thematic Framing, Emotional Response, and Policy Opinion. Political Psychology 29(2): 169-192.

Those seeking to frame political issues to their advantage recognize the power of emotional appeals. Yet the study of framing has focused mainly on the cognitive effects of framing rather than on its emotional effects. This study presents the results of two experiments designed to explore the effect of episodic and thematic framing on emotional response and policy opinion.

Jerit, Jennifer. 2008. Issue Framing and Engagement: Rhetorical Strategy in Public Policy Debates. Political Behavior (30)1: 1-24.

Conventional wisdom and scholarly research indicate that to win a policy debate political actors should frame the issue strategically—that is, selectively highlight considerations that mobilize public opinion behind their policy position. Engaging the opponent in a dialogue (i.e., focusing on the same considerations) is portrayed as a suboptimal strategy because political actors forfeit the ability to structure the debate. Using over 40 public opinion polls and a detailed content analysis of news stories, I examine the use of framing and engagement strategies during the 1993–94 debate over health care reform. The analysis shows that engagement was more effective at increasing support for reform than framing. This study is the first to document the role of engagement in a policy debate, and it extends work showing that this strategy is more common in election campaigns than scholars once suspected.

Dardis, Frank E. 2007. The Role of Issue-Framing Functions in Affecting Beliefs and Opinions about a Sociopolitical Issue. Communication Quarterly 55(2): 247-265.

Extant communication and social movement theory suggests that sociopolitical actors can frame issues effectively via the realization of four functions: defining an issue as a problem, blaming a cause, suggesting solutions, and invoking a moral appeal. Though these functions are theorized to be necessary at the societal level, no prior research has tested directly the efficacy of these functions, when included in communicative messages, in affecting individuals' interpretations about a sociopolitical issue. The experiment described in this article indicated that the "blame" function was particularly influential when included in a strategic message from a pro-environmental social movement organization (SMO)

Clustered Concerns

ccaywood — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:07:45 CDT

Privacy is a right —we are fortunate to be able to maintain privacy. Don't need information on others. Not comfortable with any trade-offs. My rights as a person, a citizen. I should have rights that I feel are being squeezed. US citizens have a right to have an expectation of the right of privacy. A citizen deserves protection from a government that wishes to NOT allow me to exercise my rights in the first place. The right to be left alone. Observation changes behavior; observation also causes manipulation. If big brother is watching, we change not only our behavior but the basis of what can possibly be thought. The right to be secure in my person and personal space, unwanted touching v fitting in. Avoid ridicule for imaginings. The right to go home and shut the door, to be by yourself and think for yourself. The security of knowing your thoughts are private, especially if you put your foot in your mouth, being overheard, People are complex & privacy protects their complexity, it's part of human dignity, freedom of thought.

Privacy is over. “What privacy? That word would eventually be removed from the dictionary and then when the word doesn’t exist anymore, the thought of private things won’t exist anymore either.” “When you get to be my age, there isn’t much left to hide. You’ve already done anything you might be ashamed of, and it’s all in the past, and nobody cares anyway.” Doesn’t exist, there’s a file on everyone. There is too much information already available via databases and the Internet to ever be totally secure, even if you try to guard your privacy. We lack checks & balances, instead we have public apathy, public ignorance, government secrecy. I keep my head down and don't draw attention to myself.

Control? Control (ability to manage privacy) It is empowering to be able to control our own privacy. If someone has negative information on you then you need to know this. Strong emphasis here by one participant in not giving up your rights (example - when asked if it is all right to search your vehicle say no). Opening an account, no balance of rights. have no way of knowing what’s out there, what’s being done to protect my data? Don't know how to protect privacy any more.

Lies If the information about the person is untrue, then that would be damaging to the person. Being identified as a criminal when you are not, and then even if you are cleared, you still have that information on record that you were allegedly guilty of something. Buying habits and reading habits may create mis-impressions.

Public safety Reasonable government intervention is important. Law enforcement--established guidelines (balance the release of information while solving a crime.) If there is probable cause, then access to as much information as possible. However this information should not be shared, beyond the need to know. (Law enforcement context). Maintain flexibility to meet community, national and personal goals. National threats influence how we think about privacy. Would trade off privacy for public safety. E. g. Red light camera improves safety but might be false accusation, compromises your rights. Senior citizens liked the feeling of security that they believed the government was providing. They were willing to do their part if it helped protect Americans. They felt that if their neighbors knew what they were up to, they felt more secure. However, they were concerned about Security at the gate letting people in without calling them first. The three that were concerned about Privacy looked at it from the perspective of protection from ‘evil-doers,’ i. e. those that would do harm if they had information about them that they could use against them. Society is so afraid of criminals, dishonesty is assumed, what are you hiding?

Distrust of government They had a fear about the government tracking them with chips implanted in their bodies and then knowing what they were doing and where they were all the time. “The police searching me or my stuff just because they feel like it, and try to scare me.” Distrust of the government and believe that the government lies to Americans. “The government shouldn’t be snooping around my life looking for stuff I’m not even thinking about doing, let alone do.” Resentment at the airport for all the screening stuff. It’s ridiculous, looking at some old lady’s bag. Yes, maybe the government knows more than it should about its citizens, but it’s impossible to stop them and hopeless, so we can just hope for the best. I think I need more protection from the government than from any terrorist out there. Terrorism, names on no fly list, Patriot Act. Don’t put tax refund in ATM – Homeland Security will check on you.

Children Parents should have the right to observe what their children are viewing. where to cut off what children are exposed to. Teens not OK with “if I watched porn,” no privacy from parents – walk in my room & listen on the phone. Adults on MySpace. Parents want us to grow up ok, say they trust us but don’t, over-protective – go through my room, invade my privacy to build their trust. Lost my backpack so principal looked at it. Families with children need to know if sex offenders/pedophiles are living in the neighborhood.

What is personal? Some personal aspects should be private. "Once you give information up you can never get that part of your privacy back." Too much personal information is public information. Damaging information vs. Comfortable information - Anything could be damaging, depending upon the context in which it is released. Senior citizens did not like giving out any information about themselves, even though they also felt that they needed to know information about others, and that the government needed to know information about others in order to protect them! If I don’t know you at all, I may not even give my real name. If I knew who they were, but not on Internet. Share surface favorites to meet new people. Fear/security, depends on who, depends on if I like a person, trusted friend. OK with my name, my birthday. Having an ethnic name can make a difference. Photos are okay. What kind of music I like. First name but not last or address – phone number, not SS#, – may show up on other people’s MySpace, age, gender, ethnicity, height & weight, birth date, what you like to do & don't like to do – preferences. Nebulous – my private may not match neighbors’. Can Google all this info.

What is too personal? Senior citizen concerned that mail gets delivered to me and not someone else by mistake. "I do not leave outgoing mail in my mailbox at home." Teens not comfortable with someone asking about my grades or what I do after school & at home, rumors – drugs, gay – snoopy gossiping peers, people treat you differently, people get in your business and then talk behind your back. Political thoughts, feelings, backstabbing & gossip, personal opinions. Personal life, how I spend free time, gender questions – gay, sexual orientation. All ages draw the line at questions about sex. Bathrooms. Tendency to impose moral codes on others, judged by association, nosy neighbors: political activity, money, health, sex, youthful follies, counseling, rehab, demographic-type data, voting records, political affiliations, memberships, sometimes nationality, religious organizations.

Confidentiality Confidentiality critical in business (failure to keep confidences could result in loss of employment.) Trust. Not taken seriously by all. Blame—Protection from lawsuits. Lack of trust. No control. Legality is influencing how we think about privacy. We are losing privacy through legislation and the Internet and medical\insurance business. It seems like medical, health and educational institutions are easy to hack. Security of data – stolen laptops. "I don't believe organizations or companies should be allowed to sell clients' information," “business making a buck off my preferences.” Need to know that staff who handle confidential data are trustworthy.

Medical HIPPA has made access to medical information much more difficult. Disclosure could hurt. If I had a disease I wouldn’t want it to be public knowledge. Have a right to know if it affects relationship. That is my right or obligation to tell who I chose, not someone else’s. Senior citizens understood the need for information given to their doctors, and & felt no qualms. But disclosure could hurt if somebody couldn’t get health insurance because they were ill. VA Tech – could a person harm people? But people we least expect may snap, people think everyone is weird. DNA privacy.

Identity documents Comfortable providing Driver’s license. Not comfortable with the One ID issue that the government would have us have. They will create a need for this and make fearful that if we don’t have this ID then we won’t be able to do anything, or get anything, or buy anything, or go anywhere at all. The new chips in the passports, the differences in my new driver’s license compared to my parent’s driver’s license. Do not give out social security number unless given proof of the need for it. Not OK giving out my social security number, sometimes my address - depends on who’s asking. Had to give SS# for Sudafed. Fear losing purse/wallet, ID and home address.

Financial Concern about identity theft (credit cards) Comfortable providing financial disclosures. Credit Fraud. Stolen Identity. Shred everything of a personal nature (credit card applications, credit card receipts etc.) Do Not complete all paperwork when information is requested. No personal financial giving over the phone. Participating in do not call registry. Never keeping credit information on file. Checking personal accounts on a daily basis. They understood the need for banking information being asked, and & felt no qualms. Fear the bank getting me mixed up with somebody else. Solicitations by telemarketers, how do they get my number? Online banking, all that financial info my parents had to put online to fill out forms for financial aid for college, credit card fraud, It disturbs me that I've never been questioned or stopped from using my husband's unsigned debit card. Pay cash.

Employment Comfortable providing Information tied to your profession as required. Need to know Background checks, DMV and drug tests on possible employees. What if someone was sick and couldn’t get into a job. A comment like “macacca,” you wouldn’t want the world to see. Info an employer might see: gossip, ADD, diabetes, DNA, SS#, race or nationality. Discomfort with employee name on badge. Googled job applicants, criminal records, background checks before work with children, security clearance.

Library Disclosure could hurt. Libraries were frequented by only 5 of the individuals, and they were not concerned about patron privacy at all. “If the government cares about what I’m reading, well that’s just sounds funny to me. Why would they waste their time?” Libraries have always been a source of information for me, and when I think about privacy, I think about what I need to know to write the article or story I need to write. I expect that my library would provide information on all sides of the issue that I am researching. All the students felt that libraries had an obligation to protect their information for them. They felt that allowing information about them given out to the FBI would be illegal. We may be losing our privacy at the library, by the government knowing all of our business in the city, county, state and fed. If a person is in a public building, how can there be privacy? The privacy is on the items that you are checking out. Library records could profile thoughts, what you try to understand, chilling – humans must think and explore. Library confidentiality vs customer convenience. Want records & data deleted, but need expertise to purge, don’t know what’s out there, e. g. old photocopier hard drive. Why are they retaining info?

Online Comfortable providing online information---some people are not concerned, while others are less willing to reveal personal data. Not signing up for websites that require personal information prior to purchase. Monitoring personal information on Internet and other places. OK with phone numbers, email addresses, MySpace info, where I’m going to college, where I work. Internet passwords, MySpace can change people’s lives drastically, is Facebook safer? Adults on MySpace, an age card for MySpace would be invasive. Private profile v getting lots of friends, choose whether to follow rules. Satellite photos, can Google all this info – may show up on other people’s MySpace, Lied to Facebook, made fake identity online, use defunct email address, separate email addresses for different purposes, no name for site registration, passwords, firewalls, use fake email or set up account just for spam, not an ad on the Internet, but a trusted source, a major company, for a Yahoo account. The ability of government and companies to track online activities. I use alternate browsers like Firefox or Opera when I make online purchases or bank transactions. Amazon recommendations, cookies, wireless, phishing, mirror sites, crisscross directory, real estate records online. International – my data in India, Nigerian scam.

Technology We have more technology to protect privacy now, you can stay away from MySpace. Accessibility---telephone solicitors & phone spam, caller ID, cell phones, PDAs and computers. RFID, DNA, very large IT databases & automated correlations, eves-dropping software, who watches watchers to keep them from peeping? There are cameras everywhere these days it seems. Buzzing or beeping sounds that go off when I enter a store announcing my presence. They don’t like having cameras in the hallways at school - they feel that they could be set-up for something they didn’t do. Those people that follow everybody around with huge cameras getting in their faces at their weddings and whenever they leave the house. (Paparazzi). Cameras in school and everywhere else, cameras in dressing rooms, those SPY shops that sell surveillance gear, that everywhere everything feeling I get sometimes just when I’m walking down the street or in the mall, webcams & cell phone cameras, red light cameras. "I personally feel uncomfortable knowing that if I'm downtown celebrating there are security cameras everywhere recording what I'm doing --- but on the other hand, I do feel safer knowing that if people are breaking the law, surveillance systems increase the chances they will be caught and prosecuted." The RFID chips will all be carrying around in us one day. They are already putting them in dogs and cats and old people with dementia and Alzheimer’s. Scary, very scary.

Media The media is a huge invasion of their privacy. Angry that the media (mainly television) wastes their time on things that are stupid, instead of representing the truth about everything. 24-hour news, the media in general, newspapers – fact checkers, just being bombarded with information and wondering what of it is true and what of it is spun for the benefit of those in power. Seeing things in print about people that are lies or slanderous was very pernicious. They hated the tabloids and all those celebrity shows that tell us more than we want to know about them. They felt that public figures had a right to keep their lives private. News reporters questions – just say no, reality TV, celebrity & politician gossip,sensationalist media – tell all. No respect for others' privacy. As a future journalism major and journalist, I would never give up or reveal my source. The news stories on phone tapping & bad people (bogeyman).

Convenience Grocery card buying habits. Would trade off privacy for convenience. "I would not mind being inconvenienced if it prevents identity theft." "For the convenience of online purchasing I will give out information but only the minimum necessary." If I needed to do something for my family or friends. Already, I go through airport security even though I hate it so that I can visit my family.

Teens - New York State

rhubsher — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:25:16 CDT

In late April and through May of 2007 i arranged to meet with teen groups at four libraries within our region. These were existing teen groups which met regularly. I contacted the Teen Librarian and asked if she/he could arrange for me to meet with the teen group at one of their regular meetings/get togethers. I was able to arrange four of these meetings. Each took about an hour, I went through the the same 12 questions with each group after I briefly explained why ALA was interested in taliking with people around the country (essentially to get an idea of how people felt about privacy).

05-28-2008

rhubsher — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:22:39 CDT

May 28, 2008

6 girls 2 boys (ages 12-18)

PRIVACY

1. What is important to you personally about privacy?
· Feel that my “stuff” is private
· We need to be safe but with a balance of privacy
· Not judged by information about you

2. What information about yourself are you comfortable in giving out?
· Name – first name only
· Age
· Zip
· Hobbies, interests
· Gender / race
· In certain situations (teachers) you are more apt to give information (when confidential is assured)

3. Where do you draw the line and say “That’s none of your business!”
· Social Security number
· Money, parents employment
· Address
· Real e-mail (use aliases)
· Gender / race (no if used for quotas / OK for stats)

4. What do you think of when I ask you about confidentiality (privacy)?
· Doctor / therapist
· USA Patriot Act
· Priest / lawyer
· Game of “Clue”
· CIA / FBI files / National Security
· JFK assassin / Spitzer (NY Governor)

5. What influences in our society are changing how we think about privacy?
· MySpace
· USA Patriot Act
· Web
· Urbanization
· Telemarketers
· Sexual predators list
· Media / paparazzi / tabloids
· Information about public people’s personal lives instead of just job related
· We trust certain people because of their position (but it is not warranted)
6. How do you feel about privacy?
· Important
· Freedom of privacy in US is important
· Draw the line / choice
· Medical privacy – teens don’t tell because they’re worried about parents – compromising safety
· National security
· Want your own privacy, but we need to know about other people
· Be able to choose what information is public

7. What concerns do you have about privacy?
· Make sure they aren’t sharing your information especially on Web
· Schools going on MySpace to find information on kids – police searches of lockera and MySpace postings
· Companies on WWW are compromising privacy
· Free time vs. school time –information about what you do out of school shouldn’t have impact on school time

8. What types of information could hurt a person if made public?
· Sexual orientation
· Identity theft
· Criminal record
· Library books (what people are reading looking at on the web)
· Medical history – insurance companies can abuse this information

9. What information about others do you feel you need to know?
· If person has criminal record
· Sexual predator
· Doctor malpractice
· Licensing for profession
· Allergies
· This is different if you meet face-to-face vs online

10. What decisions have you made about your privacy? Do you take any actions to protect your privacy?
· Firewall / anti-spyware
· I am much more aware of what I do especially when on the web
· Erase your history
· Be careful in what you tell people face-to-face
· Make to set up private settings for web sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.)
· Use aliases
· Phone number is anonymous / unlisted / take number off Yahoo!
· Lie

11. What trade‑offs or compromises would you be willing to make with your privacy?
· I am going away to college and want to make new friends so I am sharing some information online
· For convenience (save credit card information)
· When exchanging information, give yours back
· Help the country
· Phone number for prizes

12. Are you surprised at any of the things you have heard today?
· Can find telephone and addresses online
· That some people know they should do certain things to protect their privacy, but don’t do it
· That some people see a difference between face-to-face and online contact

05-21-2008

rhubsher — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:20:30 CDT

May 21, 2008
8 girls and 6 boys (ages12 – 17)

1. What is important to you personally about privacy?
· Being yourself
· Knowing you’re safe - security
· Keeping things to yourself
· People don’t know things about you unless you want them to

2. What information about yourself are you comfortable in giving out?
· First name
· Likes / dislikes
· Nationality / ethnicity
· Talents
· Experiences
· Religion
· Age / birth date
· Hobbies
· Occupation

3. Where do you draw the line and say “That’s none of your business!”
· Where you live
· Social Security Number
· Age
· E-mail address
· Personal relationships (friends)
· Pictures of me (what you look like)
· Where parents work
· My room at home
· Passwords
· School I go to
· Parents’ names
· Credit card number
· Last name
· Phone number
· Personal relationships
· Fears
· Likes / dislikes
· IP address
· Online account information
· State you live in
· Sexual activity
· Blood type
· Weight / height / appearance / physical details
· Health information
· How much money you have
4. What do you think of when I ask you about confidentiality (privacy)?
· Medical information
· Stalkers
· Hacking
· Trust between teacher and student
· Secrets

5. What influences in our society are changing how we think about privacy?
· Locker checks
· Identity theft
· Social networking sites
· Media
· Threat of terrorism

6. How do you feel about privacy?
· You have to be careful
· Important
· Some stuff is personal

7. What concerns do you have about privacy?
· Could affect me later
· On web it is hard to know what happens

8. What types of information could hurt a person if made public?
· Where someone lives
· Phone number
· Sexual activity
· Mental state
· Personal schedule
· Financial information
· Locker combination
· Gossip; friends’ affairs
· Medical records
· Weight
· Criminal record
· Age
· Ipod location
· Social Security number

9. What information about others do you feel you need to know?
· Name
· Age
· Criminal history
· Its different when you meet face-to-face
10. What decisions have you made about your privacy? Do you take any actions to protect your privacy?
· Provide false personal information
· Increase privacy settings for online accounts
· Anti-virus / anti-spam / anti-spyware
· Alarms / security devises
· Locking brother/sister out of your room
· Good passwords; hard to guess
· Don’t share information
· Be careful with Web cams
· Curtains on windows
· Don’t reveal school

11. What trade‑offs or compromises would you be willing to make with your privacy?
· Do not compromise
· Sometimes I do not pay attention

12. Are you surprised at any of the things you have heard today?
· Surprised about locker checks

05-06-2008

rhubsher — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:18:44 CDT

Tuesday, May 6, 2008
14 Girls and 4 Boys (AGES 13 – 17)

1. What is important to you personally about privacy?
· Having people’s respect
· Being able to do what you want without question

2. What information about yourself are you comfortable in giving out?
· Anything but Social Security Number
· Comfortable giving first name; not last
· Gender
· Age Birthday

3. Where do you draw the line and say “That’s none of your business!”
· Address
· Phone number
· Passwords
· Credit card number
· Depends on situation
· Marital status
· Religion
· Sexual preference

4. What do you think of when I ask you about confidentiality (privacy)?
· Degree of trust (teacher/student)
· Between you and me
· Lock and key
· Secrets
· Wire tapping
· Dr.’s medical information
· PATRIOT Act
· Stalkers
· Hacking

5. What influences in our society are changing how we think about privacy?
· Media/news reporting
· Information that is supposed to be safe and is not
· Teacher/student interaction being violated, loss of trust, embarrassing and ridiculing students
· Locker checks
· Identity theft
· Threat of terrorism / bomb threats
· Government seems to have access to everything. Why? PATRIOT Act
· Social networking sites
· You have to be more aware/guarded
· A point that should exist where teacher cannot take away notes and cell phones
· Mutual erosion of trust
· Stereotyping
6. How do you feel about privacy?
· It is very important
· You want to have something to call your own
· Different for everyone – Shows maturity in individuals
· Cannot just trust must use judgment

7. What concerns do you have about privacy?
· Someone might violate it
· Later repercussions
· People who you do not see the value of privacy
· Archive.com
· Background checks
· Insurance companies finding out medical information and will not cover people

8. What types of information could hurt a person if made public?
· Health information
· Your sexuality
· Gossip – information ca be posted by other
· Criminal history
· Credit card information/identity theft
· Predators
· Drug and alcohol use
· Gang participation/group participation
· Protest/political parties
· Hobbies and interests

9. What information about others do you feel you need to know?
· Name
· Age/online
· Criminal history
· Gender/online
· Age/mistaking of who is above age
· Face-to-face
· Sexual history in a romantic relation
· Drug addict – online/face-to-face
· Each – has a different need to know

10. What decisions have you made about your privacy? Do you take any actions to protect your privacy?
· Make my online page private
· Do not give out any Ids
· Do not give out private information – address, phone, ID, Social Security, cell phone number
· Would not want to have any identifying information on clothing
· Use pop-up blocker
· Parents have talked to kids about privacy
· This issue was talked about in school

11. What trade‑offs or compromises would you be willing to make with your privacy?
· “I wouldn’t make compromisest
· Giving out limited information
· Do not compromise
· I would give information to a doctor for mental and medical reasons
· S.A.T. – Information (to provide college access)
· I look for secure sites

12. Are you surprised at any of the things you have heard today?
· Surprised about locker checks
· When teacher confiscate cell phones and look at look at history

04-21-2008

rhubsher — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:23:29 CDT

Monday, April 21, 2008-04-25
5 girls 2 boys (ages 14 – 17)

1. What is important to you personally about privacy?
· Not being bothered
· No blocks – “being able to Google anything” – no government controls
· Right to say what you want and right to stay quiet if you desire
· Should be respected, not ridiculed because of our age

2. What information about yourself are you comfortable in giving out?
· Use nicknames/fake names on web sites
· Age is OK, e-mail, zip OK
· No address or telephone

3. Where do you draw the line and say “That’s none of your business!”
· Personal things

4. What do you think of when I ask you about confidentiality (privacy)?
· Library “quiet, no one bothers you
· Game of Clue
· Secrets
· Patient confidentiality
· Not for everyone’s eyes

5. What influences in our society are changing how we think about privacy?
· PATRIOT Act
· Books like Barcode Tattoo
· Sexual preference shouldn’t matter
· Internet –
- Double edge sword
- Lots of information, but lack of control “camera phones” YouTube
- Social networking sites
- People say things but realize the consequences
- Be someone else, put forward a difference face

6. How do you feel about privacy?
· Like it but it’s more limited
· Lines are blurred
· Technology swamped people so they do things because they can even if it’s not wise

7. What concerns do you have about privacy?
· Being taken away for both good and bad reasons (drugs, suicide, parents are misinterpreting concerns/paranoid)
· More aware via Internet of issues
· PATRIOT Act – B. Franklin “if sacrifice freedom for security you get nothing” is the invasiveness worth it? Push the envelope a little at a time, no going back
· Need to have a balance – it’s getting lost

8. What types of information could hurt a person if made public?
· Slander, rumors, gossip
· Something you tell your friend

9. What information about others do you feel you need to know?
· Name, if they are nice
· Maybe age

10. What decisions have you made about your privacy? Do you take any actions to protect your privacy?
· A little on Facebook, basically I use e-mail (so people who know you can search you)
· My e-mail goes through my parent’s e-mail

11. What trade‑offs or compromises would you be willing to make with your privacy?
· E-mail settings

12. Are you surprised at any of the things you have heard today?
· No, not really

Difference face-to-face and online
· Can’t tell emotions of people when online
· Not wise to tell people things when you are online
· Not real even with Webcam use
· Web sites (can choose private or public by invite) Facebook, AIM, YouTube, deviantART, Photobucket

Teens-04-21-2008

rhubsher — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:22:06 CDT

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John's report

ccaywood — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:47:21 CDT

NATIONAL CONVERSATION ON PRIVACY DATA GATHERING MEETING, MAY 20, 2008 Called to order 8:30 A.M. Group included the following individuals: Assistant City Manager – female age - 30’s Assistant City Police Chief – male age - 50’s President of Local Chamber and Tourism Alliance – male age - 60’s Economic Development Department Head City – female age - 40’s Communications Director County – female age – 50’s Assistant Community Services Director County – female African American – age -50’s QUESTION #1: WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU PERSONALLY ABOUT PRIVACY? Control (ability to manage privacy) Privacy—we are fortunate to be able to maintain privacy. Reasonable government intervention It is empowering to be able to control privacy. Parents should have the right to observe what their children are viewing. Maintain flexibility to meet community, national and personal goals. Some personal aspects should be private. QUESTION #2: WHAT INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF ARE YOU COMFORTABLE IN GIVING OUT? Driver’s license Financial disclosures Information tied to your profession as required On-line information---some people are not concerned, while others are less willing to reveal personal data. Concern about identity theft (credit cards) No personal information (too much personal information is public information) HIPPA has made access to medical information much more difficult. QUESTION #3: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF WHEN I ASK YOU ABOUT CONFIDENTIALITY? Privacy Trust Not taken seriously by all Critical in business (failure to keep confidences could result in loss of employment.) QUESTION #4: WHAT INFULENCES IN OUR SOCIETY ARE CHANGING HOW WE THINK ABOUT PRIVACY? Legality Blame—Protection from lawsuits Technology Fear of sharing information Law enforcement--established guidelines (balance the release of information while solving a crime.) National threats Media Accessibility---cell phones, PDAs and computers QUESTION#5: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT PRIVACY? WHAT CONCERNS DO YOU HAVE ABOUT PRIVACY? Lack of trust No control Financial---Credit Fraud Too much information Stolen Identity Damaging information vs. Comfortable information QUESTION #6: WHAT TYPES OF INFORMATION COULD HURT A PERSON IF MADE PUBLIC? Financial Health Library Records Anything – Depending upon the context in which it is released QUESTION #7: WHAT INFORMATION ABOUT OTHERS DO YOU FEEL YOU NEED TO KNOW? If there is probable cause then access to as much information as possible. However this information should not be shared, beyond the need to know. (Law enforcement context). Nothing Families with children need to know if sex offenders are living in neighborhood. Background checks, DMV and drug tests on possible employees If someone has negative information on you then you need to know this Strong emphasis here by one participant in not giving up your rights (example - when asked if it is all right to search your vehicle say no) QUESTION #8: WHAT DECISIONS HAVE YOU MADE ABOUT YOUR PRIVACY? DO YOU TAKE ANY ACTIONS TO PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY? Do not give out social security number unless given proof of the need for It Shred everything of a personal nature (credit card applications, credit card receipts etc.) Not signing up for websites that require personal information prior to Purchase Not completing all paperwork when information is requested No personal financial giving over the phone Participating in do not call registry Never keeping credit information on file Checking personal accounts on a daily basis Monitoring personal information on Internet and other places QUESTION #9: WHAT TRADE-OFFS OR COMPROMISES WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO MAKE WITH YOUR PRIVACY? For public safety For convenience Not comfortable with any trade-offs Meeting ended at 9:20 a.m.

Whatcom County Teens

Aubri — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:43:02 CDT

Date: March 2008 age range: 14-15 -grade 9-10 English class demographics: Teens from a rural community

What is important to you personally about privacy?
Cameras and police make me nervous.
Sometimes privacy is taken over the top.
People hear and see everything now.
People don't need to know things about me.
Personal space.
Not being searched.
Ask me before taking legal action.
Camers are all over. (2)
Things need to be private if it is a matter of protecting someone.
Anyone who wants privacy should get it. (2)
My rights.
I don't want people getting hold of my personal information.
Telling someone a secret and having them keep it.
People not breathing down my neck.

What information about yourself are you comfortable in giving out?
I never give out my information of any kind. (2)
I don't give information out unless I know the person.
Pretty much anything.
Little details
First name (11)
Birthday (9)
Music (6)
Hobbies (4)
Height
Opionions onservice

What do you think of when I ask you about confidentiality?
Nothing (2)
A secret (8)
A red stamp on a manilla envelope.
Someone keeping your secrets. (2)
Trust
Between you and one other person. No one else. (2)
The FBI and not being able to talk about something.

What influences in our society are changing how we think about privacy?
Nothing
Strange people.
Stores with high tech cameras.
The web (2)
Chat rooms.
911 (6)
Homeland security/terrorist acts on American soil.
School shootings
Identity theft.
TV
Chatroom stories
Cameras
Terrorism

How do you feel about privacy? What concerns do you have about privacy?
You should be careful of what you say to people.
I don't think about it. (2)
I don't care (4)
It's good to have.
People shouldn't want to know information about you. They should respect that.
Privacy is important to me to a certain extent unless it means putting someone in danger. Then it is a non-issue: forget privacy.
I worry the government will go to the extreme of China and block internet searches.
People randomly killing other people.
I am concerned someone could look for me and do me harm.
I have no privacy.
I don't do online chatting like myspace. I only email.
It's sort of important to me. I don't want bad people to get my information.
It's very important to me.
I like privacy. Random people should not have information about me.

What types of information could hurt a person if made public?
Any personal information
Full name (2)
Social security number (8)
Passwords. (8)
History
weight
Age (2)
Feelings
Information related to money (4)
Adress (2)
Information about being in jail. Criminal record. (2)
Bad things you used to do but stopped.

What information about others do you feel you need to know?
First name (10)
culture/background. (3)
Not much
First name and last name (3)
Age (4)
Nothing
Hobbies (2)
sex (2)
Like/dislikes

What decisions have you made about your privacy? Do you take any actions to protect your privacy?
I give people a false information (name, age and address) (4)
None.
Use a user name online. (2)
I don't give information about myself. (2)
I need privacy. I password protect everything I can and make sure I know someone before revealing anything besides basic information.
Name and picture, but only my friends can see them.
Depends
I don't use myspace. (2)
I don't use chatrooms. (2)
I talke to friends I trust.
Password protection
I don't carry my social security card

What trade-offs or compromises would you be willing to make with your privacy?
I give incorrect personal information when asked.
None. (2)
Depends on who I am opening up to.
My name (8)
Age (2)
First and last name (4)
Address
Not a picture!
Email (4)
birthdate (4)
hobbies.
Not much.
Phone number
Really depends on the situation; overall I would never reveal everything about myself unless it was a best friend.

Group 4

MChronister — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:00:08 CDT

1F, 25-30, caucasian; 2 other F

What is important to you personally about privacy?
maintaining it,privacy is important to me, but not at the risk of losing connection with others, protecting the internet,how is it violated

What information about yourself are you comfortable in giving out?
depends on the situation, unless it is needed for important matters, I don't feel comfortable giving out ANY information, will tell about my personal life, but i don't share my personal information (i.e. address, phone, ssn)

What do you think of when I ask you about confidentiality?
government intrusion, it will be broken,should be able share my thoughts and be safe,nothing more off-putting to me than people giving out their information willy-nilly then getting mad when it is misused

What influences in our society are changing how we think about privacy?
homeland security, the internet, 9/11, TSA,

don't know how you can have privacy and safety all together anymore

How do you feel about privacy? What concerns do you have about privacy?
information security, private medical records,this feeling of "admission of guilt" when you choose NOT to divulge information

What types of information could hurt a person if made public?
medical records, credit information, infidelity, school records, crimes paid for

What information about others do you feel you need to know?
history of pedaphilia, criminals in area, if my neighbor aren't going to steal my stuff, if loaning funds - I would want to know their credit history

What decisions have you made about your privacy? Do you take any actions to protect your privacy?
shred all documents, avoid leaving my name on my answering machine

What trade-offs or compromises would you be willing to make with your privacy?
college applications and scholarships, loans

Group 3

MChronister — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:46:31 CDT

1M, 35-40, caucasian; 1F, 35-40, caucasian; 1F, 25-30, caucasian; 1F, 25-30, asian

What is important to you personally about privacy?
maintaining a sense of security, HIPPA, there need to be times when conversation is protected (using cell phones in public, for example)

What information about yourself are you comfortable in giving out?
basic information (name, age),uncomforable about putting anything regarding relationships or children, depends on who you are giving the info to,depends on context - i put down a lot of stuff freely - in applications and in online spaces

What do you think of when I ask you about confidentiality?
health information,whether it is something that is going to curtail my free exercise of speech/conscience,at the library - you don't want to call the husband to tell him that his wife's book how to get a divorce in illinois is in

What influences in our society are changing how we think about privacy?
internet, online anonymity, identity theft, medical identity theft,constant surveillance and ways of fighting back aginst that -- some people put out deliberate disinfo, the government,ease of which information is transmitted on-line, security, etc, drama TV shows,younger folk not realizing or not caring about implications of their very public online life

How do you feel about privacy? What concerns do you have about privacy?
dataaggregation and profiling, use of technology in direction of police state

What types of information could hurt a person if made public?
private lives of politicians can oust them from office, past deeds, medical information,religious belief, sexual orientation, lots of info - when decontextualized - can be damaging

What information about others do you feel you need to know?
depends on context but basically as little as necessary, perhaps odd answer: how well they can write or express themselves, how needy they are, how trustworthy they are and who else knows them

there was an experiment where people were left in a room to watch a baby while the experimenter stepped out 'to get something he forgot for the experiment' and when those people were observed almost all of them checked the diaper to know what gender of kid they were dealing with

What decisions have you made about your privacy? Do you take any actions to protect your privacy?
shred everything from junk mail to bill receipts, don't blog about anything personal, don't use social networking sites,generally assume things are not as private as I'd like, scowl at security cameras

What trade-offs or compromises would you be willing to make with your privacy?
most have been unwilling,don't like giving too much information out, but many businesses require you to give a lot of information to be a customer anymore - if you need their services, you are stuck, some people are not willing to give in to drug testing

Group 2

MChronister — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:29:34 CDT

2F, 45-50, Caucasian; 1M, 30-35, Hispanic

What is important to you personally about privacy?
That we have expectation of it in our society, comfort that I have it and it’s respected, building it amongst others

What information about yourself are you comfortable in giving out?
Depends on the company, very subjective, must feel safe with audience

What do you think of when I ask you about confidentiality?
Credit card applications, that when it is asked for it must be absolutely respected, what I write online in an anonymous forum is different from what I write at work

What influences in our society are changing how we think about privacy?
Outrageous media behavior (such as Paris Hilton), internet, paparazzi, YouTube, health care requirements

How do you feel about privacy? What concerns do you have about privacy?
not sure I have many concerns about privacy, we are losing it, social networking sites preventing people from getting jobs in the future

What types of information could hurt a person if made public?
Behavior in the past and present, sexuality, health, financial affairs, social security numbers, bank accounts, past felonies

What decisions have you made about your privacy? Do you take any actions to protect your privacy?
Shred documents, google myself every six months or so, don’t give out social security number, sign up for the do not call list

What trade-offs or compromises would you be willing to make with your privacy?
give up health info already to insurance companies, blood sample to get health insurance

not many, for example wal-mart sends out free gift cards if you agree to sign-up here, no thanks