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Exploring Online Privacy: Info Brokers, Cookies, Web Bugs, & Child Safety - Prof. Jane Tur, Lab Reports of Computer Science

La Salle UniversityComputer Science
Prof. Jane Turk

The availability of online information brokers, examines privacy policies, cookies, web bugs, and strategies to help children use the web safely. It provides insights into the case of amy boyer, a new hampshire woman murdered by a stalker who used online research services to find her personal information. The document also discusses the lack of laws dealing with information brokered in look-up databases and the importance of the fair information practices.

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ONLINE PRIVACY EXPLORATION
CIS 610 June 12, 2003
Objectives:
consider the availability of (for-pay) online information brokers
examine privacy policies, cookies and web bugs
explore strategies to help children use the web safely
Note: links are underlined. Feel free to examine links other than those mentioned.
Using Google
Go to Google’s home page: http://www.google.com/ Type your home phone number
into the search box; e.g. 215-xxx-xxxx. IF you have an unlisted phone number,
use a number of a family member or friend that is listed. Click the 'Google
Search' button.
Note the results AND how easily you can follow up on the search results.
If you want Google to remove your listing, go to
http://www.google.com/help/pbremoval.html
To learn more about the Google’s information collection, go to: http://www.google-
watch.org and follow the link in the upper left (in an outline of the US) called
Lookie Google Cookie. Feel free to follow any other links also.
Can you find Google’s privacy policy?
Look-Up Databases
Caroline Kennedy and Ellen Alderman stated that $400 will buy a ten-year medical
history from Equifax in their essay, “Expectations of Privacy: The Fourth
Amendment in the 21st Century.” They also remind us that 35% of Fortune 500
companies acknowledged using health information to make employment
decisions. That was before HIPAA went into effect.
To get an idea of the kind of personal data that is available from commercial sites,
sometimes called “look-up databases,” go to: www.docusearch.com. You will not
be able to use the services (unless you subscribe) but you can examine the
available search categories. In the gold bar on the left side of the page, scroll
down to find and follow the link to Free Resources and examine some of
these sites. In particular, examine US People Finder, at the top of the
People/Business Searches list. Try locating yourself or some person you
know.
(Note the pop-up ads from these sites.)
Back on the Free Searches page, scroll down to the Searchable State Databases and
Records and examine at least one of these.
www.whowhere.com is another free locator site, and so is Lexis-Nexis.
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CIS 610 June 12, 2003 Objectives:  consider the availability of (for-pay) online information brokers  examine privacy policies, cookies and web bugs  explore strategies to help children use the web safely Note : links are underlined. Feel free to examine links other than those mentioned. Using Google Go to Google’s home page: http://www.google.com/ Type your home phone number into the search box; e.g. 215-xxx-xxxx. IF you have an unlisted phone number, use a number of a family member or friend that is listed. Click the 'Google Search' button. Note the results AND how easily you can follow up on the search results. If you want Google to remove your listing, go to http://www.google.com/help/pbremoval.html To learn more about the Google’s information collection, go to: http://www.google- watch.org and follow the link in the upper left (in an outline of the US) called Lookie Google Cookie. Feel free to follow any other links also. Can you find Google’s privacy policy? Look-Up Databases Caroline Kennedy and Ellen Alderman stated that $400 will buy a ten-year medical history from Equifax in their essay, “ Expectations of Privacy: The Fourth Amendment in the 21st^ Century .” They also remind us that 35% of Fortune 500 companies acknowledged using health information to make employment decisions. That was before HIPAA went into effect. To get an idea of the kind of personal data that is available from commercial sites, sometimes called “look-up databases,” go to : www.docusearch.com. You will not be able to use the services (unless you subscribe) but you can examine the available search categories. In the gold bar on the left side of the page, scroll down to find and follow the link to Free Resources and examine some of these sites. In particular, examine US People Finder, at the top of the People/Business Searches list. Try locating yourself or some person you know. (Note the pop-up ads from these sites.) Back on the Free Searches page, scroll down to the Searchable State Databases and Records and examine at least one of these. www.whowhere.com is another free locator site, and so is Lexis-Nexis.

In October, 1999, a 20 year-old New Hampshire woman named Amy Boyer was murdered by a long time acquaintance who had stalked her. The stalker used two online research services, Docusearch and Infoseekers, to find her birthdate, SSN, address, and place of employment. The stalker went to her workplace and killed her and then himself. Amy's mother and stepfather urged Congressional passage of a bill that would restrict disclosure of SSNs, but Congress failed to produce appropriately restrictive legislation. The version produced in the fall of 2000 was described as "window dressing" and eliminated. Amy’s family brought a civil lawsuit against Docusearch. On February 18, 2003, the New Hampshire Supreme Court held that private investigators and information brokers have a duty to exercise reasonable care when the sale of personal information creates a risk to the individual being investigated. The case will now be remanded to a federal district court where a trial will determine whether Docusearch and the other defendants were actually liable for Amy Boyer’s death. EPIC maintains a page that details the case: http://www.epic.org/privacy/boyer/ Other than the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which deals with credit reports, few laws--if any—deal with information brokered in look-up databases. In spring, 2002, the Washington Post ran a story “Police Records for Anyone’s Viewing Pleasure.” It highlighted www.RapSheets.com which claims to have the most comprehensive criminal directory on the Internet. The site states that Fair Credit Reporting Act rules apply, but the enforcement mechanism, if any, is unknown. The company itself (the Post reports it has 9 employees) cannot verify that the customer is complying. Some sites sell software to enable people searches. One such site is http://SafeSpy.net What can happen to data you provide online? Consider the Fair Information Practices or FIPS , listed in the presentations on privacy and online privacy. The very first is notice : you should know what data is being collected from you and why (what is the purpose of data collection). You should be told of possible use of your information for other purposes and asked to opt in or, at least, given the opportunity to opt out. a. What is your online service provider’s privacy policy for its subscriber data? Find it and read it. b. Go to the New York Times site, www.nytimes.com, and find and read its privacy policy. The policy also explains TRUSTe and BBBOnLine, to which the Times subscribes. Read about them also. c. As you visit the web sites below, check out the privacy policies of at least some of them. Particularly if you plan to provide personal information at a site—like a health site—it is wise to read the site’s privacy policy first. IF a site posts a privacy policy and fails to live up to it, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) can get involved because of the site’s fraudulent advertising.

Public Records Databases on the Internet If you are interested, a document by this name, authored by Paul Grabowicz, is available at: http://www.journalism.berkeley.edu/resources/car/publicrecords.html Under categories such as “professional licenses” or “property ownership” the document provides links to particular public records databases. If you are buying or selling a home, www.domania.com may provide helpful information. Spyware pests If you want to learn more about what kinds of spyware are available and which ones are the current "pains", go to http://www.pestpatrol.com/Support/Stats/Top_Ten_Pests.asp#TOP This site lists the top ten "pests". It links to sites which track emerging pests. You might be amazed at how many little pest programs are out there and how many might actually be sitting on your PC. There is information on a freeware app, ad- aware. (It can be found at www.download.com, etc.) This app will go through your PC, including the registry, and look for any possible spyware apps. If it finds any, it will give you the opportunity to remove them. (A graduate student in the spring downloaded the app, ran it and it found over 85 spyware apps on his PC.)