Privacy Resources

Online Privacy: How Did We Get Here? A 2013 PBS Digital Studios video discussing the history and evolution of online privacy concerns. (8 minutes)

Pew Research Center conducted a survey of over 5000 Americans about their views on privacy, their personal data, and online habits.

Prioritizing Privacy is a three-year continuing education program that will train academic library practitioners to comprehensively address privacy and other related ethical implications of learning analytics projects (e.g., autonomy, agency, and trust). The project is led by Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe (PI, University of Illinois) and Kyle M. L. Jones (Co-PI, Indiana University-Indianapolis).

Privacy. The article, published in 1960 by William L. Prosser, outlines four torts that would allow someone whose privacy was violated in one of those four ways to sue the perpetrator for damages.

On January 31, 2024, Dr. Alessandro Acquisti, Trustees Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College, and the co-director of the CMU Center for Behavioral Decision Research (CBDR), delivered a presentation on the Economics of Privacy in the context of augmenting economic arguments with non-economic considerations in order to address the broad concept of privacy.

Privacy and Appropriate Use of Data at U-M. A SUMIT 2020 presentation on the value of privacy and U-M’s approach to personal data protection in a world of ubiquitous technology and big data.

Privacy and Freedom. Written by Alan Westin in 1967, this pioneering book prompted U.S. privacy legislation and helped set the stage for modern debates about technology, privacy, and personal freedom.

Privacy Powered by Virtru. Part of the 2021 Data Privacy Day event series, this presentation showcases how the email security tool Virtru can help protect your privacy.

Privacy, Reputation, and Identity in a Digital Age Taught by Tim McKay, Arthur F. Thurnau professor of physics, astronomy, and education, and Sol Bermann, university Chief Information Security Officer.

Privacy@Michigan 2023 hosted Keynote Speaker, Dr. Kristen Martin where she presented Privacy, Power, and Platforms: How to think about user privacy expectations online.