1st Class -- Introduction

In this session, we're exploring the various definitions and concepts of "information" -- who needs it, who wants it, and who can protect it. We will discuss the history and development of information policy in the U.S. and examine the regulatory mechanisms, applicable statutes, and the right of access to information. We will begin an ongoing analysis of "information privacy," or in other words, an individual's right to control his or her personal information held by others.

Assigned Readings

President's Press Release of Jan. 7, 2000

Jerry Berman & Deirdre Mulligan, Privacy in the Digital Age: Work in Progress, 23 Nova L. Rev. 551 (1999).

U.S. Privacy Laws: A Summary

Keeping Records Public, Consumer Rep., Feb. 1999 at 7.

* How to Use the Federal FOI Act.
Read all material posted on this site.

* Tapping Official's Secrets.
Browse this site, especially the Illinois material.

* The addresses of these sites are included for your viewing pleasure; no material from them is included in your class materials.