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[Note: We’ve often addressed the issue of creating a balance between security and privacy. In honor of Data Privacy Day 2008 today’s links focus on data privacy.]

CQ.com: Collateral Damage: Surveillance Aimed at Terrorists Can Easily Go Awry

“’We don’t talk about who we are investigating and not investigating,’ FBI spokesman Richard Kolko told me Friday. But U.S. intelligence officials insist they are not idly ’spying’ on innocent Americans. And I tend to agree. What would be the point? On the other hand, the incidents Wright describes, and the open-ended electronic surveillance authority the administration wants, are cause for worry — just not for the reasons many people think.”

IBM developerWorks: Reflections on Data Privacy Day

“‘People, process, and technology’ has almost become a mantra in the IT industry but as we explore the challenges in IT governance we see that there’s another big factor, ‘policy’. It’s nebulous term. People argue over what it is and isn’t. But for my purposes here, let’s say that a policy is a statement of intent and/or obligation expressed in natural language text. A policy is often a statement of principles that must be interpreted and applied to a wide range of contexts. They are guides to action. They set boundaries to actions. They set minimum standards of action. For Data Privacy Day, I think it’s fitting to look at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s five principles of Fair Information Practices and ask ourselves how well we are doing.”

PogoWasRight.org: Reminder: Monday is Data Privacy Day 2008 (update 2)

“As a reminder: January 28th is Data Privacy Day in North America and 27 European countries. Here are some resources or ideas for activities:”

Official Google Blog: Celebrating data privacy

“As part of the day’s events, we’ll join legal scholars, privacy professionals, and government officials from Europe and the U.S. at an international data privacy conference being held at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. We’ll also contribute to efforts to raise awareness and promote understanding of data privacy issues by releasing the third video in our privacy series (’Google Privacy: A Look at Cookies’) on our YouTube Privacy Channel.”

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