Privacy Law

• Agencies / Organizations
  • Wisconsin
    • WI Office of Privacy Protection (WI Dept. of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection)
      • Complaints
  • National
    • Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
      Fact sheets on identity theft, Internet privacy, telemarketing, financial privacy, junk mail, medical records, workplace privacy, etc. Access other privacy organizations and resources.
• Electronic Privacy Information Center
  Pending Congressional legislation on privacy & cyber-liberties. View scanned images of government documents released under FOIA. Access privacy tools for email, secure instant messaging, anonymous surfing of the web, encryption, Internet filters, firewalls, cookie busters, disk erasing programs, password generators & other resources.
  • EPIC Bill Track: Tracking Privacy, Speech, and Cyber-Liberties Bills
• Personal Autonomy (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
• Personal Information (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
• Privacy (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
• Privacy: an Abbreviated Outline of Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping (Congressional Research Service)
• Privacy & Civil Liberties (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility)
  Includes U.S. laws, national identity schemes, fighting terrorism vs. civil liberties & privacy, etc.
• Privacy Initiatives (Federal Trade Commission)
• Privacy Laws in Wisconsin (Legislative Reference Bureau, 2008)
• Rights to Privacy: You Now Hold the Key to How Much Information Financial Institutions Can Share (FDIC)
• Safe Harbor (U.S. Dept. of Commerce)
• Wisconsin Privacy Laws (WI Office of Privacy Protection)
• Workplace
  • Your Employee's Right to Privacy (Nolo.com)
    Includes testing employees, workplace searches, monitoring email, telephone & internet use, monitoring off-duty conduct, background checks, etc.
  • Federal Opinions
    • Quon v Arch Wireless Operating Co., Inc. (U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth District, Jan. 27, 2009)
    • Quon v Arch Wireless Operating Co., Inc. (U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth District, June 18, 2008) 
  • The Law
    • WI Statutes: s. 19.356 "Notice to Record Subject; Right of Action"
    • WI Statutes: s. 103.13 (6) (e) "Records Open to Employee"

The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

• WI Statutes: s. 100.525 "Telephone Records, Obtaining, Selling, or Receiving Without Consent"
• WI Statutes: s. 134.97 "Disposal of Records Containing Personal Information"
• WI Statutes: s. 134.98 "Notice of Unauthorized Acquisition of Personal Information"
• WI Statutes: s. 942.08 "Invasion of Privacy"
• WI Statutes: s. 995.50 "Right of Privacy"
• U.S. Code: 5 USC 552a "Records Maintained on Individuals" (Privacy Act)
• U.S. Code: 20 USC 1232g "Family Educational and Privacy Rights" (Student Records)

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Last Updated: March 23, 2010 | Up to Top