Online Privacy Resources
In addition to the articles on this site, we've compiled this list of helpful websites.
United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team
United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is a partnership between the Department of Homeland Security and the public and private sectors. Established in 2003 to protect the nation's Internet infrastructure, US-CERT coordinates defense against and responses to cyber attacks across the nation.
US-CERT is charged with protecting our nation's Internet infrastructure by coordinating defense against and response to cyber attacks. US-CERT is responsible for
- analyzing and reducing cyber threats and vulnerabilities
- disseminating cyber threat warning information
- coordinating incident response activities
US-CERT interacts with federal agencies, industry, the research community, state and local governments, and others to disseminate reasoned and actionable cyber security information to the public.
Protecting your Privacy on the Internet
This article is for those who are relatively new to the Internet. If you are an experienced Internet user who is aware of privacy risks involved then you probably don't need to read this.
Internet Privacy
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nternet privacy consists of privacy over the media of the Internet: the ability to control what information one reveals about oneself over the Internet, and to control who can access that information. Many people use the term to mean universal Internet privacy: every user of the Internet possessing Internet privacy.
Internet privacy forms a subset of computer privacy. Experts in the field of Internet privacy have a consensus that Internet privacy does not really exist. Privacy advocates believe that it should exist.
HTTP cookie
HTTP cookies, sometimes known as web cookies or just cookies, are parcels of text sent by a server to a web browser and then sent back unchanged by the browser each time it accesses that server. HTTP cookies are used for authenticating, tracking, and maintaining specific information about users, such as site preferences and the contents of their electronic shopping carts. The term "cookie" is derived from "magic cookie," a well-known concept in unix computing which inspired both the idea and the name of HTTP cookies.
Spyware
Spyware is computer software that is installed surreptitiously on a personal computer to intercept or take partial control over the user's interaction with the computer, without the user's informed consent.
Computer Privacy Digest
The Computer Privacy Digest (CPD) is a forum for discussion of the effect of technology on privacy. The digest is moderated and gatewayed into the USENET news group comp.society.privacy. This forum was set up to discuss the effect that technology has on privacy.
DoD 5220.22-M
Information about the Department of Defense Dod 5220.22 standard.