2007 Privacy Rankings

This is the link to the 2007 International Privacy Ranking Report developed by Privacy International. You can find the map that we looked at in class and the single country reports along with the criteria for the different rankings.

Also, please listen to these reports form this week's On The Media as they all revolve around issues of privacy, secrecy, transparency and surveillance.

NSA monitoring of domestic communications of American journalists.


President Obama's commitment to digital document transparency.


What if the ads you're watching are watching you back? A company called Quividi designs software that allows advertisers to guess your age and gender using tiny cameras inserted into billboards and video displays. Quividi's chief scientific officer Paolo Prandoni explains how the ads work.


And, finally, a report/article from Pop Matters, the online music magazine about the relationship of surveillance and hip-hop. Here.