Useful Links and Resources About Privacy Rights

Check out our growing collection of useful links and resources about privacy rights, including related organizations, government resources, guides, and legal information. Is there something that should be on this list, but isn’t? Contribute at talkrights [at] ccla [dot] org.

ORGANIZATIONS

• Canadian Access and Privacy Association
• Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
• Canadian Institute for Information and Privacy Studies
• BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Open Media
• Privacy and Access Council of Canada

GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONERS

• Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

• Privacy Commissioners of the Provinces and Territories

GENERAL GUIDES AND ADVICE

• Guide to Access to Information Requests (BC FIPA)
• Surveillance Self Defense (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
• Picking Good Passwords (Bruce Schneier)
• Internet Law (Internet Society)

MINIMIZING YOUR DIGITAL FOOTPRINT (AVOIDING NSA SURVEILLANCE)

• NSA Surveillance: A Guide to Staying Secure (The Guardian)

Securing Privacy on Social Networking Sites (SNS)

• SocialSmarts: Privacy, the Internet and You (Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada)

Securing Privacy on Online Shopping Websites

• Online Shopping Tips: E-Commerce and You (Privacy Rights Clearinghouse)
• Paper or Plastic: What Have You Got to Lose? (Privacy Rights Clearinghouse)

Securing Privacy on Online Dating Websites

• The Perils and Pitfalls of Online Dating: How to Protect Yourself (Privacy Rights Clearinghouse)

Securing Privacy on Online Job Websites

• Privacy Tips for Online Job Seekers (Privacy Rights Clearinghouse)
• Avoiding Online Job/Freelancer Scams (Comparitech)

SECURING PRIVACY ON NETWORKS

Cloud Computing

• Dropbox, Privacy and SpiderOak (The Guardian)
• Reducing Risk When Cloud Computing (The Guardian)

Securing Privacy on Public Wi-Fi Networks

• Wi-Fi Privacy (Techlicious)
• How to be Safe on Public Wi-Fi Networks (Lifehacker)
• Public Wi-Fi: How to Secure Your Data in 10 Minutes

Securing Privacy on Browsers and Operating Systems 

• Privacy and Security on Web Browsers (LifeHacker)
• Privacy hints for common browsers:
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Explorer
• Securing Privacy on Windows 8
• Securing Privacy on a Mac 
• Securing Privacy on Linux
• Securing Privacy on Smartphones (Privacy Rights Clearinghouse)
• How to Configure your Content Blocker

SECURING THE PRIVACY OF YOUR FILES

Password Protecting Documents in Microsoft Office

• Microsoft Office 2007 (Microsoft)
• Microsoft Office 2010 and 365 (Microsoft)

Password Protecting Folders (Windows)

• How to Create a Password Protected Folder (How-To Geek)

PRIVACY TOOLS

Public Domain Encryption Software

• GnuPG
• OTR
• Tails

Anonymity/reduced tracking (remember, there’s a difference!)

• Tor Project
• Privacy Badger