Organizations Working to

Protect Privacy Rights

 

When reading about privacy, you will frequently encounter abbreviations for these organizations we have listed. As an aid we are offering this list. 

ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union http://www.aclu.org

ACP - Americans for computer Privacy http://www.computerprivacy.org

CDT - Center for Democracy and Technology http://www.cdt.org

CME - Center for Media Education http://www.cme.org/

CPI - Center for Public Integrity http://www.publicintegrity.org

CPSR - Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility http://www.cpsr.org

CFA - Consumer Federation of America http://www.consumerfed.org

CPT - Consumer Project on Technology http://www.cptech.org

EFF - Electronic Frontier Foundation http://www.eff.org

EPIC - Electronic Privacy Information Center http://www.epic.org

GILC - Global Internet Liberty Campaign http://www.gilc.org

IPC - Internet Privacy Coalition http://www.epic.org/crypto/

OPA - Online Privacy Alliance http://www.privacyalliance.org

PI - Privacy International http://www.privacy.org/pi/

PRC - Privacy Rights Clearinghouse http://www.privacyrights.org

PIRG - U.S. Public Interest Research Group http://www.pirg.org

USPC - U.S. Privacy Council

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Federal Commerce Commission (FCC)

Dept. of Commerce

Office of Management & Budget/acting as privacy oversight agency for medical records

FBI

Department Of Justice

National Security Agency

European Union Directive