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Article | June 14, 2005
Privacy Is an Important Issue But It's No Reason to Dump Wireless ID
By Robert D. Atkinson
This not an either-or debate. We can have the RFID's convenience, functionality and cost savings and have strong privacy protections.
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Presentation | December 9, 2004
The Promise of RFID
By Robert D. Atkinson
A presentation to the NCSL Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Committee.
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Policy Report | October 6, 2004
Radio Frequency Identification: Little Devices Making Big Waves
By Julie Hutto and Robert D. Atkinson
As a major technological advancement, RFID tags are poised to stimulate growth; therefore, it is important to embrace them rather than stall or halt them altogether.
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Front & Center | April 5, 2004
Google E-mail, What's All the Fuss About?
By Rob Atkinson
Google's new "G-mail" service will provide free e-mail, a gigabyte of storage space, and targeted on-screen ads -- unless the paranoid rhetoric of privacy advocates shuts it down.
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Testimony | October 30, 2003
Testimony of Senior Policy Analyst Shane Ham on "Email Spam"
Prepared testimony given to the House Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight Hearing on "Email Spam."
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Blueprint Magazine | June 30, 2003
Getting Radical with Spam
By Shane Ham
The spam menace is worse than ever -- and strong steps are needed to end it.
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Briefing | March 27, 2003
The Battle Over Spam
By Shane Ham
The problem is becoming so severe that, without effective legislation, email -- by far the most popular use of the Internet -- may become unusable as a communications tool.
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Article | March 1, 2003
Internet Privacy: The Case for Pre-emption
By Shane Ham
Just as it is indisputable that Congress has the
authority to regulate Internet privacy, it is equally clear that state-by-state regulation of Internet privacy would do more harm than good, for several reasons.
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Briefing | August 1, 2001
Adopting P3P for Congressional Web Sites: A How-To Guide
By Shane Ham and Ari Schwartz
The why's and how's of implementing "P3P," in seven easy steps.
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Front & Center | June 4, 2001
E-Mail Spam Labeling
By Shane Ham
The fact that restrictions on physical mail with sexual content pass constitutional muster does not matter to cyberlibertarians, because they feel the Internet is special. But why should it be? The principle is the same.
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Policy Report | April 13, 2001
Online Privacy and a Free Internet
By Shane Ham and Robert D. Atkinson
Any online privacy legislation should balance the need to protect consumer privacy with the need to encourage the growth of a free and freely available Internet supported by targeted marketing.
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Blueprint Magazine | April 1, 2000
Is Your Personal Health Information Really Safe?
By Katie Donohue
Why the online industry must provide tighter safeguards.
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Backgrounder | March 1, 2000
DoubleClick and Online Privacy
By Shane Ham and Robert D. Atkinson
Online profiling of web users is a valid business model, as long as protections are in place to give web users sufficient notice that profiling is taking place and adequate opportunity to choose not to participate.
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Backgrounder | March 1, 2000
DoubleClick and Online Privacy: Update
By Shane Ham and Robert D. Atkinson
What has been lost in the debate up to this point--and what is in ever-greater danger of being
lost altogether as policymakers move for quick closure in the DoubleClick matter--is the fact that consumers have an interest in economic innovation and a financially healthy Internet as well as privacy.
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Briefing | November 1, 1999
How to Can Spam
By Randolph Court and Robert D. Atkinson
Spamming is a predatory practice that unfairly places burdens on both recipients and Internet service providers (ISPs), and threatens to undermine the potential of the Internet as a civic and commercial space.
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Briefing | June 1, 1999
Jump-Starting the Digital Economy
By Marc Strassman and Robert D. Atkinson
The emerging digital economy promises high-productivity, low-unemployment, and increased standards of living. However, citizens, companies, or governments will be unable to fully realize these benefits until individuals can easily and securely authenticate themselves over the Internet.
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Backgrounder | March 1, 1999
Online Privacy Standards
By Randolph Court and Robert D. Atkinson
For now, Congress should not legislate consumer privacy protections in online transactions that don't involve sensitive data like medical or financial information. But if after a significant trial period self-regulation is not adopted by a large share of e-commerce Web sites, if consumer concerns regarding privacy on the Internet do not diminish, and if a record of significant abuses emerges, then Congress should establish minimum privacy standards in transactions involving personal information.
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Memo | October 28, 1990
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