Committee on Privacy in the Information Age

Overview
The National Research Council's Committee on Privacy in the Internet Age was composed of 16 people with a broad range of expertise, including senior individuals with backgrounds in information technology, business, government, and other institutional uses of personal information; consumer protection; liability; economics; and privacy law and policy. From 2002 to 2003, the committee held five meetings, most of which were intended to enable the committee to explore a wide range of different points of view. For example, briefings and/or other inputs were obtained from government officials at all levels, authorities on international law and practice relating to policy], social scientists and philosophers concerned with personal data collection, experts on privacy-enhancing technologies, business representatives concerned with the gathering and uses of personal data, consumer advocates, and researchers who use personal data. Several papers were commissioned and received.

The results of the Committee's efforts was the report titled: Engaging Privacy and Information Technology in a Digital Age.