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• Literary Trials: Exceptio Artis and Theories of Literature in Court (New York and London: Bloomsbury Academic, c2016), ed. by Ralf Grüttemeier, contrib. by Gisèle Sapiro, Anton Kirchhofer, Ted Laros, K. Beekman, Claudia Lieb, Sylvia Sasse, Katharina Hupe, Peter D. McDonald, and Martin A. Kayman (PDF with commentary at oapen.org)

• Still Not Fully Protected: Rights to Freedom of Expression and Information under Angola's New Press Law (2006), by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (HTML with commentary at hrw.org)

• China's Algorithms of Repression: Reverse Engineering a Xinjiang Police Mass Surveillance App (in English, Chinese, Arabic, and other languages; New York: Human Rights Watch, 2019), by Maya Wang (illustrated HTML and PDF files with commentary at hrw.org)

• La Direction Générale de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie (1810-1815) (extract from Le Livre, in French; 1887), by Henri Welschinger
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Les Délits de Presse dans la Législation Roumaine (doctoral dissertation in French; Paris: A. Rousseau, 1912), by E. C. Decusara (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Privacy and Free Speech: It's Good for Business (second edition; San Francisco: ACLU of California, 2012), by Nicole A. Ozer and Chris Conley (HTML and PDF with commentary at aclunc-tech.org)
• Private Lives and Public Policies: Confidentiality and Accessibility of Government Statistics (1993), by National Research Council Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (page images with commentary at NAP)
• What the Government Does With Americans' Data (New York: Brennan Center for Justice, c2013), by Rachel Levinson-Waldman (PDF with commentary at brennancenter.org)
• Engaging Privacy and Information Technology in a Digital Age (2007), ed. by James Waldo, Herbert Lin, and Lynette I. Millett (HTML and page images with commentary at NAP)
• Records, Computers, and the Rights of Citizens (1973), by United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Secretary's Advisory Committee on Automated Personal Data Systems (HTML at hhs.gov)
• Protecting Privacy in Computerized Medical Information (OTA-TCT-576; 1993), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Citizen's Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government Records (2012), by United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (text and PDF at congress.gov)
• Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The Growth of an American Surveillance Society (2003), by Jay Stanley and Barry Steinhardt (PDF with commentary at aclu.org)
• With Liberty to Monitor All: How Large-Scale US Surveillance is Harming Journalism, Law, and American Democracy (New York: Human Rights Watch, 2014), by G. Alex Sinha (HTML and PDF with commentary at hrw.org)
• A Citizen's Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government Records (fifth edition; Washington: GPO, 1993), by United States House Committee on Government Operations (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Electronic Supervisor: New Technology, New Tensions (1987), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
• Privacy on the Line: The Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption (updated and expanded edition; Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, 2007), by Whitfield Diffie and Susan Eva Landau (PDF files with commentary at MIT Press)
• Fourth Amendment and the Internet: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, April 6, 2000 (Washington: GPO, 2000), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary
  • HTML at house.gov
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Electronic Record Systems and Individual Privacy (1986), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
• For the Record: Protecting Electronic Health Information, by National Research Council Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (HTML and page images at NAP)

• Comic Books, Municipal Control of Sale and Distribution: A Preliminary Study (report #124; Washington: National Institute of Municipal Law Officers, 1948), by Charles S. Rhyne (page images at HathiTrust)

• Report of the New York State Joint Legislative Committee to Study the Publication of Comics, by New York State Joint Legislative Committee to Study the Publication of Comics (partial serial archives)

• With Liberty to Monitor All: How Large-Scale US Surveillance is Harming Journalism, Law, and American Democracy (New York: Human Rights Watch, 2014), by G. Alex Sinha (HTML and PDF with commentary at hrw.org)

• JEP: The Journal of Electronic Publishing (1995-) (full serial archives)

• Privacy Design Strategies (The Little Blue Book) (c2022), by Jaap-Henk Hoepman (PDF in the Netherlands)
• "Trivial Complaints": The Role of Privacy in Domestic Violence Law And activism in the U.S. (c2008), by Kirsten S. Rambo (HTML and PDF at gutenberg-e.org)
• The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007), by Daniel J. Solove (PDF files with commentary at GWU)
• Privacy and Human Rights, by Privacy International and Electronic Privacy Information Center (full serial archives)
• The Public and the Private in Aristotle's Political Philosophy (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, c1992), by Judith A. Swanson (multiple formats with commentary at Cornell Open)
• Surveillance Giants: How the Business Model of Google and Facebook Threatens human Rights (in multiple languages; 2019), by Amnesty International (PDF files with commentary at amnesty.org)
• Controlling Knowledge: Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection in a Networked World (Edmonton: AU Press, c2011), by Lorna Stefanick (PDF with commentary at AU Press)
• The Scoring of America: How Secret Consumer Scores Threaten Your Privacy and Your Future (San Diego: World Privacy Forum, 2014), by Pam Dixon and Robert Gellman (PDF with commentary at worldprivacyforum.org)
• Global Survey on Internet Privacy and Freedom of Expression (in English, French, and Arabic; Paris: UNESCO, 2012), by Toby Mendel, Andrew Puddephatt, Ben Wagner, Dixie Hawtin, and Natalia Torres (PDF with commentary at unesco.org)
• Lessons From the Identity Trail: Anonymity, Privacy and Identity in a Networked Society (2009), ed. by Ian Kerr, Valerie M. Steeves, and Carole Lucock (PDF files with commentary at idtrail.org)
• The Private, the Public, and the Published: Reconciling Private Lives and Public Rhetoric (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, c2004), ed. by Barbara Couture and Thomas Kent (PDF with commentary at usu.edu)
• Rights and Responsibilities of Participants in Networked Communities (1994), ed. by Dorothy Elizabeth Robling Denning and Herbert Lin (HTML with commentary at NAP)
• Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (second edition, 2006; with link to wiki updates of 1999 edition), by Lawrence Lessig (PDF with commentary at codev2.cc)

• Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, c2015), ed. by Michael A. Geist (PDF with commentary at uottawa.ca)
• Transparent Lives: Surveillance in Canada (c2014), ed. by Colin J. Bennett, Kevin D. Haggerty, David Lyon, and Valerie M. Steeves (PDF with commentary at AU Press)

• The Future of Financial Privacy: Private Choices versus Political Rules (2000), by Competitive Enterprise Institute (PDF files at cei.org)

• Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy (issues free to access after 1 year; 2016-) (partial serial archives)
• Surveillance and Society (2002-) (full serial archives)

• Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World (Dublin, OH: OCLC, c2007), contrib. by Cathy De Rosa, Joanne Cantrell, Andy Havens, Janet Hawk, and Lillie Jenkins (PDF files with commentary at oclc.org)

• Judicial Rhapsodies: Rhetoric and Fundamental Rights in the Supreme Court (Amherst: Amherst College Press, 2023), by Doug Coulson (multiple formats with commentary at fulcrum.org)

• Private Lives and Public Policies: Confidentiality and Accessibility of Government Statistics (1993), by National Research Council Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Electronic Record Systems and Individual Privacy (1986), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Toward an Agenda (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 2016), ed. by Tahu Kukutai and J. Taylor (PDF at usindigenousdata.org)

• Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Toward an Agenda (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 2016), ed. by Tahu Kukutai and J. Taylor (PDF at usindigenousdata.org)

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