New book for winter 2015
Some news! I am pleased to announce that I am the editor of a forthcoming reference work on surveillance. The book will be published in fall/winter... Read more →
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Report: The Scoring of America
In April, I along with my co-author Robert Gellman published The Scoring of America. It is a 90-page report that was deeply researched over the... Read more →
Congressional Testimony: The Modern Permanent Record …Online and Offline Privacy
Testimony of Pam Dixon Executive Director, World Privacy Forum Before the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, and the... Read more →
Report: Data Brokers and the Federal Government: A New Front in the Battle for Privacy Opens, Part III in a series
The report Data Brokers and the Federal Government: A New Front in the Battle for Privacy Opens, Part III in a series was published... Read more →
Burning the Days, James Salter
James Salter is one of the great living writers today in the US. I am reading his memoir, Burning the Days, with much enjoyment. His descriptions of... Read more →
Testimony backgrounder
Pam Dixon frequently testifies before Congress, Federal Agencies, and a variety of other places where policy matters are being debated. Here are... Read more →
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking
A few weeks ago I was in an airport, hunting around for something to read on a five hour flight. I discovered this jewel of a book by Daniel C.... Read more →
Digital Watercolor: Sunrise, Mysore India
This is a 5-minute sketch I did of a genuinely orange sunrise in Mysore India in 2012. I was observing Lalitha Mahal, which is the summer palace in... Read more →
Watercolor: Ocean 1982
A small ocean watercolor, Pam Dixon, c. 1982. It currently hangs in my office at World Privacy... Read more →
Book: Online Privacy
Online Privacy, ABC-CLIO 2011/2012, was a wonderful book-writing experience. I co-authored the book with longtime writing collaborator,... Read more →