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 →
Privacy Writings and Work
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 →
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 →
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 →
Book: Job Searching Online for Dummies
Job Searching Online for Dummies (1st & 2cnd editions, IDG Press) was an important book for me. This book allowed me to fully update Be Your Own... Read more →
Book: Be Your Own Headhunter Online
Be Your Own Headhunter Online, Random House, 1993, was the first book I wrote. It was a challenging experience, because halfway through the book, I... Read more →
Privacy writings and research
Background Pam Dixon is the executive director and founder of the World Privacy Forum, a non-profit public interest research group focused on... Read more →
Report: Many Failures – A Brief History of Privacy Self-Regulation
The report Many Failures: A Brief History of Privacy Self-Regulation, was published October 14, 2011 by the World Privacy... Read more →