April 13, 2000 - Full Text and Summary of Canada Bill C-6, "An Act to support and promote electronic commerce by protecting     personal information that is collected, used or disclosed in certain circumstances, by providing for the use of electronic means to        communicate or record information or transactions and by amending the Canada Evidence Act, the Statutory Instruments Act and the      Statute Revision Act," that received Royal Assent April 13, 2000. Part 1 of the Act deals with Privacy, which follows the EU Data Protection Directive and the 1994 Province of Quebec Privacy Law.  Part 2 of the Act deals with generic "electronic signatures," and Part 3 of the Act deals with evidentiary presumptions afforded "secure electronic signatures," the equivalent of "digital signatures" under U.S. laws, and "enhanced electronic signatures" under the EU electronic signatures framework.

  February 24, 2000 - Full Text of Agreement reached (it subsequently fell apart) in Negotiations Between European Union and U.S. Dept of Commerce re Safe-Harbor Compromise re Self-Regulation to comply with EU Data Protection Directive  which became effective October 21, 1998.

  February 1, 2000 -  COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998) FTC Official Summary "KIDZ PRIVACY" at the FTC website re Adoption of Final Rule Implmenting the Act.

  November 3, 1999 - Full Text of of Federal Trade Commission, Part III, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Rule; Final Rule, 16 CFR Part 312, 64 F.R. 59887-59915 (November 3, 1999),  adopted under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA),  U.S.C. 6501-6505, Public Law 105-[? - Not in http://thomas.loc.gov - search 105th Congress for S.2326] , <http://uscode.house.gov/> (search for 15 U.S.C. 6501) 105th Congress for S. 2326).

October 20, 1999 - COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998) FTC Press Release  re Adoption of Final Rule Implementing the Act.

  October 24, 1998 - Effective Date of The so-called "EU Data Protection Directive" -  Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (Document 395L0046, OJ L 281 , 23/11/1995 p. 0031 - 0050)

  October 21, 1998 - Full Text of COPPA, Children Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998.

  Fall of 1998 - Classic article by Prof Jerry Kang of UCLA School of Law, "Transaction Privacy in Cyberspace Transactions," 50 Stan. L. Rev. 1193-1294 (1998), with a strong emphasis upon the cultural and philosophic significance of privacy, beyond mere economic and social needs.

March 28, 1998 - Comprehensive Memo on Legal Issues of Privacy in Public On-Line Systems
Memo used for Speech delivered 3/23/98 at a Pace University Law School Law Review Symposium by Myrna L. Wigod of the Computer and High-Tech Practice Group of McCarter & English LLP. This memo, prepared with the assistance of Robert J. Burger of the same practice group and firm, is the best and most comprehensive we've seen in this area.