"Computer and Network Privacy at Stanford University: A Preliminary Study of Student Privacy Issues"

A Pilot Study Conducted by The Stanford Student Computer and Network Privacy Project

The Stanford Student Computer and Network Privacy Project is a product of the Stanford University course titled Information Technology in Society: Legal and Policy Perspectives taught by Dr. Barbara Simons and offered through the Computer Science and Science, Technology and Society Departments. This seminar-format course analyzed the ethical, legal, policy, political, and technical components of intellectual property, privacy, security, and other technology related issues.  As participants in the course, which included a diverse mix of graduate and undergraduate students, we studied the policies and standards related to computer and network privacy.  Our pilot study, titled "Computer and Network Privacy at Stanford University: A Preliminary Study of Student Privacy Issues" was motivated by our realization that very little was known about privacy on the Stanford campus.