History of data protection: 1966

Key developments

🇺🇳 On 16 December 1966, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which would enter into force on 23 March 1976.

Also this year

🇺🇸 The Computer and the Invasion of Privacy: Hearings before a Subcommittee on Government Operations, US Congress, House of Representatives, July 26, 27, and 28 1966. Part 1 and Part 2.

Literature

Armer, Paul (1966), Computer Aspects of Technological Change, Automation, and Economic Progress, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica.
Handler, Joel F. and Margaret K. Rosenheim (1966), ‘Privacy in Welfare: Public Assistance and Juvenile Justice‘, Law and Contemporary Problems 31(2), 377-412.
Horton, Frank (1966), ‘Horton Cites Potential Privacy Invasion by Proposed Central Data System‘, Congressional Record, 5 August 1966.
Karst, Kenneth L. (1966), ‘The Files: Legal Controls Over the Accuracy and Accessibility of Stored Personal Data‘, Law and Contemporary Problems, 31, 342-376.
Thomas, Ronald J. (1966), ‘The Polygraph in Private Industry: Regulation Or Elimination‘, Buffalo Law Review, 15(3), 655-668.
Ware, Willis H. (1966), Future computer technology and its impact, Vol. 3279, Rand Corporation.
Westin, Alan F. (1966), ‘Science, Privacy, and Freedom: Issues and Proposals for the 1970’s. Part I–The Current Impact of Surveillance on Privacy‘, Columbia Law Review, 66(6), 1003-1050.
Yamamoto, Kaoru (1966), ‘Psychological testing: Invasion of privacy?’, Educational Leadership 23, 363-368.
Yang, T. L. (1966), ‘Privacy: A Comparative Study of English and American Law‘, International and Comparative Law Quarterly 15(1), 175-198.

Films

In the media

Jaffe, Natalie (1966), ‘Sociologist Warns on ‘Big-Brotherism’‘, The New York Times, 15 April 1966.
‘To Preserve Privacy‘, The New York Times, 9 August 1966, 36.

Music

🎵 The Kinks, ‘Party Line‘ (from Face to Face, Rye Records, 1966), featuring the lyrics: ‘I can’t speak without an interception, This is private, please get off my line, Please tell me when I can have my privacy, I’d like to meet the girl who’s always talking, When I’m speaking on my party line’.