The report Electronic Records Systems and Individual Privacy (Office of Technology Assessment, 1986) at www.wws.princeton.edu/~ota/disk2/1986/8606_n.html helped set the stage for current Congressional discussions of and federal laws on the use of computer matching in our government. It contains an overview of how federal government used computer matching and profiling during the 1980s. See "Personal Privacy Protection versus Your Right to Know: How the Use of GIS in This Computer Age Has Overtaken Your Individual Rights" at www.esri.com/library/
userconf/proc96/TO200/PAP173/P173.HTM for a review of the current state of laws affecting computer matching and profiling and how powerful geographic information systems (GISs) can invade people's privacy. Roger Clarke is a world renowned expert on computer matching, computer profiling, and data surveillance. His Web site at www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke presents an excellent collection of articles on these topics. For examples of how computer matching and profiling are used in different industries, check out the case studies at www.acxiom.com/caseinpoint. The Web page "iMarket Inc: Datastream Press Release " at www.inet.imarketinc.com/products/enterprise/
press/datastream072298.asp illustrates one way in which businesses use these techniques. Recently, a Mexican dignitary, on his way to deliver a speech at Harvard University, was detained at Chicago's O'Hare International airport because he fit an airline's security risk profile. To learn more about new airline passenger profiling practices check out the Electronic Privacy Information Center's (EPIC) Air Travel Privacy pages at www.epic.org/privacy/faa.