http://www.ghostery.com/
A website that will show what tracking is taking place on every website you visit and how to take measures to reduce the tracking if you desire
http://www.cippic.ca/
Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic.The site offers a vast library of information and advice on privacy issues and the internet.
http://www.piriform.com/
A website where you can download free software to clean out cookies.
http://www.priv.gc.ca/quiz/en/Quiz.asp
Canadian Privacy Commission a quiz on privacy issues plus the site has many more links on protecting your privacy.
http://www.priv.gc.ca/resource/consultations/report_2010_e.pdf
Canadian Privacy Commission discussion report on need for changes to privacy laws.
http://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(09)00149-9/fulltext
2009 study on how young people are targeted by advertisers in online world
http://donottrack.us/
American discussion site on Do Not Track technology
http://www.eff.org/
US based Electronic Frontier Foundation
http://www.networkadvertising.org/
American advertising association with information and downloads including a tracker block program and one to show who is tracking you on various websites.
http://www.privacymatters.com/
Canadian ad industry information site on ID theft.
http://www.iabcanada.com/IABCanada_InterestBasedAdvertising_AWin-WinForAll.pdf
Canadian ad industry position paper on targeted advertising techniques and principles.
http://tags.bluekai.com/registry
US marketing research firm. You register with them and they will show you the basics of what they know about you based on your computer
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/features/safer.aspx
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 privacy details
http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy/
Google's privacy page where you can learn more and set some restrictions
https://wiki.mozilla.org/PrivateBrowsing
Firefox privacy page
