This annual report by EPIC and Privacy International reviews the state of privacy in over fifty countries around the world.  It outlines legal protections for privacy, new challenges, and summarizes important issues and events relating to privacy and surveillance.  The
2002 edition of Privacy and Human Rights examines the impact of government proposals after September 11, 2001 on privacy and civil liberties. The report documents many new anti-terrorism and security measures and identifies key trends including increased communications surveillance, weakening of data protection regimes, and increased profiling and identification of individuals.