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This site began in 1997 as a place to archive information about Pam Dixon's books. The site has grown, and now accomodates information about Dixon's other work such as research and radio.
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Pam Dixon can be reached via the World Privacy Forum.
- Office : 760.436.2489 (Pacific)
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Pam Dixon is an award-winning author, journalist, and researcher recognized for her contributions in the area of technology, the workplace, education, new media, and privacy.
Dixon is the founder and executive director of the World Privacy Forum, a non profit public interest research and consumer education group that investigates and reports on privacy issues, particularly those intersecting with technology. The World Privacy Forum issued its first report in November 2003 with "The 2003 Job Search Privacy Study: Privacy in the networked environment." The study, a year in its research, is the first to benchmark job applicant privacy in the networked environment industry-wide. Other studies include the first study on job scams (2004), "Call Don't Click" (2005) on financial privacy, and the groundbreaking "Medical Identity Theft" report in 2006, which was the first report to substantiate and analyze the unique medical aspects of ID theft.
Prior to launching the World Privacy Forum, Dixon was a research fellow and principle investigator at the Privacy Foundation at Denver University Law School. While there, Dixon researched workplace privacy and employment privacy. Her first report for the foundation, " Click, You're Hired. Or Tracked: a report on the privacy practices of Monster.com" (2001) was the first study to look at job searching privacy on the Internet and was the first report of its kind to analyze the practices of the multi-billion dollar online job search industry. She also released "Resume Database Nightmare," the first report to uncover hard proof of actual resume sales and theft from databases.
Job Searching Online for Dummies , 2nd edition(John Wiley, January 2000) is Dixon's most recent book. It has earned top reviews and has been cited by the Los Angeles Times as the top "Job Search Book of the Year." Dixon's first book, Be Your Own Headhunter Online (Random House, 1995) was recognized by the Computer Press Association as one of the best non-fiction computer books of 1995. Another of her books, TakeCharge Computing for Teens and Parents (IDG Books, 1996) was named one of three finalists in the prestigious 1997 Ben Franklin Awards. Dixon has also written the ground-breaking book Virtual College (Peterson's, 1996). This book is recognized by business and higher education leaders as the definitive book on distance education for consumers. Her policy work in the area of distance education and technology has been nationally recognized and quoted, and she has written for the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.
Dixon contributed articles and features to the San Diego Union Tribune for over a decade, including working as a new media columnist for the paper.
The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time, Fortune, U.S. News and World Report, Newsweek, Business Week, The Los Angeles Times, New York Newsday, The San Francisco Chronicle, Reader's Digest, USA Today, the Sunday Times (London), Wissen (Germany), and many others have featured and quoted Dixon. The Associated Press and Reuters have also featured Dixon in wire stories released for worldwide distribution. Dixon's television appearances include segments on Good Morning America, CBS News' "48 Hours," the BBC, NBC, ABC, CNN, Fox, PBS, MSNBC and NPR.