These days it seems like we've lost our entire right to privacy; RealID is giving us a national id card, secret NSA wiretaps, and PATRIOT Act national security letters just for starters. This combined with corporate America being unable to protect our personal information (Choicepoint, CardSystems, TJX etc etc ) creates the perception that privacy is a lost cause. Is it time to move to Canada or New Zealand? This talk will start with a review of the state of privacy laws here in the US conclude with a discussion of where privacy is headed.