There is not much research done about privacy and digital civil rights in the Baltic EU accession countries (Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia). Estonia refers to itself as E-stonia, with the ambition to outclass even Finland as ICT-nation. Groundwork was done by the Open Society Institute in Lithuania, resulting in the report Digital Lithuania in 2001 by Marius P. Saulauskas.

In spite of extreme pessimism about the level of ICT-development in 2001, seventy-four percent of the interviewed Lithuanians felt that the development of an information society would favourably influence the Lithuanian economy. With Parliament reviewing the conclusions, the study has become an important factor in official plans for Lithuania's development over the next 15 years. In cooperation with the Ministry of Economical Affairs, the Institute launched a website to allow people to express their opinions about the development program.

Summary in English
http://www.politika.osf.lt/inf_society/summaries/DigitalLithuania2001....