KUCI: Privacy Piracy

Mari Frank Interviews Professor Lori Andrews, 05/06/13

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Larry Ponemon, 05/13/13

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Janine Darling, 05/20/13

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, 04/15/13

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Kenneth Cukier, 04/22/13

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Tamara Hunter, 04/29/13

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Commissioner Ann Cavoukian, 04/08/13

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Jayne Hitchcock, 03/25/13

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Don Ulsch, 03/18/13

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Deborah Peel, 03/11/13

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Trevor Hughes, 02/11/13

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Justine Phillips, 03/04/13

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Woodrow Hartzog, 02/25/13

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Rebecca Herold, 02/04/13

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Art Maines, 02/18/13

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Anne Wallace 01/28/13

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Martine Ehrenclou 01/21/13

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Robert Ellis Smith 01/14/13

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Jeremy Gruber 01/07/13

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Bob Baier 12/31/12

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Joanne McNabb 12/24/12

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Joe Mason 12/17/12

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Cliff Baker 12/10/12

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews John Bruce 12/3/2012

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Patrick Florer and Heather Goodnight 11/19/12

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank interviews Phil Robertson from LockBox 11/26/12

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Randy Hammon 10/22/12

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Larry Ponemon 11/5/12

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Perry Segal 11/12/12

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank interviews Stephen Echols, Victim of Criminal Identity Theft, 10/1/12

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank interviews Thomas Shaw, ESQ., 10/8/12

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank interviews Mark Schwanhausser, 10/15/12

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank interviews Frances Henderson, 10/29/12

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Joe Simitian, Senator 9/24/12

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Joe Simitian was elected to the California State Senate in November 2004 to represent the 11th State Senate District, which includes portions of San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties. His public service over the years includes stints as a State Assemblymember, member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, Mayor of Palo Alto and President of the Palo Alto School Board. He has also served as an election observer/supervisor in El Salvador and Bosnia, and participated in refugee relief and resettlement efforts in Albania and Kosovo. In the Senate, Simitian chairs the Environmental Quality Committee and serves as a member of the following committees: Budget & Fiscal Review, where he is Chair of Subcommittee #2 on Resources, Environmental Protection and Transportation; Education; Energy, Utilities & Communications; Natural Resources & Water; and Transportation & Housing. Simitian received his Bachelor of Arts degree, with academic honors, from The Colorado College. He also holds a Master of Arts degree in International Policy Studies from Stanford University, a Master in City Planning degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Juris Doctor law degree from the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall). Raised in Palo Alto and a graduate of Palo Alto (“Paly”) High, Simitian’s roots are in the Midpeninsula. His community involvement includes service on the boards of local organizations such as American Leadership Forum – Silicon Valley, Adolescent Counseling Services and the Clara-Mateo Alliance, and he co-chairs the Silicon Valley Leadership Group’s Housing Leadership Council. Since serving in the Legislature, Simitian has been widely recognized for his commitment to service and the passion he brings to his job. He has received Legislator of the Year awards from a wide range of organizations, including the California School Boards Association, AeA (the American Electronics Association), the California Library Association and NOW (the National Organization for Women). He regularly receives “100%” environmental ratings from the California League of Conservation Voters, the Sierra Club and Vote the Coast. The California Journal identified Simitian as among those at the “Top of the Class” during his first term in the Legislature. More recently, the Capitol Weekly identified Simitian as one of the half-dozen “Most Effective” members of the Legislature. San Jose Magazine has repeatedly recognized him as one of the “Power 100 of Silicon Valley”, and in 2003 Simitian was selected by Scientific American magazine as one of the “Scientific American 50” Leaders in Technology from around the world. Simitian and his work have been quoted or noted in publications as diverse as the Atlantic Monthly, Conde Nast Traveller, Mother Jones, People Magazine, and Scientific American. His media appearances range from CNN to the “Dr. Phil Show”, from CTV (Canadian Television) to ABC Radio National in Australia. Simitian brings to his work a unique perspective and background – service at all levels of local government; hands-on experience in the private sector as a public schools attorney, businessman, and certified city planner; a breadth of international interests and experience; as well as professional education and training particularly applicable to his work in the Legislature.

Mari Frank Interviews Chris Boudreaux, Global Social Media Architect for Accenture 9/17/12

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Chris Boudreaux leads global development of CRM and social business offerings for Accenture clients. He also serves as Global Social Media Architect to Accenture’s Fortune 100 clients across industries. In prior work, he led business transformation programs at Fortune 100 companies, including Boeing and Bank of America. In addition, he created and led the Strategy and Measurement practice at the social media agency Converseon, where he served brands including IBM, Ford, Univision and Walmart. His work has been featured by industry researchers and journalists including Forrester, Gartner, Harvard Business Review, and Mashable. As an active industry leader, Chris is also a governing member of the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA), where he serves on the Member Ethics Advisory Panel. Chris has been helping brands use social media since 2005, and he created SocialMediaGovernance.com in 2008 to help organizations improve their use of social media. He also led product development and business development teams at two early-stage start-ups in the digital media and online advertising spaces, one of which was acquired by Glam Media. Later this year, Chris and his co-author, Susan Emerick of IBM, will publish a new book with lessons and frameworks to help large organizations empower and enable their employees in social media, with tangible business value and ROI. http://socialmediagovernance.com/book

Mari Frank Interviews Andrew Serwin, Esq. 9/10

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank and Andrew Serwin interview each other. Andrew Serwin is a litigator and privacy expert and they discuss mediation to resolve privacy issues including class action suits.

Mari Frank Interviews Gene Healy, Vice President at the Cato Institute 9/3/12

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Gene Healy is a vice president at the Cato Institute. His research interests include executive power and the role of the presidency, as well as federalism and overcriminalization. He is the author of 2008's The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power, and the editor of the 2004 collection Go Directly to Jail: The Criminalization of Almost Everything. Healy has appeared on PBS's Newshour with Jim Lehrer and NPR's Talk of the Nation, and his writing has been published in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Legal Times, and elsewhere. He is also a weekly columnist for the Washington Examiner. Healy holds a B.A. from Georgetown University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. www.cato.org

Mari Frank Interviews Thomas Martin, Private Investigator 8/27/12

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Thomas Martin, a former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) supervisory agent with more than 40 years of professional experience, is president of Martin Investigative Services, Inc., a Southern California private investigation firm. The company provides full-service private investigation, corporate security services, background checks, missing person investigations and surveillance services. Martin Investigative Services operates through a network of 650 former DEA, FBI, IRS and Secret Service agents who serve all 50 states and more than 60 foreign countries. Prior to establishing Martin Investigative Services, Inc. in 1981, Martin’s position as a DEA supervisory agent (GS-14), played a major role in establishing the agency’s Planning and Evaluation Group in Los Angeles and the Advanced International Drug Enforcement School in Washington, D.C. He was recognized as one of the top lecturers in the Department of Justice, profile expert and “go to guy” for all aspects of interview and interrogation practices. His insights and techniques are still used in law enforcement training programs today. Martin is the author of If You Only Knew, which provides tips on how to avoid fraud and scams. A captivating speaker on all issues pertaining to private investigation and corporate security issues, he has been featured on CNN as well as in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Orange County Register. www.martinpi.com

Mari Frank Interviews Robert Ellis Smith, Journalist and Attorney

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Robert Ellis Smith is a journalist who uses his training as an attorney to report on the individual's right to privacy. Since 1974, he has published Privacy Journal, a monthly newsletter on privacy in a computer age based in Providence, R.I. From 1970 to 1973, Smith was the assistant director of the Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Prior to that, he had nine years of experience as a news reporter and editor with the Detroit Free Press, Trenton Times, The Southern Courier, and Newsday. He has taught at Harvard College, University of Maryland, Emerson College, and Brown University. A 1962 graduate of Harvard College, Smith received his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1976. He served as a member of the District of Columbia Human Rights Commission until 1986. In 1997, Vice President Gore named him to the Civil Liberties Panel of the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security. From 1996 to 2002, he served as vice chair of the Coastal Resources Management Council, which protects the 400 miles of Rhode Island coastline. www.privacyjournal.net

Mari Frank Interviews Troy D. Timmons, Licensed Counselor and Sex Offender Treatment Provider

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Troy D. Timmons is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Sex Offender Treatment Provider in private practice in Amarillo, Texas. He teaches at seminars on child abuse across the United States and provides expert testimony in child sexual abuse cases. Having treated hundreds of both survivors and perpetrators of sexual abuse, he brings unique insight to the issue of preventing and responding appropriately to America’s silent epidemic -- child sexual abuse. His book, "Mommy, Please Read This: The FACTS about Child Sex Abuse" is receiving generous praise for it's heart-warming expose on the heart-breaking subject of sexual abuse. www.troytimmons.com

Mari Frank Interviews Michelle Finneran Dennedy, Founder of The iDennedy Project

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Before coming to McAfee, Michelle Finneran Dennedy founded The iDennedy Project, a consulting and advisory company specializing in privacy and security sensitive organizations. Michelle is also a founder and editor in chief of a new media site—TheIdentityProject.com—that was started as an advocacy and education site, currently focused on the growing crime of Child ID theft. Michelle was the Vice President for Security & Privacy Solutions for the Oracle Corporation. This team worked closely with customers to enable them to proceed with the confidence that information is protected and accelerated as an asset. Before the Oracle acquisition of Sun, Michelle was Chief Data Governance Officer within the Cloud Computing division at Sun Microsystems, Inc. Michelle worked closely with Sun's business, technical and legal teams to create to the best data governance policies and processes possible for cloud computing to build trust for cloud environments through vendor transparency. Michelle also served as Sun’s Chief Privacy Officer. Michelle has a JD from Fordham University School of Law and a BS degree with university honors from The Ohio State University. In 2009, she was awarded the Goodwin Procter-IAPP Vanguard award for lifetime achievement and the EWF – CSO Magazine Woman of Influence award for work in the privacy and security fields. www.mcaffee.com

Mari Frank Interviews Anne Wallace, President of the Identity Theft Assistance Corporation

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Anne Wallace is President of the Identity Theft Assistance Corporation, a nonprofit corporation that operates ITAC, the Identity Theft Assistance Center. ITAC’s victim assistance service, which is free to the consumer and supported by member companies, has helped tens of thousands of consumers recover from identity theft. As the financial services industry center of expertise, ITAC and its member companies fight identity theft through identity protection and victim assistance services, law enforcement partnerships, consumer education and research. As a nationally recognized expert on privacy, financial services and payments law, Ms. Wallace serves as a resource for the news media, Congress and academia on these issues. She advocates for identity theft victims in the national dialogue about finding solutions to one of society’s most intransigent crimes. She helped develop ITAC Sentinel®, an identity management service that makes ITAC Victim Assistance™ available to all consumers. She began her legal career with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board where she served as Assistant Director of the Division of Consumer and Community Affairs and implemented key consumer credit laws including the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.

Mari Frank Interviews Susan Grant, Director of Consumer Protection

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Susan Grant is Director of Consumer Protection at the Consumer Federation of America, a nonprofit association of some 300 nonprofit consumer groups that was established in 1968 to advance the consumer interest through research, education, and advocacy Ms. Grant works specifically in the areas of privacy, deceptive marketing, online safety and security, fraud, electronic and mobile commerce, and general consumer protection issues. She coordinates CFA’s Fake Check Task Force, conducts CFA’s annual Consumer Complaint Survey, and is a recognized authority on combating consumer fraud and deception. She began her career in 1976 in the Consumer Protection Division in the Northwestern Massachusetts District Attorney's Office and has worked in the consumer protection field ever since.

Mari Frank Interviews Bruce Schneier, Internationally Renowned Security Technologist

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a "security guru" by The Economist. He is the author of 12 books -- including his latest best-seller Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust Society Needs to Survive -- as well as hundreds of articles and essays, and many more academic papers. His influential newsletter "Crypto-Gram," and his blog "Schneier on Security," are read by over 250,000 people. He has testified before Congress, is a frequent guest on television and radio, served on several government technical committees, and is regularly quoted in the press. Schneier is the Chief Security Technology Officer of BT. www.schneier.com

Mari Frank Interviews Christopher Wolf, Director of Hogan Lovells' Privacy and Information Management

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Christopher Wolf is a director of Hogan Lovells' Privacy and Information Management practice group. Chris is widely recognized as one of the leading American practitioners in the field of privacy and data security law. Chris has deep experience in the entire range of international, federal, and state privacy and data security laws, including financial and health information privacy laws, as well as the many sectoral and geographic regulations, such as the EU Directive and the new state data security laws including those in Massachusetts and Nevada. Chris also counsels clients on compliance with self-regulatory regimes. In addition, drawing on nearly 30 years as a litigator, Chris represents clients in all kinds of privacy and data security litigation that results from the disclosure or exposure of private information, including through data security breaches. www.hoganlovells.com

Mari Frank Interviews Jeff Jarvis, Associate Professor and Director of The Tow-Knight Center For Entrepreneurial Journalism

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Jeff Jarvis, author of "Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live" and "What Would Google Do?", blogs about media and news at Buzzmachine.com. He is associate professor and director of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism. He is consulting editor and a partner at Daylife, a news startup. He consults for media companies and is a public speaker. Until 2005, he was president and creative director of Advance.net, the online arm of Advance Publications. Prior to that, Jarvis was creator and founding editor of Entertainment Weekly; Sunday editor and associate publisher of the New York Daily News; TV critic for TV Guide and People; a columnist on the San Francisco Examiner; assistant city editor and reporter for the Chicago Tribune; reporter for Chicago Today. www.Buzzmachine.com

Mari Frank Interviews Elizabeth Henderson, Orange County Assistant District Attorney

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Elizabeth Henderson is the Assistant District Attorney who has been supervising the Major Fraud Unit, the Real Estate Fraud Unit and the High Tech Crime Unit since March 2004. She has been a member of the Orange County District Attorney’s Office since 1988 and has prosecuted a wide variety of cases including homicides, major frauds, gang crimes and a variety of felony cases. She is recognized as a strong advocate for the victims of white collar crime and a leading force in developing innovative programs to maximize use of public resources to target financial crimes and hold perpetrators accountable. She has been an instructor at the Orange County Sheriff’s Advanced Academy on the topics of homicide law. She is a member of the Orange County Financial Crimes Investigators Association and has partnered with that organization to provide quarterly free training classes to county law enforcement and bank investigators on a variety of fraud topics. She speaks regularly to community groups about identity theft, real estate fraud and investment schemes and has made a number of statewide presentations to law enforcement groups on the topic of criminal fraud.

Mari Frank Interviews Brian Kabateck, Nationally-Recognized Expert on Consumer Protection

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 08:00:00 -0800

A nationally-recognized expert on consumer protection, Brian Kabateck has worked with the California Legislature and California Department of Insurance to draft several laws including the Policyholder's Bill of Rights and a groundbreaking law to help earthquake victims recover claims from their insurance companies. As lead counsel for the NAACP’s class action against Wells Fargo, HSBC, Citi, GMAC, Washington Mutual and other leading financial institutions for discriminatory lending practices, Mr. Kabateck recently secured a settlement in which Wells Fargo & Co. changed its banking practices to abide by the NAACP’s fair lending practices. The bank will also open its books for regular audits of its lending practices and will help to fund Financial Freedom Centers throughout the country, which will facilitate financial literacy and other programs to underserved communities. Mr. Kabateck brought the only cases for victims of the Armenian Genocide against banks and insurance companies, and is currently litigating on behalf of the families of other ethnic minorities, such as Greeks, who were victimized during the Genocide. He is also working on behalf of consumers to recover millions in unlawfully denied insurance claims resulting from recent fires, earthquakes and hurricanes. www.kbklawyers.com

Mari Frank Interviews Mike "Duck" Proctor, Leading Experts on Stalking

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Mike "Duck" Proctor has become one of the nation's leading experts on stalking. The first U.S. crime study on stalking estimated that one in 12 women and one in 45 men are stalked sometime in their life. To help combat that, as well as assist not only those who are stalked, but those that investigate them; he wrote “How to Stop a Stalker,” along with articles for the California Journal of Law Enforcement and other professional publications. Prior to becoming a detective Mike was a substitute teacher in El Segundo and Anaheim where he primarily taught driver education, and P.E. In September of 1972, he became a member of the Westminster Police Department. After a year on the streets, he became one of the Chief’s administrative aides. While there, he spent most of his time teaching high school as a S.R.O. (school resource officer) and developing programs for the department; one of which was a for the initiation of an undercover team of detectives that worked hi-risk felons. He went back to the streets as a field training officer, finally got a chance to work as one of the members of the team he developed, and was then promoted into detectives; where started in burglary and shortly advanced the position of homicide detective. Duck Works Criminal Consulting was established by Mike shortly after he retired. Through this conduit he assists victims, victim advocates, law enforcement and educators both in the United States and abroad with issues concerning stalking. He has consulted for state legislators as well as advocates in other countries obtaining their new stalking laws. He regularly appears on radio and television as well as gives advice to writers involved in the main-stream print media. Mike has received the Defender of Justice Award from members of the California legislature for his work on stalking, and was recently appointed to The National Stalking Academy sponsored by the Home Secretaries Office in the United Kingdom. www.detectivemikeproctor.com

Mari Frank Interviews Matthew Bailey, an Attorney and Author Regarding Internet Privacy

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Matthew Bailey is the author of the new book, Complete Guide to Internet Privacy, Anonymity & Security. Matthew is a lawyer by training and has been passionate about Internet privacy for many years. He holds JD and MBA degrees from the University of Ottawa (Canada) and has been a registered Trade-Mark Agent. In 1998 he obtained his legal qualifications as a Barrister and Solicitor (Ontario, Canada) and in 2004 as a Solicitor (England & Wales). He has worked as a lawyer in a number of different international settings and roles, including private practice in Canada, as in-house counsel in the UK, as an international commercial lawyer in Kosovo, and currently as a Legal Officer for a Vienna-based international organization. Matthew is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Law Society of England & Wales, and the International Bar Association. www.cogipas.com/blog/

Mari Frank Interviews Alexandra Natapoff, a Nationally-Recognized Expert on Criminal Informants

Mon, 28 May 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Alexandra Natapoff is an award-winning legal scholar and a nationally-recognized expert on criminal informants. She is Professor of Law at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, a graduate of Yale and Stanford, and a member of the American Law Institute. Although it is nearly invisible to the public, criminal snitching has invaded the American legal system in risky and sometimes shocking ways. Snitching is the first comprehensive analysis of this powerful and problematic practice, in which informant deals generate unreliable evidence, allow criminals to escape punishment, endanger the innocent, compromise the integrity of police work, and exacerbate tension between police and poor urban residents. Driven by dozens of real-life stories and debacles, the book exposes the social destruction that snitching can cause in high-crime African American neighborhoods, and how using criminal informants renders our entire penal process more secretive and less fair. Natapoff also uncovers the farreaching legal, political, and cultural significance of snitching: from the war on drugs to hip hop music, from the FBI’s mishandling of its murderous mafia informants to the new surge in white collar and terrorism informing. She explains how existing law functions and proposes new reforms. By delving into the secretive world of criminal informants, Snitching reveals deep and often disturbing truths about the way American justice really works. Blog: www.snitching.org

Mari Frank Interviews Rainey Reitman, Leader of the Activism Team at the Electronic Frontier Foundation

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Rainey Reitman leads the activism team at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Prior to joining EFF, she served as Director of Communications for the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a nonprofit advocacy and education organization promoting consumer privacy. She is primarily interested in the intersection between personal privacy and technology, particularly social networking privacy, locational privacy and online data brokers. Reitman earned her BA from Bard College in Multidisciplinary Studies: Creative Writing, Russian & Gender Studies. Reitman serves as a steering committee member for the Bradley Manning Support Network, a network of individuals and organizations advocating for the release of accused WikiLeaks whistleblower Pfc. Bradley Manning. She also volunteers with several nonprofit and feminist groups. www.eff.org

Mari Frank Interviews Hassan Elahi, The Visible Man

Mon, 14 May 2012 08:00:00 -0800

The Bangladeshi-born American says the US government mistakenly listed him on its terrorist watch list — and once you're on, it's hard to get off. To convince the Feds of his innocence, Elahi has made his life an open book. Whenever they want, officials can go to his site and see where he is and what he's doing. Indeed, his server logs show hits from the Pentagon, the Secretary of Defense, and the Executive Office of the President, among others. The globe-hopping prof says his overexposed life began in 2002, when he stepped off a flight from the Netherlands and was detained at the Detroit airport. He says FBI agents later told him they'd been tipped off that he was hoarding explosives in a Florida storage unit; subsequent lie detector tests convinced them he wasn't their man. But with his frequent travel — Elahi logs more than 70,000 air miles a year exhibiting his art work and attending conferences — he figured it was only a matter of time before he got hauled in again. He might even be shipped off to Gitmo before anyone realized their mistake. The FBI agents had given him their phone number, so he decided to call before each trip; that way, they could alert the field offices. He hasn't been detained since.

Mari Frank Interviews Larry Ponemon, Founder of the Ponemon Institute, and Rick Kam, President and Co-Founder of ID Experts

Mon, 07 May 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Dr. Ponemon is one of the most respected voices in privacy, data protection and information ethics. In 2002, he founded the Ponemon Institute, headquartered in northern Michigan, to be the preeminent research center dedicated to advancing privacy and data protection practices. Prior to founding the Institute, Dr. Ponemon was a senior partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he led compliance risk management services for the worldwide firm. Dr. Ponemon has served on the Federal Trade Commission’s Advisory Committee for Online Practices and currently serves as Chairman of the Council of American Survey Research Organization’s Government Policy Advisory Committee. www.ponemon.org Rick Kam, CIPP, is president and co-founder of ID Experts, the leader in comprehensive data breach solutions that deliver the most positive outcomes. The company has managed hundreds of data breach incidents, protecting millions of affected individuals, for leading healthcare organizations, corporations, financial institutions, universities and government agencies. ID Experts data breach preparedness and response services have been endorsed by the American Hospital Association. Rick is an expert in privacy and information security, with extensive experience leading organizations to address the growing problem of protecting PHI/PII and remediating privacy incidents, identity theft, and medical identity theft. Rick chairs the “PHI Project,” a seminal research effort to measure financial risk and implications of data breach in healthcare, led by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), via its Identity Theft Prevention and Identity Management Standards Panel (IDSP), in partnership with the Shared Assessments Program and the Internet Security Alliance (ISA). www.idexpertscorp.com

Mari Frank Interviews Keith G. Bremer, Civil Litigation Attorney

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Keith G. Bremer has experience in all aspects of civil litigation and has had the privilege of representing auto manufacturers, auto dealerships, contractors and business owners in trial. Mr. Bremer has been a featured contributor in the Orange County Register, Business Section and has been editorialized in, among others, Newsweek, Forbes, AOL, the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Daily Journal, CBS, NBC, Fox, KCAL and KTLA news. He recently consulted and appeared on ABC's 20/20 and The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. Mr. Bremer is regularly consulted by lobbyists and the insurance industry to provide input on proposed legislation in the legal field from California to Colorado. He has obtained a verdict for $3.25 million which was affirmed by way of a published opinion out of the 4th Appellate Court of Appeals. Mr. Bremer has three published opinions ranging from right to privacy, motions for good faith and the seminal case for food poisoning. He is a two time recipient of Farmers Gladiator Trial Award. He is a member of the Southern California Defense Counsel and the Orange County Bar Association. Mr. Bremer is a regularly featured speaker at seminars throughout the United States. www.bremerandwhyte.com

Mari Frank Interviews Kenneth P. Mortensen, Vice President, Assistant General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer at CVS Caremark Corporation

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Kenneth P. Mortensen is Vice President, Assistant General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer at CVS Caremark Corporation, where he has corporate responsibility for the information governance and privacy strategy addressing operational and data management needs through an approach that protects individual privacy and assures compliance with federal, state, and local privacy laws and regulations by working with stakeholders to build a culture of privacy and security within CVS Caremark. His responsibilities include developing and implementing an information governance framework, enhancing privacy policies and training, and minimizing the impact on individual privacy while achieving corporate goals. In 2010, Ken was elected to the board of directors for the International Association of Privacy Professionals or IAPP. Founded in 2000, the IAPP is the world's largest association of privacy professionals with more than 9,000 members in 70 countries. The IAPP helps define, support and improve the privacy profession through networking, education and certification. Before to coming to CVS Caremark, Ken was Boston Scientific Corporation’s first ever Chief Privacy Officer and had world-wide responsibility to implement a global corporate privacy program at the medical device manufacturer. Prior to re-entering the private sector, Ken served in the Administration of President George W. Bush as the Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer for the U.S. Department of Justice, where he was the primary counsel and policy advisor to the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General on privacy and civil liberties matters and created the newest independent office within the Department, the Office of Privacy & Civil Liberties. Before coming to Justice, Ken held the position of Deputy Chief Privacy Officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, where his duties included strategic planning, annual budgeting, staffing and personnel management in additional to counseling on privacy and security issues. Formerly, Ken was a founding and managing partner of the law firm Harvey & Mortensen. His clients ranged from start‐up and established businesses to state attorneys general and federal agencies requiring assistance dealing with complex technology law and management issues. As part of his private practice, Ken served as outside counsel to Pennsylvania Attorney General Mike Fisher regarding technology and Internet matters. Before going into private practice, Ken was a Teaching Fellow at Villanova University School of Law, where he taught computer and information law. In addition, at Villanova, he managed the Center for Information Law and Policy, led by Professor Henry H. Perritt, Jr., as Director of Operations. Ken began his career at Burroughs Corporation, as an Electrical Engineer performing large system design and test development for mainframe computers.

Mari Frank Interviews David Bender, Attorney and Professor of Privacy Law

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0800

David Bender is a sole practitioner with extensive Privacy, Information Technology, and IP litigation, counseling, and transactional experience. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston Law Center, where he teaches Privacy Law. Before retiring from White & Case in 2007, Mr. Bender headed the firm’s global privacy practice. He was also a founder of White & Case’s IP practice. Mr. Bender served in-house at AT&T for ten years, during the latter half of which he was responsible for all IP litigation brought by or against any Bell System company. Before that, he spent five years engaged in antitrust litigation. And before turning to the law, he served as an engineer with the Ford Motor Company’s aerospace division and as a mathematician with Hughes Aircraft.

Mari Frank Interviews Chi Chi Wu, Staff Attorney at the National Consumer Law Center

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Chi Chi Wu is a staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center, a nonprofit focusing on marketplace justice for low-income consumers. Chi Chi is an expert on consumer credit issues ranging from credit cards to medical debt to fair credit reporting. She is the co-author of the legal manuals Fair Credit Reporting Act and Credit Discrimination, and a contributing author to Cost of Credit, Truth in Lending, and Collection Actions. Chi Chi frequently serves as a resource for policymakers and the media on consumer credit issues. Chi Chi has previously worked in the Consumer Protection Division at the Massachusetts Attorney General's office and the Asian Outreach Unit of Greater Boston Legal Services. www.nclc.org

Mari Frank Interviews Barry Nadell, Industry Expert on Employment Background Screening

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0800

For over 16 years Barry Nadell has been the established industry expert on the legal issues surrounding employment background screening and speaks nationally on the subject. He is also a respected authority on the necessity of verifying employment eligibility in the United States. Mr. Nadell has been an industry advocate in both Washington and his home state of California regarding background screening legislation havening been personally involved in the writing and testifying on laws which affect background screening. He also participated on the committee for ASIS in producing their Preemployment Background Screening Guidelines and is on the committee to update the Guidelines for 2008. www.barrynadell.com

Mari Frank Interviews Joseph Weiss, an Industry Expert on Control Systems and Electronic Security of Control Systems

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Joseph Weiss is an industry expert on control systems and electronic security of control systems, with more than 35 years of experience in the energy industry. Mr. Weiss spent more than 14 years at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) where he led a variety of programs. He was responsible for developing many utility industry security primers and implementation guidelines. He was also the EPRI Exploratory Research lead on instrumentation, controls, and communications. He was an invited speaker at the NIST/NSA Information Security Summit. He has provided oral and written testimony to three House subcommittees, one Senate Committee, and a formal statement for the record to another House Committee. He has also responded to numerous Government Accountability Office (GAO) information requests on cyber security and Smart Grid issues. He is an invited speaker at many industry and vendor user group security conferences, has chaired numerous panel sessions on control system security, and is often quoted throughout the industry. He has published over 60 papers on instrumentation, controls, and diagnostics including a chapter on cyber security for Electric Power Substations Engineering and the book Protecting Industrial Control Systems from Electronic Threats. http://realtimeacs.com/

Mari Frank Interviews V. James DeSimone, Attorney Specializing in Defending Civil and Constitutional Rights

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:00:00 -0800

V. James ("Jim") DeSimone graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1981 and earned his law degree from UCLA in 1985. Jim was admitted to practice law in California in 1985 and has dedicated his law career to providing vigorous and ethical representation and making a difference for those whose civil and constitutional rights are violated by corporations or government entities. In 1990, he joined Ben Schonbrun to form Schonbrun & DeSimone. The firm, now Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris Hoffman & Harrison represents plaintiffs in civil rights and class action cases, with an emphasis on employment discrimination and harassment and constitutional rights violations, including government and police misconduct. The firm quickly established a niche in representing plaintiffs in sexual harassment cases in the entertainment industry. He was lead counsel for the plaintiff in the precedent setting case of Mogilefsky v. Silver Pictures, 20 Cal App. 4th 409 (1993) which was the first published California decision to recognize that same sex harassment violated the California Fair Employment & Housing Act. www.losangelesemploymentlawyer.com

Mari Frank Interviews Jon Mills, Director of Center for Governmental Responsibility

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Jon Mills is Dean Emeritus, Professor of Law, and Director of Center for Governmental Responsibility at the University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law. He was Dean of the Levin College of Law from 1999 to 2003. Mr. Mills served as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives and served in the House for ten years. He was a member of Florida’s highly successful 1998 Constitution Revision Commission, and was named its most valuable member. He has taught and made presentations at the Cambridge University, Oxford University, and the University of Warsaw among others. He has authored books, law review articles and reports on constitutional law, environmental issues, Voting Rights, and Ethics in Government. His last book “Privacy: The Lost Right” was published by Oxford University Press in 2008. As an expert on constitutional issues, he has been quoted by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, and Washington Post among others. He has appeared on CNN, National Public Radio, ABC, BBC, FOX News and other media. He also produced an Emmy winning show on the Florida Everglades. As a lawyer, Mr. Mills has appeared in federal courts and the Florida Supreme Court on issues including voting rights, education issues, and privacy rights. His clients have included the Earnhardt family, the Versace family, First Amendment Foundation, the Everglades Foundation, Florida House of Representatives, Fair Districts Florida, and Florida Democratic Party. He is currently counsel to Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP. He is a scuba diver, licensed pilot and studied karate. He is married to Beth Mills and has two daughters, Marguerite and Elizabeth.

Mari Frank Interviews J. J. (Jack) Luna, International Consultant Specializing in Personal Privacy and Security

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:00:00 -0800

In 1959, J. J. (Jack) Luna sold his outdoor advertising business in the Upper Midwest and moved with his wife and small children to Spain's Canary Islands off the coast of West Africa. Outwardly, he was a professional writer and photographer. Secretly, he worked underground in an activity that was at that time illegal under the regime of Generalissimo Francisco Franco. In 1970 Franco, yielding to intense pressure from the western world, moderated Spain's laws, leaving Luna free to come in from the cold. By that time, however, privacy had become an ingrained habit. In the years that followed he started up various low-profile businesses, built them up and then sold them. Luna is the author of the book HOW TO BE INVISIBLE: The essential guide to protecting your personal privacy, your assets, and your life. He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, profiled in Playboy, and interviewed on the G. Gordon Liddy Show. His bestselling book e-book is Invisible Money. He is currently an international consultant specializing in personal privacy and security. www.howtobeinvisible.com

Mari Frank Interviews Sharon Bradford Franklin, Senior Counsel at the Constitution Project

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Sharon Bradford Franklin is Senior Counsel at the Constitution Project, where her work focuses on the Rule of Law Program, including government secrecy and individual privacy. She works principally with the Project's bipartisan Liberty and Security Committee, seeking to protect Americans' civil liberties as well as our nation's security post-September 11th. Before joining the Constitution Project, Sharon served as Executive Director of the Washington Council of Lawyers. Previously, Sharon spent ten years as a civil rights lawyer in the Housing & Civil Enforcement Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and in the Office of General Counsel at the Federal Communications Commission. A graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School, Sharon began her legal career as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Jane R. Roth, first in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware and then on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. www.constitutionproject.org

Mari Frank Interviews J. Trevor Hughes, President and CEO of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0800

J. Trevor Hughes is the President and CEO of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). In this role, Hughes leads the world's largest association of privacy professionals. Hughes is an experienced attorney in privacy, technology and marketing law. He has provided testimony before the U.S. Congress Commerce Committee, the Senate Commerce Committee, the Federal Trade Commission, the Home Affairs Committee of the British Parliament and the EU Parliament on issues of privacy, surveillance, spam and privacy-sensitive technologies. He is a member of the first class of Certified Information Privacy Professionals (CIPP) and recently completed, with co-author Reed Freeman, Privacy Law in Marketing, published by CCH. Hughes has previously served as the executive director of the Network Advertising Initiative, a leading online privacy trade association, and the Email Sender and Provider Coalition, a trade association working on e-mail policy and practices. Prior to these roles, Hughes was director of privacy and corporate counsel for Engage, a leading online media and software company. Before that, Hughes worked as corporate counsel for UnumProvident, where he focused on legal issues associated with advertising and online insurance transactions. Hughes is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Maine School of Law and has lectured on privacy at Harvard, MIT, the London School of Economics, Boston College Law School, Georgetown University and Northeastern University. He is a frequent speaker on privacy issues at conferences around the world. Hughes also has significant experience as a media official at the 1994 World Cup, 1996 Olympics and the 1999 Women's World Cup. A native of Canada, Hughes holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Massachusetts and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Maine School of Law. www.privacyassociation.org

Mari Frank Interviews Lester Rosen, President of Employment Screening Resources

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Lester S. Rosen is an attorney at law and President of Employment Screening Resources, a national background screening company in California. He is the author of, The Safe Hiring Manual, the first comprehensive book on employment screening. His newest book is, “The Safe Hiring Audit. He is also a consultant, writer and frequent presenter nationwide on pre-employment screening and safe hiring issues. He has qualified and testified in the California, Florida and Arkansas Superior Courts as an expert witness on issues surrounding safe hiring and due diligence. His speaking appearances have included numerous national and statewide conferences. Mr. Rosen was the chairperson of the steering committee that founded the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS, and was and served as the first co-chairman in 2004. www.ESRcheck.com

Mari Frank Interviews Samuel Jeff Carter, Chief Strategy Officer of EyeLock

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Samuel Jeff Carter is Chief Strategy Officer for EyeLock Corp. EyeLock is the leading iris-identity solutions company in the world. EyeLock helps governments and businesses around the world overcome the everyday challenges of identity management. EyeLock products are deployed worldwide, including at Bank of America, the Pentagon, the Mexico border with the Department of Homeland Security, the USAF, airports and many other high-security places. Carter has spent 15 years leading revolutions in banking and technology. He is an advisor to leaders from the Federal Reserve and to emerging technology companies around the globe with a focus on identity and innovation. American Banker named Carter as one of the industry's top innovators in its yearly ranking –ranking fourth and fifth in 2009 and 2008, respectively. He has been recognized in numerous publications for his business and technical leadership. Carter holds several patents related to information banking and the monetization of personal information, has authored numerous articles, and is the subject of a Harvard Business School case study in 2009. His business strategy book, No-Limit: The Texas Hold ’Em Guide to Winning in Business, is available in print, audio and ebook for download on Amazon. www.eyelock.com

Mari Frank Interviews Eric J. Sinrod, Cyber Law Attorney and Host of TechLaw10

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Eric J. Sinrod is a partner in the San Francisco office of Duane Morris LLP. Mr. Sinrod has been highlighted by an outside publication as "the leading IP attorney in the land," and has been selected by his peers as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" in the area of Cyber Law. Mr. Sinrod is considered a thought-leader on electronic discovery issues. Mr. Sinrod is one of the hosts of TechLaw10, a 10-minute audio podcast update on technology law issues. His work has been profiled in numerous publications. Mondaq announced that one of Mr. Sinrod's columns was the most popular article in the United States in the month that it was published. Mr. Sinrod has been an adjunct professor of law and has published many law review and other journal articles. He is a frequent speaker on Internet, intellectual property, information and communications issues. He has been an advisor to the Cyberspace Law Seminar at Hastings College of the Law, has taught an Information Law Seminar at Golden Gate University School of Law, and teaches a Business Media class at Ex'pression Center for New Media. Mr. Sinrod's videos discussing the intersection of law and technology have been featured on YouTube and Google Video. http://www.duanemorris.com/site/techlaw10.html

Mari Frank Interviews Malcolm Crompton, Managing Director of Information Integrity Solutions

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Malcolm Crompton is Managing Director of Information Integrity Solutions Pty Ltd, providing high-level advice to private sector and public sector organizations on building trust through excellent data governance, particularly in their collection and use of personal information. He is also Director of Bellberry Limited, a private not-for-profit organization that provides health ethics committee services in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council Statement on Ethical Conduct in Research Involving Humans and is the Asia Pacific based Director of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). He recently led the establishment of the Australia New Zealand affiliate of IAPP and was its foundation President. He was Australia's Privacy Commissioner for five years until April 2004. He led the implementation of private sector privacy law that commenced in 2001. He has established a global reputation for his forward thinking on the handling and governance of personal information and has been the invited speaker at many events in North America, Europe and Asia as well as Australia. www.iispartners.com

Mari Frank Interviews Michael Applebaum, Physician, Attorney and Advocate

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Dr. Applebaum is a physician, attorney and advocate for patients and children. Trained originally in general surgery, he transitioned into diagnostic radiology and limits his imaging practice to diagnostic ultrasound. He is Director of The Anabolic Clinic and President of FitnessMed, Inc., a fitness consulting firm to individuals and businesses. Known as the Fitness Doc, he firmly believes that “Fitness is the only REAL preventive medicine” available to all, that the sick care system is oversold to consumers and that much of what the public hears distracts them from what is necessary to really achieve good health. He developed his programs after an open-heart surgery that was only partially successful. Dr. Applebaum personally used and continues to use the programs he developed. FitnessMed, Inc. can be found at www.FitnessMed.com The Anabolic Clinic sm can be found at www.AnabolicClinic.com His imaging practice can be found at www.DrApplebaum.com

Mari Frank Interviews Debbie Laskey, Social Media Consultant

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Debbie Laskey has 15 years of marketing experience and an MBA Degree. She developed her diverse marketing expertise while working in the high-tech industry, the Consumer Marketing Department at Disneyland Paris in France, the non-profit arena, and the insurance industry. Currently, Debbie is a brand marketing and social media consultant to small businesses, start-ups, and non-profits in Southern California. She has been recognized as a “Woman Making a Difference” by the Los Angeles Business Journal and also served as a mentor for the Strategic Technology Program sponsored by the California TeleMedicine & eHealth Center. Since 2002, Debbie has served as a judge for the Web Marketing Association’s annual web award competition. Follow Debbie on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/DebbieLaskeyMBA) and on her Blog (http://debbielaskey.blogspot.com). Her website is www.marketingandmore.net.

Mari Frank Interviews Evan Hendricks, Founder of Privacy Times

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Since 1981, Evan Hendricks has been Editor/Publisher and founder of Privacy Times, a newsletter based in the Washington, D.C. area. Through the newsletter alone, he has published nearly 3,000 pages covering a wide range of privacy and information law subjects, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Mr. Hendricks regularly testifies before Congress, with four appearances in 2003. He is a regular presenter at Federal Trade Commission workshops. He has been qualified by the courts as an expert witness in FCRA and identity theft cases. Mr. Hendricks has served as a consultant on privacy issues to federal and state governmental organizations, and businesses. He has been a featured American presenter at events in Paris, France, Venice, Italy, Cardiff Wales, London, England and Ottawa, Ontario. He is regularly quoted in the mainstream media and trade press. Mr. Hendricks has a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia College, Columbia University. He attended there after transferring from University of Oregon. www.privacytimes.com

Mari Frank Interviews Rebecca Herold, The Privacy Professor

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Rebecca Herold, “The Privacy Professor,”® is a leading information security, privacy, compliance and training expert with over two decades of experience. Rebecca is currently listed among Computerworld’s top three Best Privacy Advisors in the world, a Top Influencer in IT Security by IT Security magazine, and numerous other awards and recognitions. The proprietary security training exercise Rebecca created has won a CSI Information Security Program of the Year. Rebecca also has been an Adjunct Professor for the Norwich University Master of Science in Information Assurance program since 2005. In addition, she has led the federal government's NIST Smart Grid Privacy research group since June 2009. Through her company, Rebecca Herold & Associates, she provides information security, privacy, compliance and education services, including keynotes and speeches throughout across industries. Rebecca created the content for Compliance Helper (http://www.compliancehelper.com) where she is a partner. Compliance Helper provides complete documentation and compliance management plans for healthcare organizations’ and business associates’ information security and privacy management programs, meeting multiple regulatory compliance requirements and providing personal support. The Second edition of Rebecca’s highly-rated book, "Managing an Information Security and Privacy Awareness and Training Program" was recently published, and she is currently working on her 16th book, the 2nd edition of the highly rated, "The Practical Guide to HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance." www.privacyguidance.com

Mari Frank Interviews Joanne McNabb, Chief of the California Office of Privacy Protection

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Joanne McNabb has been Chief of the California Office of Privacy Protection since it opened in 2001. The first-in-the-nation Office is a resource and advocate on privacy issues. In addition to providing information and education for consumers, the Office also publishes privacy practice recommendations for business and other organizations. McNabb is a Certified Information Privacy Professional, with specializations in Government and Information Technology. She serves on the Privacy Advisory Committee to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and is a Fellow of the Ponemon Institute, a research center on privacy, data protection and information security policy. Before starting the Office of Privacy Protection, McNabb had over 20 years experience in public affairs and marketing, in both the public and private sectors, including five years with an international marketing company in France. She attended Occidental College and holds a master’s degree in Medieval Literature from the University of California, Davis.

Mari Frank Interviews Martha Bellinger, Retired Commissioner and Judge

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Martha Bellinger served on the Los Angeles Superior Court as both a commissioner and judge for over 20 years. During that time she served in the dependency courts, delinquency courts, adult criminal proceedings, and four years in the family law courts in Pomona. She retired July 31, 2011 as supervising judge of the East District delinquency courts. During her four years in the family law courts of Pomona, she authored over 292 decisions on submitted matters, and was known for her calm and pleasant demeanor with a particular emphasis on what was in the best interests of children in custody disputes. She specializes in family law matters, and particularly welcomes members of the LGBT community to the mediation table where they will find a judge who wants to assist them in ending their partnership and marriage dissolutions with respect, equality and fairness. Her educational background includes a B.A. from Syracuse University (1972), divinity studies at Princeton Theological School of Theology from 1972-1974, a Master of Theology degree from Boston University School of Theology (1975), and her law degree from Whittier College School of Law in 1982 where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. She is the recipient of numerous community service awards during her time on the bench, and has been a frequent public speaker concerning children and the law. She served as an adjunct professor of law at La Verne University College of Law from 1988-2006, and rejoined the adjunct faculty in 2011 receiving awards for excellence in legal education. www.tworobes.com

Mari Frank Interviews Steve Posner, Author of the Legal Treatise Privacy Law and the US Patriot Act

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Steve C. Posner is the author of the annually updated legal treatise Privacy Law and the USA Patriot Act (LexisNexis/Matthew Bender 2006, now going into its fifth edition), emphasizing the practical implications, burdens and options for organizations and individuals cooperating with and subject to government evolving reporting requirements, information requests and surveillance. Mr. Posner frequently speaks on privacy and national security law to professional and community groups, as well as to undergraduate and graduate level university classes. He writes frequently online commentaries and blogs on emerging issues and litigation for LexisNexis. Mr. Posner is a former editor of the Technology Law and Policy Review column for The Colorado Lawyer magazine, and former co-chair of the Colorado Bar Association’s Law and Technology Committee. He is admitted to practice law in Colorado, New York and California, and is in private practice in Evergreen, Colorado, focusing on privacy, surveillance, intellectual property (esp. copyright and trade secret), and business law and litigation. www.posnerlaw.com

Mari Frank Interviews Beth Givens, Founder and Director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Beth Givens is founder and director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, established in 1992. Givens represents the interests of consumers in public policy proceedings at the state and federal levels (California Legislature, U.S. Congress, and federal and state regulatory agencies). She has been interviewed by the media on consumer privacy issues, including: major U.S. newspapers, online media, radio news and talk programs including NPR, and on broadcast and cable TV: The Willis Report, Marketplace, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, CNN, Good Morning America, 48 Hours, 60 Minutes. Prior to her work as a consumer advocate, she was a librarian specializing in library network development and resource sharing. Givens has a Master of Arts degree in librarianship from the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Librarianship and a Master of Arts degree in communications management from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communications. www.privacyrights.org

Mari Frank Interviews Robert Ellis Smith, Journalist and Publisher of Privacy Journal

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Stephen Rohde, Attorney, Writer and Lecturer

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Stephen Rohde is an attorney, writer and lecturer in Los Angeles, specializing in constitutional and intellectual property law, including First Amendment, entertainment, copyright, trademark, book publishing, defamation, invasion of privacy and right of publicity disputes. A graduate of Northwestern University and Columbia Law School, Mr. Rohde has written and lectured widely on freedom of expression, intellectual property, censorship, media regulation, hate speech, pornography, and the Internet. Mr. Rohde is the author of American Words of Freedom and Freedom of Assembly and co-author of Foundations of Freedom. He is a regular contributor to a series of reference works published by Salem Press. Mr. Rohde hosted a segment on Pacifia Radio's Clear and Present Danger. He has served as President of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and Chair, of the ACLU Foundation of Southern California. He is a Past President of the Beverly Hills Bar Association.

Mari Frank Interviews Dominique Shelton, Intellectual Property Attorney

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Dominique Shelton is an attorney and partner in the Intellectual Property department of Edwards Wildman Palmer's Los Angeles office. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation with a particular concentration in the areas of privacy, class actions, unfair competition, intellectual property and antitrust. Her representative clients include original equipment manufacturers, television and film studios, cable channels, technology companies, semiconductor distributors, and major arts institutions in Los Angeles. She is a life member and past President of the Women’s Law Association of Los Angeles and a life member and former Board member of the Black Women Lawyers of Los Angeles. Dominique is also a life member of the National Bar Association. She sat on the Board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles, during the 2007-2010 time period, which serves children at risk. She is the current chair of the Entertainment and IP Law Section of the LA County Bar. http://wildman.com/shelton/

Mari Frank Interviews Shaun Dakin, Social Media Expert

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Shaun Dakin is a social media expert who specializes in brand building, management and marketing, and issues surrounding public/ private information. He started a non-profit, The National Political Do Not Contact Registry, in 2007 to fight for voter’s privacy rights and to fight against those evil political robocalls. In the space of a year he took the organization from a start up to over 200,000 members and he became the spokesperson for voter privacy throughout the nation. During that time he testified in the US Senate, was on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, XM Radio, NBC, CBC, and ABC. He is most proud of helping to introduce the Robocall Privacy Act with Senator Feinstein. As the founder of the NPDNC Registry he won the Mashable.com Open Web Award in 2008 for the use of social media by non-profits, was nominated as being one of the top 15 Twitter moments for 2008 and as one of the most influential Washington, DC based social media experts. He loves to teach, speak, and inspire people with how technology can solve problems for people, organizations and society. In 2009 he founded the series of un-conferences called PrivacyCamp based on the barcamp model and open space technology. PrivacyCamp has evolved to become the world’s primary event for business, academia, advocates and policy folks to get together to discuss privacy related issues. In this capacity he runs the weekly privacy chat called #PrivChat, a Twitter discussion. Shaun currently is a management and marketing consultant focusing on business trust and consumer privacy at Dakin & Associates. In addition he is a fellow at the Future of Privacy Forum and an adjunct professor at George Mason University and the school of business. Shaun started his career as a teacher in Japan and then a corporate trainer in the States. He has worked at companies such as FedEx, Fannie Mae, IXI Corporation, Laureate Education, and the Motley Fool. He received his BA in Government from Colby College and his MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management. He lives in Falls Church, VA with his wife, son, and two dogs. http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/ht/d/sp/i/179/pid/179

Mari Frank Interviews John Sileo, Author and Coach on Building a Foundation of Personal Protection

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:00:00 -0800

John is the award-winning author of Stolen Lives, The Facebook Safety Survival Guide and Privacy Means Profit (Wiley), and has recently appeared on 60 Minutes and Fox and Friends, for which he is a regular contributor. Weaving his story together with cutting-edge research, disarming humor and hilarious audience interaction, John inspires data security from the inside out – building a foundation of personal protection with the purpose of expanding into the workplace. John is President of The Sileo Group, which coaches organizations to thrive in the everchanging world of information domination. He graduated from Harvard University with honors and spends his free time focusing on his wife and daughters. www.ThinkLikeASpy.com

Mari Frank Interviews Susan Grant, Director of Consumer Protection at the Consumer Federation of America

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Susan Grant is Director of Consumer Protection at the Consumer Federation of America. The CFA is a nonprofit association of some 300 nonprofit consumer groups that was established in 1968 to advance the consumer interest through research, education, and advocacy Ms. Grant works specifically in the areas of privacy, deceptive marketing, online safety and security, fraud, electronic and mobile commerce, and general consumer protection issues. She coordinates CFA’s Fake Check Task Force, conducts CFA’s annual Consumer Complaint Survey, and is a recognized authority on combating consumer fraud and deception. She began her career in 1976 in the Consumer Protection Division in the Northwestern Massachusetts District Attorney's Office and has worked in the consumer protection field ever since. www.consumerfed.org www.idtheftinfo.org

Mari Frank Interviews Linda and Jay Foley, Founders of the Identity Theft Resource Center

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Linda Foley: An identity theft survivor herself, Linda has spent the last 14 years studying the crime of identity theft. In 1999 she founded the Identity Theft Resource Center and began to work with victims trying to clear their names and restore their lives. In the early 2000's she began to receive more and more calls from parents whose minor children had become victims of identity theft and by young adults who discovered their identities had been stolen before they turned 18. Some perpetrators were family members, often parents, and others were unknown criminals. Linda has spent the last 10 years researching this particular crime as well as other identity theft crimes. She is nationally respected for the depth of her knowledge of identity crimes and has received numerous awards and commendations for her work. Jay Foley: After his wife became a victim of identity theft, he helped her to found the Identity Theft Resource Center in 1999. Jay’s computer and investigative talents lead him to specialize in cybercrime and criminal identity theft. However, he also shared his wife’s passion about all types of all types of identity theft. In partnership with Linda, they have undertaken the fight to bring child identity theft to the forefront – believing that even one case of child identity theft is one too many. He has also been working with the California Office of Privacy Protection regarding identity theft and foster children. Jay is also nationally respected for all of work in the field of identity theft and cybercrime. Along with his wife, they have recently founded a new company that will focus on the major issues of this evolving crime.

Mari Frank Interviews Kevin Mitnick, the World's Most Famous (Former) Computer Hacker

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Kevin Mitnick, the world's most famous (former) computer hacker, has been the subject of countless news and magazine articles, the idol of thousands of would-be hackers, and a one-time "most wanted" criminal of cyberspace, on the run from the bewildered Feds. Now a security consultant, he has spoken to audiences at conventions around the world, been on dozens of major national TV and radio shows, and even testified in front of Congress. He is the author of The Art of Deception and The Art of Intrusion.

Mari Frank Interviews Pam Dixon, Founder of the World Privacy Forum

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Pam Dixon founded the World Privacy Forum in November 2003. An author and a researcher, she has consistently broken critical new ground in her work. She has written highly respected and influential studies in the area of privacy; she researched and wrote the first report to exist on medical identity theft (May 2006), identifying and bringing that topic to the public for the first time. Medical identity theft is now a widely acknowledged issue. In 2008, a California law was passed based on Dixon's research. She has written other influential studies in the area of workplace and job search privacy as well as financial privacy and Internet privacy. Recently, Dixon has completed 6 months of research and privacy work in India, as well as a new reference book on privacy to be published in 2011 by ABC-CLIO books. Dixon was formerly a research fellow with the Privacy Foundation at Denver University's Sturm School of Law. There, she researched and wrote about technology-related privacy issues. Dixon has written extensively about technology both as a book author and as a former columnist for the San Diego Union Tribune. Ms. Dixon has written seven books for major publishers, including two critically acclaimed books about technology and consumers. Her books include titles for Random House / Times Books, among other major publishers. www.PamDixon.com

Mari Frank Interviews Lisa Sotto, Privacy and Data Security Attorney

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Lisa J. Sotto, Managing Partner of the New York office of Hunton & Williams LLP, heads the firm’s top-ranked Privacy and Data Security practice. She was voted the world’s leading privacy advisor in Computerworld’s three most recent annual surveys and was ranked in “Band 1” by Chambers USA for Privacy & Data Security. Ms. Sotto also was recognized as a leading lawyer in the 2011 edition of The Legal 500 United States, and she was named one of Ethisphere Magazine’s 100 “2009 Attorneys Who Matter,” a listing of attorneys who “have risen to the top.” In addition, she has been selected by her peers for several consecutive years as a “New York Super Lawyer.” Ms. Sotto has extensive experience counseling clients on privacy, data security and information management issues. She assists in identifying, evaluating and managing risks associated with privacy, information security and records management practices of companies and third parties. Ms. Sotto advises on all U.S. federal and state privacy and data security laws, including security breach notification requirements. She also advises on global data protection laws (including those in the EU and Latin America), particularly with respect to cross-border transfers of personal data. Ms. Sotto develops and implements global data governance programs, and conducts all phases of privacy assessments and information security policy audits. She also develops corporate records management programs, preparing policies and procedures, records retention schedules, and training and audit programs. In addition, Ms. Sotto assists clients with investigations and enforcement actions by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general regarding privacy and data security. Ms. Sotto was appointed by Secretaries Ridge and Chertoff as Vice Chair of the Department of Homeland Security’s Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, and she continues to serve as a member of the Committee. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and co-chair of the New York State Bar Association’s International Privacy Law Committee. In addition, Ms. Sotto is the chair of the New York Privacy Officers’ Forum and a member of SAI Global’s Law and Ethics Advisory Board. She also serves as co-chair of the PLI Privacy and Security Law Institute and is the Lead Advisor on DataGuidance’s U.S. Panel of Experts. Ms. Sotto has testified before Congress and federal agencies, frequently speaks around the world, and has authored or been quoted in more than 200 articles on a variety of privacy and information management topics. She is the editor and lead author of the treatise entitled Privacy and Data Security Law Deskbook, published by Aspen Publishers, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. Ms. Sotto received her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was an editor of the Law Review. She received her B.A. from Cornell University, with Distinction in All Subjects. She is admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia.

Mari Frank Interviews Dovell Bonnett, Creator of Security Solutions for Computer Users

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Dovell Bonnett has been creating security solutions for computer users for over 20 years. In order to provide these solutions to consumers as directly, and quickly, as possible, he founded Access Smart. With each of his innovations, the end user — the person sitting in front of a computer — is his No. 1 customer. This passion, as he puts it, to “empower people to manage digital information in the digital age” also led him to write the popular Online Identity Theft Protection for Dummies. Within the pervasive nature of our e-commerce and e-business community, personal information, from credit card numbers to your pet’s name, is more easily accessed, and identity theft and fraud has become an issue that touches every consumer. Mr. Bonnett’s solutions reduce security risks for individual users, small businesses and large corporations. His professional experience spans 21 years in engineering, product development, sales and marketing, with more than 15 years focused specifically on smartcard technology, systems and applications. Mr. Bonnett has spent most of his smartcard career translating and integrating technology components into end-user solutions designed to solve business security needs and incorporating multi-applications onto a single credential using both contactless and contact smartcards. He has held positions at National Semiconductor, Siemens (Infineon), Certicom, Motorola and HID. He is the author of smartcard articles, regularly presents at conferences, and helps companies successfully implement smartcard projects. Mr. Bonnett has been an active member of the Smart Card Alliance contributing to the development of physical access security white papers. He holds dual bachelor’s degrees in industrial and electrical engineering from San Jose State University. www.access-smart.com

Mari Frank Interviews James Fishman, Nationally Recognized Identity Theft Expert

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0800

James Fishman is a nationally known consumer rights and privacy advocate who has brought numerous groundbreaking cases under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Truth in Lending Act and the New York Deceptive Practices Act. A former Assistant Attorney General in the Bureau of Consumer Frauds and Protection under Robert Abrams, Mr. Fishman has over 24 years of experience fighting for the rights of consumers in both state and federal courts. Mr. Fishman is also a leading, and highly respected, New York City tenant lawyer who has represented hundreds of residential and commercial tenants before all levels of the New York judicial system, from the Housing Court up to the New Court of Appeals. Over 20 of Mr. Fishman’s tenant victories have been published by the New York Law Journal and the official state reporter. Recognizing that the interests of consumers and tenants often overlap, Mr. Fishman has pioneered the use of consumer protection statutes and strategies in the housing area, particularly in the area of tenant privacy. He brought the first suit on behalf of a residential tenant against a landlord under the Fair Credit Reporting Act alleging impermissible access to her credit report. Using the Deceptive Practices Act, Mr. Fishman successfully sued a major New York landlord for improperly seeking personal identification information from its rent regulated tenants. Mr. Fishman is also a nationally recognized expert in the rapidly growing area of identity theft, appearing on national television and in print media, lecturing extensively and training other consumer lawyers in handling identity theft litigation.

Mari Frank Interviews Marc Groman, Federal Trade Commission’s Chief Privacy Officer and Senior Agency Official for Privacy

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Marc Groman serves as the Federal Trade Commission’s Chief Privacy Officer and Senior Agency Official for Privacy. As CPO, Marc coordinates the FTC’s enterprise-wide privacy program to ensure that the FTC can efficiently and effectively carry out its mission while minimizing the impact on individual privacy. Appointed the FTC’s first CPO, he built the privacy program from the ground up, overseeing the FTC’s initial inventory of personal information and first comprehensive policy gap analysis. He reports directly to FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz and chairs both the agency-wide Privacy Steering Committee and Breach Notification Response team. Working with the FTC’s CIO and CISO, Marc evaluates all new technologies, websites, social media, and information technology systems to identify and mitigate potential privacy risks. The FTC’s privacy program, awarded the 2008 HP-IAPP Privacy Innovation award, has served as a model for numerous other agencies. Marc began his FTC career as a staff attorney in the FTC’s Division of Marketing Practices where his practice focused on prosecuting Internet and high-tech fraud. In 2001, he served as the Coordinator of the FTC's Internet Investigations Training program, and in 2003, Marc served as the National Coordinator of the Inter-Agency Law Enforcement Task Force on Spam, and he coordinated Project Netforce, a law enforcement sweep of cybercrime and Internet fraud. Prior to joining the FTC, he was a litigation associate with Peabody & Arnold LLP in Boston, Massachusetts, where he focused on intellectual property and technology litigation. www.ftc.gov

Mari Frank Interviews Sylvia Goldsmith, a Leading Advocate on Consumer Credit Reporting Issues

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Sylvia Antalis Goldsmith’s practice focuses on consumer protection primarily involving civil litigation under a variety of state and federal laws including the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Truth in Lending Act, and the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act. She is licensed to practice law in all courts in the State of Ohio, as well as in the federal courts of the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, the Eastern District of Texas, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. Goldsmith is a leading advocate on consumer credit reporting issues. In 2000, she was one of only nine consumer lawyers nationwide to be invited to attend President Clinton’s Summit on Theft of Identity in Washington, D.C., and has testified before the Federal Trade Commission and the Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General on identity theft and fraudulent criminal record information. Additionally, Goldsmith is routinely invited to lecture to groups such as the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the National Consumer Law Center, the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers and the Practicing Law Institute with respect to financial privacy issues and other concerns relating to the fair and accurate reporting of consumer information. Goldsmith has published numerous articles on consumer credit reporting issues, including An Introduction to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and IDENTITY THEFT: Are You Protecting Yourself From This Growing Crime?” From 2001 through 2005, Goldsmith was also the Contributing Editor for the State of Ohio on the American Bar Association’s Class Action survey which is published annually as part of the leading treatise on class action litigation, Newberg on Class Actions. In 2004, Goldsmith argued before the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the respondent in the matter of Household Credit Services, et al. v. Pfennig, a case challenging the manner in which credit card over-limit fees are disclosed. Goldsmith has had decisions in several other ground-breaking cases published as well. sgoldsmith@sgoldsmithlaw.com

Mari Frank Interviews Daniel Solove, Founder of TeachPrivacy

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Daniel J. Solove is the John Marshall Harlan Research Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School. He is also Senior Policy Advisor at Hogan Lovells. Additionally, he is the founder of TeachPrivacy, a company that helps schools develop a comprehensive privacy program. One of the world’s leading experts in privacy law, Solove is the author of numerous books, including Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff Between Privacy and Security (Yale 2011), Understanding Privacy (Harvard 2008), The Future of Reputation: Gossip and Rumor in the Information Age (Yale 2007) (winner of the 2007 McGannon Award), and The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age (NYU 2004). Professor Solove is also an author of Privacy Law Fundamentals (IAPP 2011), a short guide to information privacy law. Additionally, he is also the author of a textbook, Information Privacy Law with Aspen Publishing Co. now in its third edition, with co-author Paul Schwartz. He is the author of several other textbooks, including Privacy and the Media (1st edition, Aspen Publishing Co. 2009) and Privacy, Information, and Technology (2nd edition, Aspen Publishing Co. 2009). He has published more than 40 articles and essays, which have appeared in leading law reviews. Solove has testified before Congress and has been involved as an expert and consultant in a number of high-profile privacy cases. He has been interviewed and featured in several hundred media broadcasts and articles. He blogs at http://www.concurringopinions.com. More information about his work can be found at: http://www.danielsolove.com

Mari Frank Interviews Brian Kennish, Founder of Disconnect

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Brian Kennish is the founder of disconnect.me, a technology startup that helps people understand the data they share online and makes simple tools for users to control their data. Disconnect’s first product, a browser extension for Firefox, Chrome, and Safari, stops the webpages users go to and searches they do from being tracked. The company’s latest release is a crowdsourced project to turn the privacy policies of the most popular websites into a small set of icons. Before founding Disconnect, Brian was an early engineer at Google and before Google, DoubleClick. At Google, he worked on AdWords, Wave, and Chrome. He started and built the sales and support engineering teams. At DoubleClick, he wrote web and mobile ad servers. Brian is originally from New York City. He graduated from Brown, and now lives in San Francisco. http://disconnect.me

Mari Frank Interviews Allen Brandt, Corporate Counsel and Chief Privacy Official for GMAC

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Allen Brandt is Corporate Counsel and Chief Privacy Official for GMAC, which owns the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), an exam delivered to prospective graduate business students in 111 countries worldwide. He provides legal guidance and counsel on US and domestic consumer privacy issues, creates data protection policies and procedures, responds to privacy inquiries, and leads the privacy training program. In addition, he monitors compliance with the Council’s marketing programs, and oversees the filing of international data processing applications and notices. Allen is a Board Member for the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), an 8500 member organization with professionals in over 50 countries, and is an Advisory Board member of the Future of Privacy Forum, a Washington, DC privacy think tank. www.gmac.com

Mari Frank Interviews Allan Pratt, Technology Expert with an Emphasis on Networking and Information Security

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Allan Pratt is a technology expert with an emphasis on networking and information security and has earned several CompTIA certifications in hardware, software, networking, and security. With an MBA Degree, marketing experience, and managerial experience combined with his IT certifications, Allan has the communication and technology skills to effectively communicate with users, tech staff members, and C-level executives – and is understood by all. As a marketing professional for 10 years, he learned the nuances of computer hardware and translated technical details into easy-to-understand information for websites, brochures, and other tools to help sales teams win business. In addition, he gained marketing, management, and operations experience for a construction company, an advertising agency, and a newspaper. Expertise includes installation/maintenance of hardware, software, peripherals, printers, and wireless networking; development/implementation of integration and security plans; project management; and development of technical marketing and web strategies in the IT industry. Follow Allan on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/Tips4Tech) on his blog (http://tips4tech.wordpress.com), and become a fan on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/Tips4Tech)

Mari Frank interviews Thomas Shaw, Information and Internet Law Attorney

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Thomas J. Shaw is an attorney based in Tokyo, Japan, who works with organizations in Asia and globally on Information law (privacy, information security, e-discovery), Internet law (cloud computing, social networking, intellectual property, e-commerce), international transactional law, compliance, information governance, and litigation and technology risk assessment/reduction. He writes extensively on Information and Internet law and technology and on Asia-Pacific law, is editor of the American Bar Association’s Information Security & Privacy News and also the EDDE Journal. He is the author of a brand new legal technology book “Cloud Computing for Lawyers and Executives—A Global Approach” and was the lead author and editor of the recently published legal technology book “Information Security and Privacy – A Practical Guide for Global Executives, Lawyers and Technologists.” His career experience matches his licenses and certifications: in law, financial statement audit, risk, privacy, information security, records, forensics, information systems audit, IT, and cloud computing security. He has also taught at universities and in corporations, on leadership and technology, in the U.S. and Asia. Thomas Shaw, Esq. Attorney at Law, CPA, CIPP, CISM, CRISC, ERMP, CFF, CISA, CGEIT, CCSK www.tshawlaw.com New Information Security and Privacy Book: here New Cloud Computing Book

Mari Frank Interviews John Shepardson, Attorney in Los Gatos, California

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:00:00 -0800

John Shepardson has been practicing law for over 24 years in Los Gatos, California and has represented policyholders in lawsuits against insurance companies for almost his entire career. The primary areas of his practice are insurance bad faith, personal injury, accidents, business and real estate matters. Attorney Shepardson was President of the Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association for the 2007-2008 term, and also served on the Board of Directors. In 2008, he also served on the Board of Governors of the Consumer Attorneys of California. http://Shepardsonlaw.com

Mari Frank interviews Robert J. Herrington, Trial Lawyer

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Robert J. Herrington is a trial lawyer and partner at Greenberg Traurig, focusing on complex commercial litigation including class actions in the areas of false advertising, unfair competition, consumer products, securities, labor, and mass tort cases as well as intellectual property litigation. Rob is the author of Verdict for the Defense (Sutton Hart Press, Spring 2011) which delivers a blueprint for business leaders to defend their companies against the growing risk of mass action and class action liability. Rob Herrington is a frequent speaker at business events, a law professor, and serves clients in California and throughout the United States. He is based at Greenberg's Santa Monica office and lives with his wife in Pasadena, CA. For more information on Rob Herrington visit www.robherrington.com and for Verdict for the Defense visit www.suttonhart.com

Mari Frank Interviews Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D.Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, Canada

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Dr. Ann Cavoukian is recognized as one of the leading privacy experts in the world. Noted for her seminal work on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) in 1995, her concept of Privacy by Design seeks to proactively embed privacy into the design specifications of information technology and accountable business practices, thereby achieving the strongest protection possible. In October, 2010, regulators from around the world gathered at the annual assembly of International Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Jerusalem, Israel, and unanimously passed a landmark Resolution recognizing Privacy by Design as an essential component of fundamental privacy protection. This was followed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's inclusion of Privacy by Design as one of its three recommended practices for protecting online privacy a major validation of its significance. An avowed believer in the role that technology can play in the protection of privacy, Dr. Cavoukian's leadership has seen her office develop a number of tools and procedures to ensure that privacy is strongly protected, not only in Canada, but around the world. She has been involved in numerous international committees focused on privacy, security, technology and business, and endeavours to focus on strengthening consumer confidence and trust in emerging technology applications. Dr. Cavoukian also serves as the Chair of the Identity, Privacy and Security Institute at the University of Toronto, Canada. She is also a member of several Boards including, the European Biometrics Forum, Future of Privacy Forum, RIM Council, and has been conferred as a Distinguished Fellow of the Ponemon Institute. Dr. Cavoukian was also named by Intelligent Utility Magazine as one of the Top 11 Movers and Shakers for the Global Smart Grid industry for 2011, and has been honoured with the prestigious Kristian Beckman Award for her pioneering work on Privacy by Design and privacy protection in modern international environments.

Mari Frank Interviews Dr. Larry Ponemon, Chairman and Founder of The Ponemon Institute

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Dr. Larry Ponemon, is a pioneer in the development of privacy audits, privacy risk management and ethical information management. He is the chairman and founder of The Ponemon Institute. Based upon his vast experience in the fields of corporate governance, privacy compliance, data protection and business ethics, he consults with leading multinational organizations on global privacy management programs. Dr. Ponemon was appointed to the Advisory Committee for Privacy for the United States Federal Trade Commission and to two California State task forces on privacy and data security laws. He was recently appointed by the Governor of Arizona to serve as public member of State Board of Optometry. He has held chaired faculty positions at Babson College and SUNY Binghamton and he's published dozens of articles and five learned books. He is a frequent media commentator on privacy and other business ethics topics for CNN, Fox News, CBS, CNBC, MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Financial Times, Business 2.0, Newsweek, Business Week, U.S. News & World Report, Computerworld, CIO Magazine, Industry Standard, Boston Globe, InfoWorld, InformationWeek, Forbes, Fortune, CFO Magazine, Red Herring, Dow Jones News and others. His research studies are well respected and have a profound impact on the manner in which corporations are changing their approach to important privacy issues. You can learn more at www.ponemon.org

Mari Frank Interviews Maurice Mo Murray, Counselor and Clinical Director

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:00:00 -0800

At age 72 Mo Murray is retired and lives with [and thanks to, the benevolence of] his 12 year old blind cat Jackson in a high rise apartment building overlooking historic Downtown Charleston South Carolina / Charleston Harbor and Fort Sumter. Much like Fort Sumter Mo too was bombarded during the prime of his life; but not by Napoleonic Canon but rather by Alcohol Mo too surrendered and always introduces himself as A grateful recovering Alcoholic. During his recovery Mo served as a Counselor and Clinical Director of a large Intensive Out Patient Treatment Center in the Northeast. Out of these experiences Mo's new book Just Snap Your Fingers and Bingo You're Sober! was created. Mo was born and raised in Dover, Delaware and has two grown children and no grandchildren. Jackson is not included in either category. Mo calls Jackson the Czar! www.bingoyoursober.com

Mari Frank Interviews Robert Brownstone, Technology & eDiscovery Counsel

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Robert D. Brownstone advises clients on electronic discovery, electronic information management, retention/destruction policies and protocols, information-security and privacy. He also collaborates with clients as to computer solutions enabling compliance with legal obligations. A nationwide speaker and writer on many law and technology issues, Mr. Brownstone is frequently quoted in the press as an expert on electronic information. He also teaches Electronic Discovery classes at the University of San Francisco School (USF) of Law and Santa Clara University School of Law. Mr. Brownstone is a member of: four state bars (including California and New York); the Information Systems Auditing and Control Association (ISACA) and the Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA). He is also the Chair of the executive committee of the State Bar of California's Law Practice Management and Technology (LPMT) Section. He serves on the Advisory Board of the National Employment Law Institute (NELI) and on the Board of Editors of ALM's Internet Law & Strategy newsletter. In 2006, Mr. Brownstone was named a Northern California Super Lawyer and featured in a cover story of ABA's Law Practice Magazine. Before joining Fenwick & West in 2000, he had a varied 13-year career as a litigator, law school administrator, law school teacher and consultant. From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Brownstone was the Moot Court Program Coordinator at USF School of Law. During the 1997-98 school year, he also acted as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Director of Legal Research & Writing at JFKU School of Law in Walnut Creek, California. From 1992 to 2000, Mr. Brownstone taught Legal Research Writing & Analysis at USF Law. Between 1990 and 1995, Mr. Brownstone had key roles in some publicized cases. From 1986 to 1990, when Mr. Brownstone practiced in New York, he was on plaintiffs' counsel's team in the civil suit against Claus von Bulow and on Lowell Milken's defense team in multiple Drexel Burnham Lambert matters. In 1986, Mr. Brownstone received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School, where he was a Notes Editor and a published author on the Brooklyn Law Review. In 1982, Mr. Brownstone received his B.A. in English literature and political science from Swarthmore College. www.fenwick.com

Mari Frank Interviews Lewis Maltby, a Major Figure in American Privacy

Mon, 30 May 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Lew Maltby has been a major figure in American privacy for over 20 years. He's testified before Congress, appeared on 60 Minutes and Larry King Live, participated in litigation before the Supreme Court, and been interviewed by every paper from the Wall Street Journal to Mother Jones. He's a faculty member of the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations, and has guest lectured at Penn, Vanderbilt, NYU, and Cornell. His book, Can They do That? Reclaiming our Fundamental Rights at Work was published by Portfolio Press in 2010. www.workrights.org

Mari Frank Interviews DeMonica Gladney, Author and Counsel for Exxon Mobil Corporation

Mon, 23 May 2011 08:00:00 -0800

DeMonica D. Gladney, Esq., is a native of Houston, Texas. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice, cum laude, from Lamar University and her Doctor of Jurisprudence degree, cum laude, from the University of Houston Law Center. She began her legal career as a Briefing Attorney for the 14th Court of Appeals in Houston, Texas. She is now Counsel for Exxon Mobil Corporation, where she has practiced for over 16 years. Ms. Gladney is the personification of commitment and excellence and received the National Bar Association’s (NBA) Presidential Award for two years and the NAACP Award for Legal Excellence. Her professional and community involvements have been many and varied. She currently serves as the Chair of the Women Lawyers Division and the Corporate Liaison for the Commercial Law Section of the NBA. She is a former President of the Houston Lawyers Association and Chair of the African-American Lawyers Section of the State Bar of Texas. She is also a member of the Houston Bar Association, the Corporate Counsel Women of Color and the Downtown Group. Ms. Gladney previously served as the Pro Bono Coordinator for ExxonMobil and on the Executive Board of the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program. She is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and former Chair of the Board of the Houston Lawyers Foundation. She is also a member of the Mu Kappa Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. In addition to a successful legal career, Ms. Gladney is an accomplished writer, poet and inspirational speaker. She is the bestselling author of Willing to Wait: From Revelation to Manifestation, Reflections from God, and the new release, Identity Theft: Discovering the Real You. Her book, Willing to Wait, was ranked #7 on the BCNN1/BCBC National Independent Publishers’ Top 50 Bestseller’s List. Ms. Gladney has been featured on the Daystar Television Network and various radio talk shows around the country and in print media, such as the Pearland Journal, Ladies First Magazine, and the Black Christian News Network. She was also selected for the 2010 editions of Who’s Who Among Executives & Professionals and Who’s Who in Black Houston.

Mari Frank Interviews Lisa Nelson, Assistant Professor University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

Mon, 16 May 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Dr. Nelson holds a PhD and J.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and specializes in the field of science, technology, and society. She has recently finished serving as a co-principal investigator on a National Science Foundation grant to explore the societal perceptions of biometric technology in collaboration with Bojan Cukic, PhD (WVU); Stephanie Schuckers, PhD (Clarkson); Michael Schuckers, PhD (St. Lawrence University); Anil Jain, PhD (Michigan State); and Larry Hornack, PhD (WVU). This research has be published in America Identified: Biometric Technology and Society (MIT, 2010). She has also written several articles in journals including I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society, Public Administration Review, and the University of Chicago Policy Review. She is currently an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, a Fellow at the Philosophy of Science Center, and an affiliated faculty member of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. website: http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12266

Mari Frank Interviews Barry Schwartz, Professor of Social Theory and Social Action

Mon, 09 May 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Barry Schwartz is the author of The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less. The message of the book is that too many choices can paralyze people into inaction and cause them to be dissatisfied with even good decisions. It was named one of the top business books of the year by both Business Week and Forbes Magazine, and has been translated into fourteen languages. Schwartz is a professor of psychology at Swarthmore College, in Pennsylvania. He has been there since receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. Schwartz has written 10 books and more than 100 articles for professional journals. His work has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation. He is a fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science, and was recently honored by being named a Phi Beta Kappa Distinguished Visiting Lecturer for 2006-07. Among Schwartz's books are two written for general audiences: The Battle for Human Nature/ (1986), and The Costs of Living (1994), each of which was awarded the prize for outstanding non-fiction book of the year by the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Since the release of The Paradox of Choice, Schwartz has published articles on various aspects of its main thesis in sources as diverse as The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Parade Magazine, USA Today, Advertising Age, Slate, Scientific American, The New Republic, Newsday, the AARP Bulletin, the Harvard Business Review, and the Guardian. He has appeared on dozens of radio shows, including NPR's Morning Edition, and has been interviewed on Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN), the Lehrer News Hour (PBS), and CBS Sunday Morning. He has lectured to audiences as large as 5,000, among them the British and the Dutch governments, as well as trade organizations and businesses representing industries as diverse as healthcare, personal finance, travel and leisure, restaurants, supermarkets, consumer electronics, office supplies, software development, and e-commerce, advertising, arts and entertainment, cable television, home building, and the military. It appears that the "choice problem" is relevant in every corner of modern society.

Mari Frank Interviews Ken Rosenfeld, Sacramento Criminal Defense Lawyer

Mon, 02 May 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Sacramento criminal defense lawyer Ken Rosenfeld has over 100 criminal defense trials to his credit. As a California criminal defense lawyer Mr. Rosenfeld has successfully and aggressively defended cases ranging from first-degree murder to driving under the influence (DUI defense ), and he has developed a specialty in the defense of all sex offenses. Mr. Rosenfeld’s Sacramento criminal defense law firm has successfully defended high-profile media cases and Mr. Rosenfeld has personally made many appearances on television and radio. In one particular case, criminal defense lawyer Ken Rosenfeld successfully defended a gentleman who faced 120 years in prison if convicted. Today this client is home with his family, having put the entire ordeal behind him. California criminal defense lawyer Ken Rosenfeld is a graduate of American University and as a member of the American Bar Association and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America he is entitled to practice law in the United States Supreme Court, as well as the courts of California. As a California criminal defense lawyer, Ken Rosenfeld also teaches Constitutional Law, Evidence, and Professional Responsibility to law students preparing to take the California Bar Examination. Mr. Rosenfeld continues to serve as a legal expert commentator for several television stations in the Sacramento area, and has appeared in national media as an expert criminal law commentator. www.TheRosenfeldLawFirm.com

Mari Frank Interviews Justice Harvey Brownstone, Family Law Judge

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Justice Harvey Brownstone became a lawyer in 1983, and began his career as a Legal Aid lawyer. In 1989 he joined the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General as lawyer enforcing child support orders, and became Director of the Support Enforcement Program in 1991. He was appointed a judge in Ontario in 1995 and presides at the North Toronto Family Court. Justice Brownstone is the first Canadian sitting family court judge to write a book that speaks directly to the public. His book, Tug of War, which was released in February 2009, was met with instant accolades from within and outside legal circles, and entered the national bestseller list after only 6 weeks in release, and so far has spent 13 weeks on the national bestseller list. Tug of War is now in its 4th printing. Justice Brownstone has been catapulted into the national media spotlight, and because he is one of very few judges willing to do media interviews and public speaking engagements, he has become not only the most famous judge in Canada, but the face and voice of Canada’s family justice system. Tug of War has been critically acclaimed throughout North America and all of Justice Brownstone’s royalties from the sale of the book are being directed to the Children’s Wish Foundation. Most recently, Justice Brownstone is the only real sitting judge in the world to host his own online talk show, called ‘Family Matters’, which can be seen at www.familymatterstv.com. The show features a number of prominent guests in the fields of law, social work, mental health and education, with a view to educating and enlightening the public on a variety of topics dealing with relationships, families, parenting, the justice system, and the well-being of children.

Mari Frank Interviews Lee Tien, Sr. Staff Attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Lee Tien is a Senior Staff Attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, specializing in free speech and privacy law. Before joining EFF in 2000, Lee was a sole practitioner specializing in Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation. Mr. Tien has published articles on children's sexuality and information technology, anonymity, surveillance, the First Amendment status of publishing computer software, and state secrets litigation. Lee received his undergraduate degree in psychology from Stanford University. After working as a news reporter at the Tacoma News Tribune for a year, Lee went to law school at the University of California at Berkeley, where he also did graduate work in the Program in Jurisprudence and Social Policy. www.eff.org

Mari Frank Interviews Colin Bennett, Researcher on Surveillance Technologies and Privacy Protection Policies

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Colin Bennett received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of Wales, and his Ph.D from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Since 1986 he has taught in the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria, where he is now Professor. From 1999-2000, he was a fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. In 2007 he was a Visiting Fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Society at University of California, Berkeley. In 2010, he is Visiting Professor at the School of Law, University of New South Wales. His research has focused on the comparative analysis of surveillance technologies and privacy protection policies at the domestic and international levels. In addition to numerous scholarly and newspaper articles, he has published five books: Regulating Privacy: Data Protection and Public Policy in Europe and the United States (Cornell University Press, 1992); Visions of Privacy: Policy Choices for the Digital Age (University of Toronto Press, 1999, co-edited with Rebecca Grant); The Governance of Privacy: Policy Instruments in the Digital Age (The MIT Press, 2006 with Charles Raab); The Privacy Advocates: Resisting the Spread of Surveillance (The MIT Press, 2008); and Playing the Identity Card: Surveillance, Security and Identification in Global Perspective (Routledge, 2008 co-edited with David Lyon). He has completed policy reports on privacy protection for the Canadian government, the Canadian Standards Association, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, the European Commission, and the UK Information Commissioner. He is currently the co-investigator of a large Major Collaborative Research Initiative grant entitled: The New Transparency: Surveillance and Social Sorting. www.colinbennett.ca

Mari Frank Interviews Frank M. Ahearn, a Privacy Consultant

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Frank M. Ahearn is a privacy consultant who works with people who need to disappear. His clients range from victims of stalkers, celebrities seeking privacy, business travelers avoiding abductions and other who find digital information all too intrusive. Frank started his career as skip tracer (finds people) and social engineer who obtained information for investigators, lawyers and tabloids. He has worked cases involving Monica Lewinsky, George Clooney, Conrad Black and the Oscars to name a few. Frank is co-author of How to Disappear is the authoritative and comprehensive guide for people who seek to protect their privacy as well as for anyone who’s ever entertained the fantasy of disappearing whether actually dropping out of sight or by eliminating the traceable evidence of their existence. Written by the world’s leading experts on finding people and helping people avoid being found, How to Disappear covers everything from tools for disappearing to discovering and eliminating the nearly invisible tracks and clues we tend to leave wherever we go. Learn the three keys to disappearing, all about your electronic footprints, the dangers and opportunities of social networking sites, and how to disappear from a stalker. Frank Ahearn and Eileen Horan provide field-tested methods for maintaining privacy, as well as tactics and strategies for protecting personal information and preventing identity theft. They explain and illustrate key tactics such as misinformation (destroying all the data known about you); disinformation (creating fake trails); and, finally, reformation the act of getting you from point A to point B without leaving clues. Ahearn illustrates every step with real-life stories of his fascinating career, from undercover work to nab thieving department store employees to a stint as a private investigator; and, later, as a career skip tracer who finds people who don’t want to be found. In 1997, when news broke of President Bill Clinton’s dalliance with a White House intern, Ahearn was hired to find her. When Oscar statuettes were stolen in Beverly Hills, Ahearn pinpointed a principal in the caper to help solve the case. When Russell Crowe threw a telephone at a hotel clerk in 2005, Ahearn located the victim and hid him from the media. An indispensable resource not just for those determined to become utterly anonymous, but also for just about anyone in the brave new world of on-line information, How to Disappear sums up Ahearn’s dual philosophy: Don’t break the law, but know how to protect yourself. www.Disappear.Info

Mari Frank Interviews Sandy Moore, Co-Author and Spiritual Director, and Deanna Moore, Co-Author and Founder of an Organic and Sustainable Chocolate Company

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Sandy Moore graduated from USC with a degree in teaching and subsequently earned a Masters in Educational Administration, followed by 20 years in public service as a school teacher. She completed ministerial training and is now the Spiritual Director of the InSpirit Center for Spiritual Living in Mission Viejo, California. The center is actively involved in numerous outreach activities, including ministries devoted to the environment, health, and peace. Deanna Moore holds a Master’s Degree in Ecologically Sustainable Education from Prescott College and a B.A. in Culture, Ecology, and Sustainable Community from New College of California. She has worked with indigenous cultures in Africa, India and Canada, promoting the value of traditional knowledge in an ecologically sustainable culture. She is the founder of an organic and sustainable chocolate company, Chocolatl. Chocolatl is committed to socially just and ecologically regenerative sourcing and processing of the healthiest and most celebrated ingredients from around the world.

Mari Frank Interviews Ben Leichtling, Author of �Bullies Below the Radar: How to Wise Up, Stand Up and Stay Up�

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Ben Leichtling, Ph.D., has studied how to stop bullies since his childhood on the mean streets of New York City. He has six adult children, thirteen grandchildren and lives in Denver, home of Columbine High School. After a 23 year career as a research scientist, he became a practical, down-to-earth coach and consultant to help people create bully-free lives in the real world full of bullies. He is a nationally syndicated columnist and over 300 of his articles have appeared in business, trade and psychotherapy publications across the country. His expertise has been featured in Woman’s Day, Family Circle, USA Weekend, Entrepreneur and the Harvard Management Update. In plain English, not psycho-jargon, Dr. Ben has written books of his case studies, Bullies Below the Radar: How to Wise Up, Stand Up and Stay Up (in its 2nd edition) and How to Stop Bullies in Their Tracks. Dr. Ben is a member of the National Speakers Association and its Colorado Chapter. www.BulliesBeGone.com

Mari Frank Interviews Exhibitors at the 2011 IAPP Conference

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:00:00 -0800

Exhibitors are: www.blockmastersecurity.com; www.idexpertscorp.com; www.boozallen.com; www.symantec.com; www.destructdata.com; www.identityfinder.com; www.wolterskluwer.com; www.click4compliance.com; www.globaldataprivacy.com; www.equifax.com

Mari Frank interviews Frederick S. Lane, Author, Attorney, Expert Witness, and Professional Speaker on the Legal and Cultural Implications of Emerging Technology

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Frederick S. Lane is an author, attorney, expert witness, and professional speaker on the legal and cultural implications of emerging technology. He graduated in 1985 from Amherst College with a B.A. in American Studies and Classics, and in 1988 from Boston College Law School. Following law school, Lane clerked for two years for the Honorable Frank H. Freedman, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts. He moved to Burlington, VT in October 1990, where he worked in private practice for five years and wrote his first book, Vermont Jury Instructions -- Civil and Criminal (with John Dinse and Ritchie Berger). In February, 1995, he launched a computer consulting business that in time led to his current work as a computer forensics expert and author. In response to the passage of the Communications Decency Act in 1996, Lane began researching the legislative and media response to the rise of the online adult industry. The resulting book, Obscene Profits: The Entrepreneurs of Pornography in the Cyber Age, was the first of what is now five (soon to be six) mainstream non-fiction books. The others are: The Naked Employee: How Technology Is Compromising Workplace Privacy (Amacom 2003); The Decency Wars: The Campaign to Cleanse American Culture (Prometheus Books 2006); The Court and the Cross: The Religious Right’s Crusade to Reshape the Supreme Court (Beacon Press 2008); American Privacy: The Four-Hundred-Year History of Our Most Contested Right (Beacon Press 2010); and most recently, CyberTraps for the Young: How a Single Click Can Ruin Your Child's Life -- and What YOU Can Do About It (NTI Upstream 2011) In addition to these books, Lane has written numerous magazine articles on a variety of topics, including constitutional rights (particularly freedom of speech), privacy online and in the workplace, the impact of technology on our rights and liberties, and the separation of church and state. On August 23, 2006, Lane had the honor of appearing on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to discuss The Decency Wars. He has also appeared as a guest on a variety of other national television programs, including ABC’s Good Morning America Weekend, NBC’s Weekend Today, ABC’s Nightline, CBS’s 60 Minutes, and assorted BBC documentaries. In addition to those televised appearances, Lane has been interviewed by numerous radio shows, magazines, and newspapers around the world on topics relating to my books. Over the last fifteen years, Lane has frequently been invited to lecture before college, university, and professional audiences to lecture on Internet technology, workplace and personal privacy, computer forensics, and censorship issues. He is represented by the Jodi R. Solomon Speakers Bureau in Boston, MA. An extensive list of recent lecture topics is available on his professional Web site, www.FrederickLane.com. In his capacity as an expert witness in the field of computer forensics, Lane has worked on pornography and obscenity-related litigation for a variety of clients, including the U.S. Dept. of Justice, the City of Charlotte, N.C., assorted businesses, and individual defendants. Lane lives in Burlington, Vermont with his partner, Dr. Amy Werbel, and four teenage boys. Since October 2001, he has served on the Burlington School Board. Lane chaired the Board's Finance subcommittee from April 2006 through March 2009, and served as Clerk of the Board from April 2003 through March 2009; he is currently the chairman of the Board. Lane also served for three years as a member of the Board of Directors for Vermont Community Access Media, one of the region’s three public access television stations.

Mari Frank Interviews Christena Nippert-Eng, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology and Acting Chair of the Department of Social Sciences at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Christena Nippert-Eng, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Sociology and Acting Chair of the Department of Social Sciences at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. Her areas of research expertise include cognitive sociology, culture, everyday life, microsociology, social psychology, privacy, work, gender, the home, time and space, technology, ethnography, and the Western Lowland Gorillas of the Lincoln Park Zoo. Dr. Nippert-Eng’s work has been featured extensively in the media, including radio, television and newspaper interviews ranging from NPR's "Talk of the Nation" to programs on PBS and MSNBC and stories for the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Working Mother and Fast Company. She has been an invited speaker for such diverse venues as the Smithsonian Museum, the American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons' Pediatric Group, Reason Magazine's Dynamic Visions conferences, the MotherRead/FatherRead literacy organization, and the Industrial Design Society of America. Christena teaches film, project, field- and lecture-based courses at IIT. Currently, she is a visiting faculty member at Simona Maschi’s Copenhagen Institute for Interaction Design in Denmark and enjoys an on-going relationship with the Instituto des Artes Visuais (IADE) in Lisbon, Portugal, where she serves on the Counselling Committee for the doctoral program and on the editorial board for The (Radical) Designist, Journal of Design Culture. She is also on the editorial board of the International Journal of Design, edited by Lin-Lin Chen at the Graduate Institute of Design, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. Professor Nippert-Eng is the 2010-2011 national Chair of the Communication and Information Technologies Section of the American Sociological Association. She also has held elected positions on the ASA Section Councils for the "Sociology of Culture" and "Work, Organization and Occupations." She is exceptionally proud to be a founding partner of the Chicago Graduate Student Ethnography Conference, now in its 13th year. Dr. Nippert-Eng lives with her family in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. With a background in theatre and vocal music performance, she studies improvisational, musical improve and sketch comedy at the Second City.

Mari Frank Interviews Jeremy Gruber, President of the Council for Responsible Genetics

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Jeremy Gruber is the President of the Council for Responsible Genetics (CRG). Since 1983, CRG has represented the public interest and fostered public debate regarding the social, ethical and environmental implications of emerging genetic technologies. CRG is the only biotech public interest organization that is explicitly dedicated to examining the best science, interpreting the results, assessing the implications, communicating them to a general audience and facilitating meaningful, measurable change. The Council for Responsible Genetics is a leader in the movement to steer biotechnology toward the advancement of public health, environmental protection, equal justice, and respect for human rights through lasting policy reform in the United States and around the world. CRG also publishes a bimonthly magazine, GeneWatch, the only publication of its kind in the nation. CRG has recently released its Consumer Genetic Privacy Manual (http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/geneticprivacy) which comprehensively covers the science of genetics, the privacy risks involved in releasing genetic information in various contexts, the degree of legal and regulatory protection available and helpful tips and resources. Mr. Gruber is an expert on issues of genetic privacy and discrimination. He has worked for over fifteen years on genetic non-discrimination legislation at the state and Federal level and played a major role in the recently passed Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA) by Congress as well as subsequent regulations. He is a founder and executive committee member of the Coalition for Genetic Fairness, a group of 500 organizations that advocates for genetic non-discrimination protections on Capitol Hill. Most recently, Mr. Gruber led the successful campaign to roll back the University of California Berkeley’s Bring Your Genes to Cal student genetic testing program which was widely criticized for its lack of due consideration for issues ranging from the privacy protections for the DNA samples and the data generated from them to issues of improper informed consent and conflicts of interest. Mr. Gruber is a prolific writer on privacy issues ranging from direct-to-consumer genetics to forensic DNA databases and is often consulted by and called to testify before Congress, Federal agencies and state legislatures. He is regularly featured in print, radio and television. http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/

Mari Frank Interviews Trevor Hughes, President and CEO of the International Association of Privacy Professionals

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:00:00 -0800

J. Trevor Hughes is the President and CEO of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). In this role, Hughes leads the world’s largest association of privacy professionals. Hughes is an experienced attorney in privacy, technology and marketing law. He has provided testimony before the U.S. Congress Commerce Committee, the Senate Commerce Committee, the Federal Trade Commission, the Home Affairs Committee of the British Parliament and the EU Parliament on issues of privacy, surveillance, spam and privacy-sensitive technologies. He is a member of the first class of Certified Information Privacy Professionals (CIPP) and recently completed, with co-author Reed Freeman, Privacy Law in Marketing, published by CCH. Hughes has previously served as the executive director of the Network Advertising Initiative, a leading online privacy trade association, and the Email Sender and Provider Coalition, a trade association working on e-mail policy and practices. Prior to these roles, Hughes was director of privacy and corporate counsel for Engage, a leading online media and software company. Before that, Hughes worked as corporate counsel for UnumProvident, where he focused on legal issues associated with advertising and online insurance transactions. Hughes is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Maine School of Law and has lectured on privacy at Harvard, MIT, the London School of Economics, Boston College Law School, Georgetown University and Northeastern University. He is a frequent speaker on privacy issues at conferences around the world. Hughes has been featured on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, the PBS Nightly Business Report, BBC Radio, and in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, PCWorld, Washington Post, Boston Globe and Business Week. Hughes also has significant experience as a media official at the 1994 World Cup, 1996 Olympics and the 1999 Women's World Cup. A native of Canada, Hughes holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Massachusetts and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Maine School of Law. https://www.privacyassociation.org/

Mari Frank Interviews Frank Campbell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Highland Strategies, LLC

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Frank A. S. Campbell is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Highland Strategies, LLC, a firm providing strategic consulting services relating to the use of information in connection with new technologies to enhance public safety and homeland security. Frank's 30-year professional career covers a broad range of public policy and legal experience, including 14 years in federal law enforcement and national security agencies and 14 years in private law practice. Frank served for nearly a decade (1999-2008) as a career Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Senior Counsel in the DOJ Office of Legal Policy. He began his government service in 1994 as an Assistant General Counsel for the FBI. While in government, Frank played a key role in developing policy initiatives and programs relating to background screening, identity management using biometrics, counterterrorism and information sharing, and the development and use of enhanced forensic technologies by law enforcement, including fingerprinting, DNA, and ballistics. Frank is regarded as the architect of the National Instant Check System (NICS), the background check system for gun buyers operated by the FBI under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. In the 12 years since it began, the NICS has processed more than 100 million background checks and prevented over a million transfers of firearms to persons prohibited by law from receiving a gun. Frank also spearheaded the Department's efforts to implement the NICS Improvement Act, a law passed in the wake of the Virginia Tech tragedy that aims to improve the completeness of automated information needed to deny guns to prohibited persons. Frank also provided legal and policy guidance on the security, privacy, and dissemination of information in the FBI's national criminal history record system. He authored the June 2006 Attorney General's Report on Criminal History Background Checks. The report recommends to Congress changes in the law to make FBI criminal history data more broadly available to private sector employers and in a way that harmonizes with the privacy and fair information practice requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and applicable equal employment opportunity laws and regulations. The report also made recommendations for improving the completeness of records in the national criminal history system. Frank testified on the report's recommendations as the DOJ witness at a congressional hearing on the need for efficiency and accuracy in background checks. Frank led the effort to develop the Attorney General's implementation guidelines for the information sharing provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, including guidelines for the sharing with the intelligence community and homeland security officials of foreign intelligence acquired in the course of criminal investigations. Frank authored the July 2008 proposed revision of the DOJ privacy and civil liberty guidelines and regulations governing federally-funded state criminal intelligence systems to bring them in line with the new, post-9/11 information sharing environment and investigative policies aimed at preventing terrorism. Frank assisted in efforts to define government-wide approaches to using biometrics to enhance identification in law enforcement and national security applications, including the joint National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directives (NSPD-59/HSPD-24) titled, "Biometrics for Identification and Screening to Enhance National Security." Frank worked on legislation, regulations, and grant initiatives supporting the further development and expansion of the FBI Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), including the December 2008 DOJ rule requiring DNA-sample collection and biological evidence preservation in federal jurisdiction. As an Assistant General Counsel for the FBI, Frank provided legal advice and counsel to the FBI Director and Senior Executives on issues concerning the administration of the FBI. His portfolio included criminal justice information management, Privacy Act issues, personnel and ethics issues, and response to issues raised by DOJ Inspector General, including reforms to policies and procedures governing the FBI Laboratory Division. His special responsibilities included representing FBI witnesses before the House committee investigating Whitewater, Travelgate, and Filegate. Frank received his B.A. from Lafayette College in 1977 and his law degree from the George Washington University in 1980. Frank and his wife Lisa have three children and live in the District of Columbia. www.highlandstrategies.com

Mari Frank Interviews Tanya L. Forsheit, one of the Founding Partners of the InformationLawGroup, based in Los Angeles, California

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Tanya L. Forsheit is one of the Founding Partners of InfoLawGroup LLP. Tanya founded InfoLawGroup in 2009 after 12 years as a litigator and privacy/data security counselor at Proskauer where, most recently, she was Co-Chair of the firm's Privacy and Data Security practice group. In 2009, Tanya was named one of the Los Angeles Daily Journal’s Top 100 women litigators in California. Tanya is President-Elect of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles (WLALA) and is a Trustee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA). Certified as an information privacy professional by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), Tanya works with clients to address legal requirements and best practices for protection of customer and employee information. She regularly advises clients regarding legal restrictions on information-sharing and data retention, and provides guidance regarding state laws requiring notification in the event of data security breaches. Tanya frequently speaks and writes on recent developments in federal and state privacy laws, and launched Proskauer's popular Privacy Law Blog in early 2007. Tanya also has extensive experience handling complex commercial and appellate litigation for corporate and individual clients before federal and state courts at all levels. Tanya's commercial litigation experience includes defense of a wide variety of commercial disputes including breach of contract, business tort, trademark infringement, fraud, employment, and antitrust claims, as well as the prosecution of claims for cybersquatting, copyright infringement, unfair competition, and misappropriation of trade secrets. In June 2008, Tanya obtained summary judgment on behalf of online entertainment company GoPets Ltd. in a trademark infringement and cybersquatting case, resulting in an award of statutory damages and transfer of www.gopets.com and 18 other domain names to GoPets. Tanya was part of the Los Angeles-based Proskauer team that successfully petitioned the United States Supreme Court to grant certiorari, and obtained a landmark decision, in Johnson v. California, 125 S. Ct. 1141 (2005), resulting in a historic settlement with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation calling for the desegregation of California's prison system. Tanya is a member of the Bar of the State of California, and is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Fourth Circuits, and the United States District Courts for the Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of California. Tanya is Vice Chair of the ABA Special Committee on Promotions and Marketing Law, an active member of the Information Security Committee (ISC) of the ABA Section of Science & Technology Law and a former Co-Chair of its Cloud Computing Working Group. She was a contributor to the second version of the Cloud Security Alliance's (CSA) guidance on legal issues. Tanya is co-chair of the IAPP's Los Angeles KnowledgeNet.

Mari Frank Interviews Conrad del Rosario, Prosecutor of High Technology Crimes

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Conrad Del Rosario graduated law school in 1991 and has been a prosecutor for 17 years. While in San Francisco, he has been assigned to several units including domestic violence, sexual assault, and narcotics. For the last 5 years, he has been exclusively prosecuting high technology crimes, which includes assisting law enforcement with the investigation all the way to presenting the case to a jury. These are crimes where high technology is either the target of the crime or the means used to committing crimes (this specifically excludes child exploitation crimes). They include identity theft, credit card fraud, digital piracy, and computer network intrusions. He works jointly with local and federal agencies including SFPD, US Postal Inspection Services, and Secret Service in the investigation and prosecution of identity theft cases. He is currently assigned to the Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team (REACT) Task Force, which is a state funded agency consisting of local and federal law enforcement agencies investigating high technology crimes. He is also a member of the High Technology Crimes Investigator’s Association and High Technology Crimes Consortium. He conducts training and presentations for law enforcement in the investigation and prosecution of identity theft and high technology crimes. He recently tried the case of the San Francisco network administrator, Terry Childs, who refused to provide the passwords to the City’s network system, resulting in locking out the city from its own network. The case took 6 months to try in front of a jury and resulted in a conviction and a 4 year state prison sentence. www.sfdistrictattorney.org

Mari Frank Interviews Dan Stormer, Civil Rights, International Human Rights and Constitutional Lawyer

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Dan Stormer has been a Civil Rights, International Human Rights and Constitutional lawyer for thirty-six years. Mr. Stormer is recognized both nationally and internationally as one of the nation’s leading civil rights, employment, and constitutional law attorneys. He was recently described by The National Law Journal as "one of the country's top civil, constitutional, and international human rights lawyers." Mr. Stormer has lectured and published extensively, including legal treatises and law reviews. He has taught at over 200 seminars and trial programs, and has also taught law school at Hastings College of Law, Loyola Law School, University of San Fernando Law School, Southwestern Law School and People's College of Law. Mr. Stormer has been involved in over 70 published appellate decisions and has argued cases at all levels, including the U.S. Supreme Court. www.hskrr.com

Mari Frank Interviews Senator Joe Simitian, Committee Chair on Privacy Issues

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Senator Joe Simitian was elected to the California State Senate in November 2004 to represent the 11th State Senate District, which includes portions of San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties. His public service over the years includes stints as a State Assemblymember, member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, Mayor of Palo Alto and President of the Palo Alto School Board. He has also served as an election observer/supervisor in El Salvador and Bosnia, and participated in refugee relief and resettlement efforts in Albania and Kosovo. In the Senate, Simitian chairs the Select Committee on Privacy and the Environmental Quality Committee. He also serves as a member of numerous other committees. Senator Simitian received his BA with academic honors, from The Colorado College. He also holds his Masters in International Policy Studies from Stanford University, a Masters in City Planning and a law degree from UC Berkeley. The Capitol Weekly identified Simitian as one of the half-dozen Most Effective members of the Legislature. San Jose Magazine has repeatedly recognized him as one of the Power 100 of Silicon Valley, and in 2003 Simitian was selected by Scientific American magazine as one of the Scientific American 50 Leaders in Technology from around the world. Joe Simitian and his work have been quoted or noted in publications as diverse as the Atlantic Monthly, Conde Nast Traveller, Mother Jones, People Magazine, and Scientific American. His many media appearances range from CNN to the Dr. Phil Show, and he has been on our show two times before. He is our privacy hero! You can learn more about Senator Simitian at www.sen.ca.gov or www.sentatorsimitian.com. Senator Simitian is on the following committees: Environmental Quality Committee, CHAIR Budget Committee, Member Education Committee, Member Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee, Member Natural Resources and Water Committee, Member Transportation and Housing Committee, Member SELECT COMMITTEES Select Committee on Privacy, CHAIR Select Committee on Delta Conservation, Conveyance and Governance, CHAIR Select Committee on Delta Stewardship and Sustainability, Member Select Committee on Climate Change and AB 32 Implementation, Member

Mari Frank Interviews Robert Ellis Smith, Journalist Who Reports on the Individual�s Right to Privacy

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:00:00 -0800

Robert Ellis Smith is a journalist who uses his training as an attorney to report on the individual’s right to privacy. Since 1974, he has published Privacy Journal, a monthly newsletter on privacy in a computer age based in Providence, R.I. Smith is a frequent speaker, writer, and Congressional witness on privacy issues and has compiled a clearinghouse of information on the subject: computer data banks, credit and medical records, the Internet, electronic surveillance, the law of privacy, and physical and psychological privacy. Smith is the author of Ben Franklin’s Web Site: Privacy and Curiosity from Plymouth Rock to the Internet (2004), the first and only published history of privacy in the U.S. He is also the author of Our Vanishing Privacy (1993), The Law of Privacy Explained (1993), Privacy: How to Protect What’s Left of It; Workrights, a book describing individual rights in the work place; and The Big Brother Book of Lists. Privacy Journal also publishes Compilation of State and Federal Privacy Laws, Celebrities and Privacy (2006), and War Stories, a collection of anecdotes on privacy invasions. The New York Times said Smith sounds the alarm about maintaining freedom and privacy in the computer age and called him a principled critic. Privacy Journal is a privacy watchdog, according to Time magazine. Smith has been asked to write the definitive statement on privacy in the last two editions of The World Book Encyclopedia. He has appeared on all three network morning news programs, as well as Face the Nation, Nightline, and All Things Considered. He has been a regular commentator on Marketplace on American Public Radio. Smith writes a regular column on the popular Web site forbes.com. From 1970 to 1973, Smith was the assistant director of the Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Prior to that, he had nine years of experience as a news reporter and editor with the Detroit Free Press, Trenton Times, The Southern Courier, and Newsday. He has taught at Harvard College, University of Maryland, Emerson College, and Brown University. A 1962 graduate of Harvard College, Smith received his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1976. He served as a member of the District of Columbia Human Rights Commission until 1986. In 1997, Vice President Gore named him to the Civil Liberties Panel of the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security. From 1996 to 2002, he served as vice chair of the Coastal Resources Management Council, which protects the 400 miles of Rhode Island coastline. In 2004 he was elected to the Town Council of Block Island, R.I. www.privacyjournal.net

Mari Frank Interviews Carolyn Gross, Award Winning International Speaker and Wellness Expert

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Carolyn Gross is a cancer thriver, an award-winning international speaker, facilitator, wellness expert, and holistic health coach. For more than two decades, she has facilitated wellness retreats at top rated spas and worked as a CranioSacral therapist. She is Past President of the National Speakers Association in San Diego and the author of two books, Staying Calm in the Midst of Chaos: How to Keep Positive in an Unsettled World and Treatable and Beatable: Healing Cancer without Surgery. Carolyn got her start building a successful career in corporate sales while always devoting herself to researching her passion of wellness and healing. Her focus has always been to help others and explore natural health solutions to stay healthy and avoid burnout. After September 11th, she committed a year to tour her first book, Staying Calm in the Midst of Chaos because she felt people needed new strategies to stay positive and productive. At the end of the year she noticed fatigue that seemed unfamiliar. That was when she discovered she had Stage Three Breast Cancer. Determined to heal the cancer from her wellness and alternative health perspective, she chose immunotherapy and the cancer vaccine for her treatment. This meant saying no thank you to four doctors who said she needed a mastectomy. She wrote her second book documenting her success story with the latest non-surgical options, Treatable and Beatable: Healing Cancer without Surgery. Carolyn’s healing message captures her audiences while engaging her listeners and readers. Carolyn Gross has helped countless corporate and individual clients Manage Chaos with Confidence. Now she is sharing her holistic message on how to become a cancer thriver as part of the Treatable and Beatable mindset. In 2007-2008 she will be doing an extensive book and media tour while speaking at women’s health conferences and wellness industry events, business retreats and international conventions. Her media tour starts with Jesse Dylan’s Nationally Syndicated Radio Show The Good Life on June 18th. Her eloquent and compelling message is timely, informative and energizing. www.TreatableandBeatable.com

Mari Frank Interviews Robert Brennan, Attorney and Nationally Recognized Speaker on Consumer Protection and Consumer Fraud Issues

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Attorney Robert Brennan grew up steeped in the legal tradition: his uncle was former U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. (deceased), and his father, Frank Brennan, was chief in-house counsel for several major U.S. corporations during his long career. Robert Brennan began his career in civil litigation in 1988, and opened his own general practice firm, The Law Offices of Robert F. Brennan in 1991 (www.brennanlaw.com). The firm specializes in litigating cases related to violations of consumer protection laws, including unfair and abusive debt collection, lemon law, automotive dealer fraud, wrongful credit damage, personal injury, and consumer protection class actions. Robert is an experienced and aggressive trial lawyer with an excellent win record. His litigation experience includes medical malpractice, consumer fraud (including consumer warranty and "lemon law" issues), personal injury, and business litigation. He is also a nationally recognized speaker on consumer protection and consumer fraud issues, and has published numerous articles on those and other litigation issues. He is the co-author of a book I have in front of me called Debt Collection Answers: How To Use Debt Collection Laws to Protect Your Rights. For more information, please visit www.brennanlaw.com; www.socaldebtcollectionabuse.com; www.socalcreditdamage.com.

Mari Frank Interviews Aaron Kahn, Litigator Specializing in Constitutional Law, and Mike Almy, Discharged from the Air Force in 2006 Under

Mon, 13 Dec 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Aaron Kahn is a litigator specializing in commercial litigation, trust and probate litigation, and white-collar internal investigations and defense. He has represented clients in both state and federal court, as well as in multi-million dollar arbitrations in connection with disputes involving personal and business torts, contract law, commercial fraud, unfair competition/false advertising law, trust & probate law, and constitutional law. His clients have included individuals, small businesses, charitable institutions, and large international corporations in a variety of industries including sports & entertainment, technology, retail, health care, manufacturing, real estate development, engineered products and services, financial services, legal services, and banking. Mr. Kahn's significant recent experience includes being a member of the trial team representing a major nonprofit organization, Log Cabin Republicans, in its high-profile lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the US military's Don't Ask Don't Tell policy. During the two-week federal court trial, which concluded in July 2010, White & Case presented extensive documentary evidence and testimony by experts and former servicemembers, all of which demonstrated that the policy does not further any of its asserted governmental purposes. As part of the trial, Mr. Kahn presented and examined several witnesses, including highly-decorated and accomplished Air Force servicemembers discharged under Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Mr. Kahn's recent experience also includes defending a major technology company in several high-stakes class arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association, conducting internal investigations for several large corporations concerning allegations of fraud and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, and representing charitable institutions in high-value trust and probate challenges. Aaron Kahn serves on the Loyola Law School Alumni Association's Board of Governors and is active in the Loyola Law School community. www.whitecase.com/aakahn/ Mike Almy joined the US Air Force in 1993 after graduating from Wright State University, where he earned his commission through Air Force ROTC, as a distinguished graduate. He served a total of thirteen years on active duty as a communications officer before he was discharged under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in 2006. In his last position in the Air Force he led a team of nearly 200 men and women, responsible for operating and maintaining the command and control systems used to control the airspace over Iraq. His discharge process lasted sixteen months and started after the Air Force searched his private emails in Iraq. During his career in the Air Force Mike has been stationed at Kelly AFB, Texas, Randolph AFB, Texas, Scott AFB, Illinois, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, Quantico MCB, Virginia, Ramstein AB, Germany and Spangdahlem AB, Germany. He deployed to the Middle East four times during his career, supporting Operation Desert Fox, Operation Southern Watch and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has a master's degree from Webster University, and is a graduate of Marine Corps University and Air University. His decorations include the Joint Commendation Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal and the Operation Iraqi Freedom Campaign Medal. He was named Officer of the Quarter, and Officer of the Year several times throughout his career. In 2005, he was named the top communications officer for the Air Force in Europe. In 2006 he was recommended for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel, even as the Air Force was actively seeking to discharge him under DADT. Since his discharge from the military Mike has worked as an IT consultant in the Washington, DC area, on projects for the Department of State and Department of Defense. His hometown is Dayton, Ohio. He has been an advocate for repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell by testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee and lobbying members of Congress. He spoke alongside Senators Lieberman and Levin when the bill to repeal DADT was introduced in the Senate. He has been interviewed on NPR, CNN, The Associated Press, The Rachel Maddow Show, Kathy Griffin's, My Life on the D List and the Advocate. He also escorted Lady Gaga to the MTV Video Music Awards and spoke at the repeal rally she held in Maine, before the vote in the Senate.

Mari Frank Interviews Erwin Chemerinsky, Founding Dean and Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, plus a Discussion of Constitutional Privacy

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Erwin Chemerinsky is the founding dean and distinguished professor of law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, with a joint appointment in Political Science. Previously, he taught at Duke Law School for four years, during which he won the Duke University Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award in 2006. Before that he taught for 21 years at the University of Southern California School of Law, and served for four years as director of the Center for Communications Law and Policy. Chemerinsky has also taught at UCLA School of Law and DePaul University College of Law. His areas of expertise are constitutional law, federal practice, civil rights and civil liberties, and appellate litigation. He is the author of seven books, most recently, The Conservative Assault on the Constitution (October 2010, Simon & Schuster), and nearly 200 articles in top law reviews. He frequently argues cases before the nation's highest courts, and also serves as a commentator on legal issues for national and local media. He is the author of seven books. His newest, The Conservative Assault on the Constitution, has been released just in time for the start of the U.S. Supreme Court's new term. Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine, School of Law. Prior to assuming this position in July 2008, was the Alston & Bird Professor of Law and Political Science, Duke University. Joined the Duke faculty in July 2004 after 21 years at the University of Southern California Law School, where he was the Sydney M. Irmas Professor of Public Interest Law, Legal Ethics, and Political Science. Before that he was a professor at DePaul College of Law from 1980-83. Practiced law as a trial attorney, United States Department of Justice, and at Dobrovir, Oakes & Gebhardt in Washington, D.C. Received a B.S. from Northwestern University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He has authored 7 books, and over 100 law review articles that have appeared in journals such as the Harvard Law Review, Michigan Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Stanford Law Review and Yale Law Journal. Writes a regular column on the Supreme Court for California Lawyer, Los Angeles Daily Journal, and Trial Magazine, and is a frequent contributor to newspapers and other magazines. Regularly serves as a commentator on legal issues for national and local media. In April 2005, was named by Legal Affairs as one of the top 20 legal thinkers in America. Named by the Daily Journal in 2008 and 2009 (and many prior years) as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in California. In 2006, received the Duke University Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award. Has received many awards from educational, public interest, and civic organizations. Frequently argues appellate cases, including in the United States Supreme Court and the United States Courts of Appeals. Testified many times before congressional and state legislative committees. Elected by the voters in April 1997 to serve a two year term as a member of the Elected Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission. Served as Chair of the Commission which proposed a new Charter for the City which was adopted by the voters in June 1999. Also served as a member of the Governor's Task Force on Diversity in 1999-2000. In September 2000, released a report on the Los Angeles Police Department and the Rampart Scandal, which was prepared at the request of the Los Angeles Police Protective League. Served as Chair of the Mayor's Blue Ribbon Commission on City Contracting, which issued its report in February 2005.

Mari Frank Interviews Betsy Broder, a veteran FTC attorney

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 08:00:00 -0800

A veteran FTC attorney, Betsy Broder has been involved in some of the agency’s most cutting edge work. As both a litigator and manager, she investigated, led and supervised cases involving telemarketing, business opportunity, and online pyramid scams. She launched the FTC’s ID theft program and coordinated the FTC’s participation in the President’s Identity Theft Task Force. Betsy has testified before Congress and state legislatures and is frequently sought by the media as a consumer protection expert. She now is Chief of the FTC’s Criminal Liaison Unit, which promotes the criminal prosecution of consumer fraud cases by federal, state, and local agencies. www.ftc.gov

Mari Frank Interviews Joanne McNabb, Chief of the California Office of Privacy Protection

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Joanne McNabb is Chief of the California Office of Privacy Protection. Created by legislation and opened in 2001, the first-in-the-nation Office is a resource and advocate on identity theft and other privacy issues. In addition to providing information and education for consumers, the Office also publishes privacy practice recommendations for business and other organizations. McNabb is a Certified Information Privacy Professional and is co-chair of the International Association of Privacy Professional’s Government Working Group. She also serves on the Privacy Advisory Committee to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and is a Fellow of the Ponemon Institute. She is a frequent speaker at privacy conferences and seminars. Before starting the Office of Privacy Protection, McNabb had over 20 years experience in public affairs and marketing, in both the public and private sectors, including five years with an international marketing company in France. Her marketing background gives her an understanding of the commercial uses of personal information that have become a significant privacy concern. McNabb attended Occidental College and holds a master’s degree in Medieval Literature from the University of California, Davis. www.privacy.ca.gov

Mari Frank Interviews Liisa Thomas, an Attorney Who Provides Privacy Law Counseling

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Liisa Thomas has developed a unique advertising practice, providing privacy law counseling to major consumer brands, advertising agencies, and consumer research companies, among others. Ms. Thomas joined Winston & Strawn in 2005 as a partner, bringing to the advertising law group her extensive experience in privacy, trademark, and youth marketing laws. Ms. Thomas has been a frequent and popular author on the subject of advertising and privacy laws, and is an adjunct professor in The John Marshall Law School’s Information Technology LLM program. Ms. Thomas assists her clients with privacy compliance and data security issues, and helps coordinate national and worldwide clearances of interactive advertising programs, including advising clients on compliance with e-mail, fax, direct mail, and data breach notification laws. She also helps clients with the acquisition, commercialization, and enforcement of their intellectual property rights. Ms. Thomas began her career at a prestigious trademark litigation boutique firm, designing and implementing brand protection strategies. While at the firm, she handled the trademark opposition portfolio for a major consumer electronics manufacturer. During her career, Ms. Thomas also managed online intellectual property infringement issues for a company that sold popular children’s toys. It was her work enforcing the intellectual property rights of this toy manufacturer that led her into youth marketing and privacy law, assisting that company comply with emerging online privacy laws intended to protect children. www.winston.com

Mari Frank Interviews Five Teenagers About Privacy Issues with Electronic Devices and the Internet

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Dana is thirteen years old and lives in a suburb of Chicago. She has three older sisters and an adorable dog named Scooter. In her free time she enjoys doing many different activities. Most of the time, she is dancing, singing, or playing her guitar. She is on a competitive dance team, and has been dancing since she was three years old. Playing guitar and singing is another one of her passions. She has been playing guitar for two years and singing since she could talk. Also, she loves helping people and animals as much as she possibly can. She spends hours using her creativity. For example, she loves to sew, make stationary, scrapbook, make jewelry, and add her artistic flare to everything around her. During school, she participates in musicals, chorus, the talent show, cheerleading, track, and student council. She was also chosen to be in her school district's Junior Culinary Competition. She hopes that when she grows up her job will include all of her interests. To sum it up, she just loves being on stage! Lexx is a sixth grader active in football, wrestling and baseball as well as bow hunting and fresh-water fishing. He earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do at age 10 and has participated in his school district’s Gifted and Talented programs across subjects since his kindergarten year. An avid Kansas City Chiefs fan, Lexx often attends NFL games and has had the pleasure of meeting many of his heroes. Lexx also enjoys creative writing and art, frequently and successfully entering local competitions. His newest interests include guitar and photography. Lexx is currently pursuing both with a passion, pitting his naturally left-brained disposition with an emerging right-brained penchant. Torri lives in Orange County, California. She enjoys singing and acting and in her spare time she likes to hang out with my friends and go to the mall. Marie is 13 years old and is entering 8th grade at one of the exam schools in Boston. She spends a ridiculous amount of time texting and on Facebook. Recently she used Skype and Formspring as well. She attended Boston Ballet School and has many friends. She is also number 5 of 9 children in the family. Sean is a 15-year old sophomore at a High School in Northern California. He is a member of the marching band, plays badminton and is interested in a career in Avaiation. Sean is on Facebook and has about 150 friends (including his mom). He likes to play PS3 sports games, and watch comedy and music videos on youTube. He’s not a big texter (but his sister is).

Mari Frank Interviews Dr. Juliet Rohde-Brown, licensed Clinical Psychologist

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Dr. Juliet Rohde-Brown is a licensed clinical psychologist. Her orientation is integrative and she embraces a multicultural perspective in her psychotherapeutic practice. She is also a core faculty member and the director of practicum for a doctoral program in psychology (www.antiochsb.edu). Juliet has worked with brain injured individuals and in psychiatric inpatient settings as well as in community counseling environments and private practice. She is committed to respecting that while human beings share many common features, each individual is unique in temperment, behavior, inner reflection and socio-cultural background. She respects the many way of knowing in a diverse social system; the rational, empirical, and intuitive. She is a founding member and current board member of the Sacred Earth Foundation (www.sacredearthfound.org) and she is an advisory board member for the Santa Barbara Restorative Justice Neighborhood Initiative. She is currently the president-elect for Imagery International (www.imageryinternational.com). She has spoken internationally on forgiveness and related topics. Some of her research on forgiveness and emotions in the divorcing process is to be published in the Journal of Divorce and Remarriage this coming year and her book, Imagine Forgiveness: A Guide for Creating a Joyful Future is available through various popular book-selling venues. She has also received a Just Plain Folks Award in 2009 in the self-help genre for her CD Feel Forgiveness Now, part of a series in collaboration with Shantha Sri and Energi Music (www.energimusic.com). Juliet’s participation in meditative practices informs her work in the world both personally and professionally. The practice of metta, or lovingkindness meditation has had a particularly important impact on her life and on her own process of forgiveness, as has working with imagery, dreams, and sacred ceremony. Her latest interests focus on moving from the individual into the collective, particularly in relation to compassion-based practices. She has been following Daniel Siegel’s work in interpersonal neurobiology since the publication of his book The Developing Mind in the 1990s (www.mindsightinstitute.com). She also recommends the website www.forgiveforgood.com. She lives in Carpinteria, just south of Santa Barbara, California, with her husband, artist James Paul Brown (www.jamespaulbrown.com).

Mari Frank Interviews Attorney Ryan Calo who runs the Consumer Privacy Project at the Center for Internet & Society

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Ryan Calo runs the Consumer Privacy Project at the Center for Internet & Society. Prior to joining the law school in 2008, Calo was an associate at Covington & Burling, LLP, where he advised companies on issues of data security, privacy, and telecommunications. Calo received his JD cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was a contributing editor to the Michigan Law Review and symposium editor of the Journal of Law Reform, and his BA in Philosophy from Dartmouth College. In 2005-2006, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable R. Guy Cole Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Prior to law school, Calo was an investigator of allegations of police misconduct in New York City. Calo researches and presents on the intersection of law and technology. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Associated Press, the Wall Street Journal Blog, Smart Money, Digg, Slashdot, and other national and local media. Calo serves on several advisory and program committees, including Computers Freedom Privacy 2010, the Future of Privacy Forum, and National Robotics Week. Publications "Visceral Notice," Working Paper "The Boundaries of Privacy Harm," 86 Indiana Law Journal __ (forthcoming 2011) "Robots and Privacy," in Robot Ethics: The Ethical and Social Implications of Robotics (Patrick Lin et al eds.), Cambridge: MIT Press (forthcoming 2011) "People Can Be So Fake: A New Dimension to Privacy and Technology Scholarship," 114 Penn State Law Review 809 (2010) "Scylla or Charybdis: Navigating the Jurisprudence of Visual Clutter," 103 Michigan Law Review 1877 (2005) http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/profile/ryan-calo

Mari Frank Interviews Eric Drew, identity theft victim and expert, cancer survivor, motivational keynote speaker, and Chairman of a Medical foundation, and John Keating, civil rights and consumer lawyer

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Eric Drew is a nationally recognized identity theft victim and expert, cancer survivor, motivational keynote speaker, and Chairman of a Medical foundation. He has been featured on many TV and radio shows including, CNN, NPR, Montel Williams, Dateline NBC, Geraldo, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsche, ABC CBC andFOX news. His story was also featured in Discover Magazine. His miraculous survival from terminal leukemia as well as being the first to catch and prosecute an identity thief under the federal HIPAA laws has inspired millions. Eric is now a leading consumer advocate against the growing tide of identity theft, and for the legislative and institutional credit industry changes needed to stop this criminal epidemic. Eric is a former high school football quarterback, runway model, and executive of several Silicon Valley global software companies. He has lived and worked in various countries in Europe and Asia, and now spends his time advocating for consumer privacy rights, keynote speaking at large conferences, taping TV interviews, and taking on the necessary battles to ensure that what happened to him does not happen to others. Through the foundation formed in his namesake, he is working to assist seriously ill patients and their families in need. You can learn more about Eric, the medical foundation, and watch the TV features on his fight against identity theft at www.drewfoundation.org John Keating is a civil rights and consumer lawyer with offices in Woodside, California. John graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a major in philosophy. After being involved in various human rights causes and other advocacy activities returned to school to receive his law degree from King Hall at the University of California at Davis. John is admitted to practice law in California and before Federal trial and appellate courts, including the United States Supreme Court and has argued constitutional rights cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. While initially working for large law firms, John developed a specialization in handling insurance coverage analysis and litigation. John eventually left the law firm work representing corporations and opened an independent law office working for individuals and on causes. Over the last twenty years, John has had the unusual good fortune to work on a variety of impact cases in consumer oriented insurance litigation, civil rights and government conduct issues. John’s primary consumer law experience over the last twenty years has been representation of small business and individual policyholders in insurance coverage disputes. His office is motivated to assist small businesses in insurance coverage matters because small businesses often have a very difficult time surviving a coverage battle with an insurance company and protection of the small business community against such bankrupting circumstances is important for democracy. John addressed a number improprieties he saw in the conduct of the insurance industry, including the immunity granted to the industry regarding the secret blacklist maintained by the industry keeping records on consumers for which the consumers had no remedy to discover and correct errors. In the government conduct and civil rights area, John has been involved in the litigation of a series of cases concerning politically motivated prosecutions, a case involving abuses of a private intelligence gathering organization working in cooperation with a governmental actor to keep a secret database of information the accuracy of which could not be verified, a pivotal case challenging a sexual harassment policy system that allowed a local government entity to cover up sexual harassment and brutal sexual assaults by a government management official against his female employees, disability discrimination cases, representation to protect individuals against post 9-11 false accusations of terrorist affiliation, and a case setting precedent requiring the federal government to allow and consider public input before closing off national park lands. Over the past several years John has been litigating the Drew v. Equifax matter focused on the practices of the credit reporting industry in failing to adequately respond to consumer requests to correct credit report errors and the resulting exacerbation of the identity theft problem.

Mari Frank Interviews Dr. Larry Ponemon, Chairman and Founder of the Ponemon Institute

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Dr. Larry Ponemon, is a pioneer in the development of privacy audits, privacy risk management and ethical information management. He is the chairman and founder of The Ponemon Institute. Based upon his vast experience in the fields of corporate governance, privacy compliance, data protection and business ethics, he consults with leading multinational organizations on global privacy management programs. Dr. Ponemon was appointed to the Advisory Committee for Privacy for the United States Federal Trade Commission and to two California State task forces on privacy and data security laws. Dr. Ponemon was recently appointed by the Governor of Arizona to serve as public member of State Board of Optometry. Dr. Ponemon has held chaired faculty positions at Babson College and SUNY Binghamton and he's published dozens of articles and five learned books He is a frequent media commentator on privacy and other business ethics topics for CNN, Fox News, CBS, CNBC, MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Financial Times, Business 2.0, Newsweek, Business Week, U.S. News & World Report, Computerworld, CIO Magazine, Industry Standard, Boston Globe, InfoWorld, InformationWeek, Forbes, Fortune, CFO Magazine, Red Herring, Dow Jones News and others. His research studies are well respected and have a profound impact on the manner in which corporations are changing their approach to important privacy issues. You can learn more at our website and Dr. Ponemon's website at www.ponemon.org

Mari Frank Interviews Steve Posner, author of the legal treatise Privacy Law and the USA Patriot Act

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews William Turner, Chief Security Officer for APS Healthcare & Mike Williamson, Senior Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Chief Privacy Officer for APS Healthcare

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:00:00 -0800

William Turner has over 20 years of privacy, security and Information Systems experience. He is an experienced senior leader who has spent a large portion of his career building and protecting advanced health information systems. He spends much of his time in analyzing changes to new federal and state privacy and security regulations and aligning privacy and security initiatives. He has held the position of Director of Technology and Strategy for a 90 county hospital system in Texas. He also held the position of Director of Client Enterprise Services for a nationwide network of 1800+ community-owned hospitals and 8000+ physicians. He has worked in the defense industry working in the area of Advanced Electronic Warfare. Mr. Turner holds a degree in Social Work and has completed advanced business courses at SMU, Kellogg School of Business, and Harvard Business School. He has advanced training in Computer Forensics, E-discovery, physical, technical and personal security. He holds membership and participates in the following organizations: High Tech Crime Consortium (HTCC), Infragard, High Tech Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA), Health Information Management System Society (HIMSS), International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), American Society for Industrial Security and has been the Past President of the Dallas Chapter Microcomputer Managers Association and Past Director - AFEWS (Association of Old Crows ‘ Electronic Warfare). Michael Williamson is currently Senior Counsel, the Chief Compliance Officer, and Chief Privacy Officer at APS Healthcare. Mike oversees and manages all activities related to the development, implementation, application, maintenance of, and compliance with all policies, procedures and standards governing privacy, confidentiality, and security of all individually identifiable health information in compliance with HIPAA, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) regulations implementing HIPAA, and other state and federal laws, professional ethics, and accreditation standards protecting the confidentiality and privacy of individuals and their health information. Admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1991 and to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 1993, Mike has more than fifteen years of specialized experience in the practice of health care law. Additionally, Mike spent two years as Assistant General Counsel for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Mike holds a Juris Doctor from the New England School of Law and Bachelor of Arts from St. Anselm College.

Mari Frank Interviews Mark Camillo, Vice President, Executive/Professional Liability Division of Chartis

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Mark Camillo is Vice President in the Executive Liability Professional Liability Division of Chartis and is responsible for the Technology and Security/Privacy suite of products. Prior to this role, Mark was responsible for the Personal Identity Coverage (PIC) and Payment Fraud Products. Mark joined Chartis in 2001 and has held positions of increasing management responsibility in various parts of the organization including eBusiness Risk Solutions, Affinity Group, A&H, Professional Liability, and the Fidelity team. Prior to Chartis, Mark worked in sales, marketing, and product development for Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) and SITEL Corporation. Mark has a Masters of Business Administration from SUNY Buffalo and a B.S. from the University of Wyoming. Chartis is a world leading property-casualty and general insurance organization serving more than 40 million clients in over 160 countries and jurisdictions. With a 90-year history, one of the industry’s most extensive ranges of products and services, deep claims expertise and excellent financial strength, Chartis enables its commercial and personal insurance clients alike to manage virtually any risk with confidence. Chartis is the marketing name for the worldwide property-casualty and general insurance operations of Chartis Inc. For additional information, please visit our website at http://www.Chartisinsurance.com

Mari Frank Interviews Chris Willis, Partner at the law firm of Rogers & Hardin LLP

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Chris Willis is a Partner at the law firm of Rogers & Hardin LLP in Atlanta, Georgia, and a member of the Technology Committee. Focusing on consumer litigation and information technology and computer law, his practice covers a wide variety of complex litigation, including consumer financial services cases and matters involving the privacy and security of consumers’ personal information. He represents credit card issuers, mortgage lenders, and other businesses that operate in the consumer financial services industry. Mr. Willis regularly speaks at national-level seminars on a wide variety topics relating to consumer financial services litigation. Chris has been honored to have been selected as a Georgia Rising Star by Atlanta Magazine’s Super Lawyers every year since 2005. He is also listed in the 2010 edition of Benchmark Litigation. He is a Master in the Lamar Inn of Court at Emory University School of Law, and does pro bono work for Zoo Atlanta. He also serves on the Facilities Committee of Zoo Atlanta, and is an award-winning wildlife photographer. For more information see www.rh-law.com.

Mari Frank Interviews David Brin, Scientist, Inventor and NY Times Bestselling Author

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:00:00 -0800

David Brin, Scientist, Inventor and NY Times Bestselling Author David Brin is a scientist, inventor and NY Times bestselling author. With books translated into twenty-five languages, he has won multiple Hugo, Nebula and other awards. A film directed by Kevin Costner was based on David's novel The Postman. Other works have been optioned by Paramount and Warner Bros. One of them - "Kiln People" - has been called a book of ideas disguised as a fast-moving and fun noir detective story, set in a vividly original future, while a hardcover graphic novel - "The Life Eaters"- explored alternate outcomes to World War II. David's science fictional Uplift Universe explores a future when humans genetically engineer higher animals, like dolphins, to speak. As a "scientist/futurist" David Brin is seen frequently on shows like THE ARCHITECHS, UNIVERSE and LIFE AFTER PEOPLE (the most popular show ever, on the History Channel) along with many appearances on PBS and NPR. He is also much in-demand to speak about future trends, keynoting for IBM, Google, Procter & Gamble, SAP, Microsoft, Qualcomm, the Mauldin Group and Casey Research, all the way to think-tanks, Homeland Security and the CIA. (http://www.davidbrin.com/speaker.html) With degrees from Caltech and UCSD, David serves serves on advisory panels ranging from astronomy, space exploration, nanotech and SETI to national defense and technological ethics. His non-fiction book - The Transparent Society - explores the dangers of secrecy and loss of privacy in our modern world. It garnered the prestigious Freedom of Speech Prize from the American Library Association. For more information, drop by http://www.davidbrin.com/

Mari Frank Interviews Beth Givens, Privacy Expert

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Beth Givens is founder and director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC), a nonprofit advocacy, research, and consumer education program located in San Diego, California. The PRC was established in 1992 with funding from the California Public Utilities Commission's Telecommunications Education Trust. It is an independent program of the Utility Consumers Action Network, a nonprofit organization that advocates for consumers interests regarding telecommunications, energy and the Internet. The PRC maintains a complaint/information hotline on informational privacy issues, the only one of its kind in the country. It publishes a series of guides on informational privacy issues. Topics include Internet privacy, wireless communications, credit reporting, identity theft, telemarketing, medical records, workplace privacy, employment screening, unsolicited mail, government records, children’s online privacy, among others. These are available at the PRC’s web site, www.privacyrights.org. Givens frequently speaks and conducts workshops on the issue of privacy. She has participated in many media interviews including: The News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS), CBS Evening News, CNN, 60 Minutes, 48 Hours, Good Morning America, Court TV, NBC Evening News, CBS Weekend News, and major U.S. daily newspapers. She has testified on privacy public policy concerns before the U.S. Senate, the California Legislature, the California Public Utilities Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency. In addition, Givens has been a member of several task forces examining privacy-related public policy issues:: California Office of Privacy Protection Advisory Committee; Truste Wireless Privacy Committee; Justice Management Institute’s Electronic Court Records Advisory Committee; Task Force on Criminal Records Identity Theft; California Legislature’s Joint Task Force on Personal Information and Privacy; California Judicial Council Subcommittee on Privacy and Access; Internet Policy Committee of the San Diego Public Library; and the Mayor of San Diego’s City of the Future Task Force. She has served on the U.S. Census Advisory Committee, California Radio Frequency ID Advisory Committee, and the California REAL ID Task Force,. Many of Givens’ speeches and testimony are available on the PRC Web site under Speeches&Testimony, www.privacyrights.org/ar. Givens was awarded a Pioneer Award in 2002 from the Electronic Frontier Foundations. The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse is a 2000 award recipient from The Foundation for Improvement of Justice for its work in assisting victims of identity theft. Givens is a recipient of the 2000 Privacy International Brandeis Award. Ms. Givens contributed articles on identity theft to two encyclopedias: World Book (2004) and Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment (2002). She also contributed a chapter to the 2006 book, RFID: Applications, Security and Privacy. She is the author of The Privacy Rights Handbook: How to Take Control of Your Personal Information (Avon Books, 1997). She is co-author of Privacy Piracy (with Mari Frank) : A Guide to Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft. Givens is also co-author and editor of the PRC's fact sheets, on the Web at www.privacyrights.org/fs. Voice: 619-298-3396 Web:www.privacyrights.org

Mari Frank Interviews David L. Roberts, Ph.D., a Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:00:00 -0800

David L. Roberts, Ph.D., a licensed clinical psychologist with an M.S. in General Psychology, an M.S. in Administration, and a B.A. in Literature with a minor in music. His varied educational background and work experiences as a psychologist, businessman and entrepreneur, writer, musician, and college professor give Dr. Roberts a very unique combination of both knowledge and professional diversity. Dr. Roberts’ two books At the Mercy of Externals, and Psycho-Soul-ology - provide a tried and true system of service delivery to kids of all ages circumstances, cultures, and backgrounds. His theories and approaches have proven successful across many cultural divides, and for a number of different professions related directly to serving kids of all ages. Learn more at www.DavidLRobertsPhD.org

Mari Frank Interviews David Thompson, General Counsel of ReputationDefender, Inc.

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:00:00 -0800

David Thompson is a practicing lawyer, technical expert, and the General Counsel of ReputationDefender, Inc. Highlights of his legal career include clerking for Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court, and for Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. David has written extensively in legal publications. He has spoken about online reputation and privacy on national radio, to conferences on both coasts, and in training sessions. David received his J.D. from Stanford Law School, where he graduated second in his class and was awarded the Order of the Coif. He received a B.A. from Yale University, where he graduated cum laude and with distinction. www.reputationdefender.com

Mari Frank Interviews Robert Rebhan, Financial Crimes Expert

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:00:00 -0800

ROBERT J. REBHAN FINANCIAL CRIMES EXPERT is a nationally renowned expert and speaker on identity theft and financial crimes, and a former Detective Sergeant with the Los Angeles Police Department. During his exciting career with the LAPD, he served in many high profile assignments including the SWAT Team, Hollywood's Narcotics, Robbery, Homicide, and Vice Squads. As a detective, he was a master of disguise and during his 22 years of service he was personally involved in the arrest of thousands of criminals. Before leaving the department, Mr. Rebhan was selected by the Credit Card Industry to help develop and direct a fraud prevention program. He has traveled to Australia, Europe and Latin America as a consultant and for the last 18 years has personally done over 1000 speeches on the subject of financial crimes. As the Director of The American Express Company's Fraud Prevention Program, Western Region, he managed a team of twelve consultants, personally orchestrating over 150,000 business and consumer presentations. He brings a unique perspective to an audience, because he understands the vulnerabilities and responsibilities of consumers, the financial community, and law enforcement. And of course, he has great insight into the criminal mind. In his campaign against fraud, Mr. Rebhan has worked closely with the California State Assembly and the Los Angeles City Council. As an advocate for privacy and financial security, he has proposed municipal code and legislative changes regarding consumer and business fraud prevention efforts. He is a special consultant to Screen Actors Guild members and is a member of the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators. www.robertrebhan.com

Mari Frank Interviews Max Factor III, Mediator and Arbitrator

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:00:00 -0800

MAX FACTOR III is a full-time neutral, specializing in the resolution through mediation, arbitration and early neutral evaluation of real estate, employment, entertainment, construction and partnership disputes, and in the negotiated resolution of complex business litigation. He has been an Adjunct Professor at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University since 2007, teaching the Mediation Clinic. Mr. Factor was 2009 Chair of the 4th Annual Robert I. Weil Lecture, raising a record amount for charity, and has just been appointed again as 2010 Chair. He was President of the Downtown Los Angeles Litigation Inn of Court, 2008-09; Chairman of the Committee for the Administration of Justice for the State Bar of California, 2006-07; President of the Southern California Mediation Association, 2005-06; and he is currently a Member of the Chair’s Council for the Division of Biology at CalTech. He is a fluent writer and regularly has articles about the ADR process published in The Daily Journal. See www.FactorMediation.com for links to these articles and more. In 2005, he was elected a Distinguished Fellow by the International Academy of Mediators. He is regularly selected as one of Southern California's Top Neutrals by Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers. Earlier in his career, he was Managing Attorney at the non-profit California Law Center, and then at the Consumer Protection Section of the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, becoming the youngest assistant city attorney in Los Angeles history. From the late 1970s to nearly 2000 he worked in private law practice emphasizing litigation and transactional work involving real estate development/sales/commercial leasing; partnerships; business negotiations and consumer torts. In private practice Mr. Factor served as an advocate for plaintiff or defendant, in more than 100 mediations, arbitrations and dispute resolution procedures. Mr. Factor has been involved in a variety of civic and community activities for many years. He currently serves as chair of the Family Foundation Center Committee and has previously served as a member of The Foundation's Advisory Board. He has served as president of the Beverly Hills Board of Education, the Beverly Hills Educational Foundation, the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce, as well as chairman of the Beverly Hills Visitors Bureau. Mr. Factor received his bachelor's degree in Economics, magna cum laude, from Harvard College and his law degree from Yale Law School. FOR FURTHER DETAILS, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: www.FactorMediation.com

Mari Frank Interviews Kirk Moore, Co-Minister and Music Director for the Center for Spiritual Living

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Rev. Kirk Moore is the co-minister and Music Director at the Center for Spiritual Living Orange County established in May 1999. Kirk is a native Californian, born and raised in Redondo Beach, California. Kirk and his wife Sandy, the founding minister, raised their two daughters in L.A. County and Orange County. Tragically, their older daughter, Tara, was killed in an automobile accident in 1992 at the age of fifteen. Kirk has studied piano and music since the age of four and was quite involved with musical theatre during high school and college. In 1972, he created his own band, Moore & More that performed in clubs throughout the Los Angeles area. Kirk’s relationship with God has been deep and a motivating factor in his life from a very young age. He has been involved with Religious Science since 1980 when he and Sandy discovered the Redondo Beach Church of Religious Science which was in direct alignment with his belief system. After moving to Orange County in 1988, Kirk and Sandy started attending the Capistrano Valley Church of Religious Science and became extremely involved with the church and diligently pursued their studies. When Kirk lost his fifteen-year-old daughter, his life took on a new dimension and his life course was altered forever. Kirk and his wife opened a store in San Juan Capistrano in 1993 called Tara’s Angels which experienced worldwide attention through numerous television appearances and the cover of People magazine. The store became a haven for healing and understanding by those who came to visit. Eventually spiritual classes were offered in the store during the evening. Kirk has authored two books which are non-fictional accounts of his spiritual odyssey and evolutionary life; Tara’s Angels: One Family’s Journey of Courage and Healing and Touched by Tara the Healing Power of Love. From all the people who visited the store and wanted to learn more about the spiritual universe, it was a natural progression to create a spiritual center. In May of 1999, The Center for Universal Truth was born. Kirk, with his in-depth and experienced musical background, became the musical director and an integral part of the church and its continued growth. The Center now has a band, on-staff singer, various musical guests and a dynamic choir. Kirk continues to grow the music program as the church grows and flourishes. Kirk also teaches classes and is very involved in special programs at the Center. Kirk and Sandy currently reside in Mission Viejo, CA and together they continually strive to make their Center a place of love, healing and inspiration.

Lloyd Boshaw Interviews Mari Frank, Attorney and Privacy Expert

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Mari J. Frank is an attorney, Certified Information Privacy Professional and the creator of The Identity Theft Survival Kit, the audiocassette series Identity Theft Prevention and Survival, and author of From Victim to Victor: A Step by Step Guide for Ending the Nightmare of Identity Theft, Safeguard Your Identity: Protect yourself with a Personal Privacy Audit, and The Complete Idiot Guide To Recovering From Identity Theft (released May, 2010). Mari hosts Privacy Piracy, a weekly one-hour public affairs radio show dedicated to privacy issues airing at KUCI 88.9 FM and www.kuci.org/privacypiracy. Her show received a commendation award by the International Association of Privacy Professionals in 2005. Ms. Frank has testified many times on privacy issues in the California legislature and before the U.S. Congress. In May 1999, she was summoned to the White House to a press conference with President Clinton to speak on Consumer Privacy. Her speech was broadcast on C-SPAN TV. Mari’s 90 minute PBS Television special, Identity Theft: Protecting Yourself in the Information Age aired nationwide in 2005. Mari consults for corporations and government agencies and serves as an expert witness in state and federal court on privacy and identity theft cases. She has served on the Identity Theft Task Force of the LA County District Attorney, California's DMV Task Force on Privacy. She is a consultant for the National Office of Victims of Crime, was appointed to the advisory board of the State of California Office of Privacy Protection. She's an Orange County Sheriff Reserve, an Advisory Board Member of the Identity Theft Resource Center and the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, and is a Privacy Fellow with the Ponemon Research Institute. Mari is a certified MCLE trainer for the State Bar of California, a law professor, and currently teaches at the University of California, Irvine. Mari has appeared on dozens of national TV programs including Dateline, 48 Hours, the O'Reilly Factor, Investigative Reports, NBC and ABC Nightly News, CNN, Geraldo, CNBC, Montel and has been interviewed on more than 350 radio shows. She has been featured in major newspapers and magazines including the ABA Journal, The California Bar Journal, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Chicago Tribune, The LA Times, The New York Times, and her many articles have been published in legal journals and numerous magazines. Learn more at: www.identitytheft.org; www.kuci.org/privacypiracy; www.MariFrank.com

Mari Frank Interviews Linda and Jay Foley, Directors of the Identity Theft Resource Center

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Jay Foley is the co-founder/director of the Identity Theft Resource Center, a nationwide, nonprofit identity theft program located in San Diego, California. The ITRC was established in 1999 in response to the growing need for victim assistance and public empowerment caused by the explosive rise in identity theft crime rate. As the spouse of an identity theft victim, Foley understands the practical and emotional complexities of this crime. Since 1999, he has assisted thousands of victims via email and telephone. As ITRC's primary criminal justice contact, he has received great support and accolades from members of law enforcement across the country who frequently refer victims to him for assistance. Foley currently sits numerous law enforcement, governmental and legislative taskforces, including JAG and has testified at legislative hearings in various states and in front of Congress. Foley is also a popular presenter and trainer. He has also appeared on many major television news shows, quoted in most major newspapers and radio stations around the country. Jay Foley's background includes over 20 years in project management, customer service training, sales and database management. His experience in the US Navy and study for his MCSE and MCDBA certificates has proven to be invaluable in understanding the computer's role in this crime, possible solutions and in anticipating future trends. He is a recipient of the 2004 Crime Victims Service Award presented by the U. S. Attorney General for the Department of Justice and commendations by Senator Dianne Feinstein and former CA Governor Gray Davis. Linda Goldman-Foley Linda Foley is the co-founder/director of the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), a nation-wide nonprofit identity theft program based in San Diego, California. Established in 1999 in response to the growing need for victim assistance and public empowerment due to the epidemic rise in identity theft, today ITRC is nationally respected for its expertise and work. As a former victim of identity theft herself, Foley is uniquely suited to understanding the complexities of this crime. ITRC supports thousands of victims through its web site, email and telephone correspondence. Foley developed and wrote the numerous comprehensive publications on ITRC's website (www.idtheftcenter.org) and used by the national office and network of trained volunteers. Foley provides testimony and information for national and state conferences and taskforces, and remains a resource for legislators throughout the nation. Foley has appeared on numerous major television news show, several talk shows and is widely quoted by major newspapers, radio stations and magazines. Besides her work in the community, Foley forges partnerships with companies to create better document handling procedures. She has created a workplace ID theft self-assessment inventory for use by businesses that might not want outside consultants to evaluate their company. She has been honored as the 10Leadership Program (San Diego's ABC affiliate) Individual Leader for 2001, is a recipient of the prestigious Foundation for Improvement of Justice Award (Sept 2000), the 2004 National Crime Victim Service Award presented by U. S. Attorney General for the Department of Justice and commendations by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein and former CA Governor Gray Davis. Identity Theft Resource Center PO Box 26833, San Diego CA 92196 www.idtheftcenter.org email: itrc@idtheftcenter.org Office Line: 858-693-7935

Mari Frank Interviews Leonard Szymczak, Psychotherapist and Educator

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Leonard Szymczak, MSW, LCSW, has been a psychotherapist and educator for over 35 years, both in Australia and America, working with individuals, couples, families and groups. He was Director of the Family Therapy Program at the Marriage and Family Centre in Sydney, Australia and later served as a senior affiliate therapist with the Family Institute at Northwestern University. His new book is The Roadmap Home: Your GPS to Inner Peace. He is also the author of the novel Cuckoo Forevermore, a light-hearted satire on psychotherapy, and its sequel, Kookaburra's Last Laugh, due out in 2010. Leonard has conducted countless seminars and presentations and has written numerous articles on mental health, personal development, stress management, and relationship building. Throughout his life, Leonard has been committed to ongoing personal growth and believes firmly in the power of the individual to overcome adversity and transform one's life. Like the mythologist Joseph Campbell, he utilizes the concept of the hero's journey to help individuals reshape their stories into amazing adventures. He firmly believes that when connected to the Guiding Power of Spirit, individuals can shift problems and pain into opportunities for healing and growth and return Home to love and inner peace. A licensed clinical social worker, Leonard lives near the beach in Southern California where he writes, conducts seminars, and maintains a private practice. He is the proud father of two adult children.

Mari Frank Interviews Wendy Patrick, Deputy District Attorney, Sex Crimes and Stalking Division

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Wendy Patrick is a San Diego County Deputy District Attorney, named by her peers as one of the Top Ten criminal attorneys in San Diego by the San Diego Daily Transcript. Most of her practice is trial work; she has completed approximately 142 trials including close to 100 criminal jury trials ranging from hate crimes, to torture, to first-degree murder. In her current assignment in the Sex Crimes and Stalking Division she prosecutes cases involving vice, child molestation, and sexually violent predators. Ms. Patrick is the former Chair and the current Co-Chair of the San Diego County Bar Association’s Ethics Committee, one of 16 members of the California State Bar’s Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC), and an accomplished public speaker on the topic of ethics both nationally and internationally. She has been featured as a media topic area expert on the radio as well as on both local and international television. In a different genre of programs, Ms. Patrick presents motivational seminars, keynote speeches, and workshops nationwide, on subjects related to her book Reading People (Random House 2008). In addition to co-authoring the revised version of the New York Times bestseller Reading People, Ms. Patrick was a contributing author to the Encyclopedia of Race and Racism (Macmillan Reference 2007) and Hate Crimes: Causes, Controls, and Controversies (SAGE 2004), and has her own column in various publications, both local and national. Ms. Patrick has been recognized for her legal work as well as her work in the community. She received the Service to the San Diego County Bar Association Award from the San Diego County Bar Association in 2005, the Friend of the Community Award from the Tom Homann Law Association in 2003, and was recognized as one of San Diego Metropolitan Magazine’s 40 under 40 honorees in 2001. On a personal note, Ms. Patrick holds a purple belt in Shorin-Ryu karate, is a concert violinist with the La Jolla Symphony, and plays the electric violin professionally with a rock band, performing both locally and in Hollywood. Regarding Ms. Patrick’s true passion in life, she holds a Master of Divinity degree summa cum laude from Bethel Seminary San Diego where she was awarded the Excellence in Preaching Award and the Zondervan Biblical Languages Award.

Mari Frank Interviews Rebecca Herold, The Privacy Professor

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Rebecca Herold, CIPP, CISSP, CISM, CISM, FLMI, "The Privacy Professor," has over two decades of information security, privacy and compliance experience. She's been named as a Computerworld "Best Privacy Advisor" multiple times, and also as a "Top 59 Influencers in IT Security" by IT Security magazine. The program Rebecca created was awarded the 1998 CSI Information Security Program of the Year Award. She is currently leading the NIST Smart Grid standards committee privacy impact assessment. In 2008 Rebecca's blog was named one of the "Top 50 Internet Security Blogs" by the Daily Netizen and in September 2009 her blog was named a "Top 100 Science Professor Blog." Rebecca assists organizations of all sizes and industries throughout the world. Rebecca has created a wide range of information security, privacy and compliance tools, products and services. She also offers a range of standard and customized one and two-day workshops including one addressing how individuals across disciplines can work together to most effectively assure privacy and regulatory compliance while efficiently implementing security controls. Rebecca is working on her 14th book, writes multiple monthly columns, creates the quarterly "Protecting Information" multi-media information security and privacy awareness subscription news journal and provides effective information security and privacy tools and online training courses. She also has served as an Adjunct Professor for the Norwich University Master of Science in Information Assurance (MSIA) program since 2004. rebeccaherold@rebeccaherold.com or www.theprivacyprofessor.com.

Mari Frank Interviews Chris Hoofnagle, Senior Staff Attorney and Privacy Law Expert

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Chris Jay Hoofnagle is senior staff attorney to the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic and senior fellow with the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. His focus is consumer privacy law. From 2000 to 2006, he was senior counsel to the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and director of the organization's West Coast office. At EPIC, he concentrated on financial services privacy, telemarketing regulation and consumer profiling. He was also a non-residential fellow with Stanford University's Center for Internet and Society for the 2005 academic year. Hoofnagle is a nationally recognized expert in information privacy law. He has testified before the U.S. Congress and the California Senate and Assembly numerous times on social security number privacy and credit transactions. The text of his written testimony is online at http://epic.org/. Hoofnagle was the author of an amicus brief in Remsburg v. Docusearch, a case in which the Supreme Court of New Hampshire held that private investigators have a duty to exercise reasonable care towards individuals being investigated, and that individuals may bring common law privacy claims against investigators who acquire personal information through deception. He also authored an amicus brief in Kehoe v. Fidelity Federal Bank and Trust, in which the 11th Circuit held that individuals do not need to demonstrate harm to collect monetary damages from invasions of privacy. The decision makes it economically viable for individuals to vindicate privacy rights in court, and resulted in a $50 million settlement including direct payments to thousands of affected plaintiffs. Chris is a regular contributor to print, radio and television articles, Hoofnagle has provided commentary for over 1,000 news stories in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, National Public Radio, ABC News and other major media outlets. (2004). http://www.law.berkeley.edu/samuelsonclinic

Mari Frank Interviews Maggie Jessup, Publicist, Marketing Strategist, and Author

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Welcome to Maggie Jessup's world: Celebrity scientists, compelling charities, successful in die films, rock star political candidates, chart topping bands, visible royals, best selling authors, elite professionals, fundable startups, and other powerful brands. She creates Alpha Celebrities in every field using a proprietary mix of next generation publicity, personal brand strategy, and Brand You marketing. Maggie's pioneering study of publicity and personal branding secrets of society's power elite developed into her Fame Formula which catapults her clients into the top one percent of their professions. Maggie Jessup co-founded Platform Strategy, a boutique publicity and brand strategy firm, in 2002. Often referenced as a Fame Machine, Platform Strategy is a team of publicists, social media gurus, web technology experts, graphic artists, publishing professionals, content writers, media & speech trainers, and experienced marketing people. Maggie focuses these resources with her proprietary fame tools, entertainment industry technology, and somewhat radical publicity techniques on people who want the amazing life and career that a recognized personal brand can deliver. Her pioneering work in personal brand strategy has made her a leading voice of the field and one of the country's most in-demand consultants. She travels across the United States speaking at professional events and conferences captivating audiences of every sort with her Fame Formula. Prior to founding Platform Strategy, Maggie was an investigative journalist at the Atlanta Journal Constitution and the Houston Chronicle. Earlier in her career she worked as a marketing and publicity advisor to companies ranging from multi-nationals to nightclubs and early stage entrepreneurial ventures. In her new book FAME 101, Maggie shares behind-the-scenes strategies of entertainment industry notables, evangelists, celebrity lawyers, winning politicians and others. From these personal branding and publicity secrets, FAME 101 creates a success blueprint for anyone to quickly make it to the top of their field. Maggie knows what Martha Stewart, Barrack Obama, Billy Graham, Suze Orman, America's best known gardener, and the leading voice of every profession have in common. The understand fame: how to get it, how to keep it, and how to capitalize on it. Anyone can have Fame - Maggie Jessup knows how. She has the Fame Formula. With it she helps people become the leading voice and media darling of any industry. Her clients appear regularly on CNN, MSNBC, Fox & Friends, ABC News, and other outlets as well as in the pages of USA Today, Forbes, Seventeen, InTouch Weekly, and scores of similarly varied publications. She lives in Vancouver, Washington and serves geographically and industry-diverse clients from Brisbane, Australia to Los Angeles, California to Atlanta, Georgia. To connect with Maggie or to book an interview or appearance: information@maggiejessup.com or Jay at 360.909.0527

Mari Frank Interviews Exhibitors at the 2010 Privacy Summit

Mon, 31 May 2010 08:00:00 -0800

In April, more than 1,700 privacy professionals gathered in Washington, DC for the largest-ever Global Privacy Summit. The Summit was a sold-out event featuring 170 speakers and more than 70 sessions on the most cutting-edge topics facing the privacy community today. We also heard thought-provoking keynotes from Dan Ariely, a behavioral economist and author of New York Times bestseller, Predictably Irrational, Microsoft’s Scott Charney and Victor Mayer-Schonberger, author of Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age. Here you will hear interviews with some of the various exhibitors at the conference showcasing the latest in privacy products and services. For more information about the conference please visit, https://www.privacyassociation.org/events_and_programs/global_privacy_summit For more information about the International Association of Privacy Professionals, please visit www.privacyassociation.org.

Mari Frank Interviews Deanna Collins, Author and TV Host

Mon, 17 May 2010 08:00:00 -0800

As a paraplegic since birth, from a hemorrhage in her spine which left her paralyzed from the chest down, Deanna Collins has spent the past 35+ years researching resources, volunteering with prominent organizations in her community, educating, advocating for living independently and living life to it’s fullest; all in preparation for her current project of Ultimate Access with Deanna Collins. Deanna Collins as creator, co-producer and host of Ultimate Access with Deanna Collins aims to Inspire, Empower and Open Doors to LIVING an Adventurous, Healthy and Confident life for those with a disability. Her show, currently in development, covers a range of topics from sports and travel to dating and innovative technology, including the resources to get involved. Finally, she looks towards bringing a better understanding that disability takes on many different forms and that no one should ever underestimate what ANYONE can accomplish! www.ultimateaccessmedia.com

Mari Frank Interviews Larry Ponemon from the IAPP Conference in Washington D.C.

Mon, 17 May 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Dr. Larry Ponemon, is a pioneer in the development of privacy audits, privacy risk management and ethical information management. He is the chairman and founder of The Ponemon Institute. Based upon his vast experience in the fields of corporate governance, privacy compliance, data protection and business ethics, he consults with leading multinational organizations on global privacy management programs. Dr. Ponemon was appointed to the Advisory Committee for Privacy for the United States Federal Trade Commission and to two California State task forces on privacy and data security laws. Dr. Ponemon was recently appointed by the Governor of Arizona to serve as public member of State Board of Optometry. Dr. Ponemon has held chaired faculty positions at Babson College and SUNY Binghamton and he's published dozens of articles and five learned books. He is a frequent media commentator on privacy and other business ethics topics for CNN, Fox News, CBS, CNBC, MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Financial Times, Business 2.0, Newsweek, Business Week, U.S. News & World Report, Computerworld, CIO Magazine, Industry Standard, Boston Globe, InfoWorld, InformationWeek, Forbes, Fortune, CFO Magazine, Red Herring, Dow Jones News and others. His research studies are well respected and have a profound impact on the manner in which corporations are changing their approach to important privacy issues. You can learn more at www.ponemon.org.

Mari Frank Interviews Fran Maier, President and Executive Chair of TRUSTe

Mon, 10 May 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Fran Maier, President and Executive Chair. Since joining TRUSTe in 2001, Fran Maier has helped grow the company to certify the privacy practices of over 3,000 websites. Under her leadership TRUSTe secured significant investment capital in 2008 and successfully transformed from a non-profit industry association to a for-profit business. As President Fran oversees marketing and policy development, bringing to the table over 15 years of experience building consumer brands and enhancing consumer trust online, notably as a founder of Match.com. Fran holds a BA and MBA from Stanford University and in 2009 won a Stevie Award for Women in Business for Best Executive. As a recognized authority on issues of privacy, security, and trust, Fran has spoken before numerous audiences nationwide, including Congress, the Federal Trade Commission and the US Department of Commerce.

Mari Frank Interviews Charles Doskow, Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law at the University of La Verne College of Law

Mon, 03 May 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Charles S. Doskow is Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law at the University of La Verne College of Law in Ontario. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin and Harvard Law School, he was in private practice in Upland for many years, after serving as counsel for Dart Industries, Inc. in Los Angeles, and for Lewis Homes, in Upland. He served as Dean of the College of Law from 1980 to 1985, and presently teaches Constitutional Law and Professional Responsibility at La Verne. Professor Doskow is Past President of the San Bernardino County and Western San Bernardino County Bar Associations, and the Inland Empire Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. He currently serves on the FBA Inland Empire chapter board. Professor Doskow has written several law review articles, is a frequent contributor to the editorial pages of the Los Angeles Daily Journal, and has published articles in the American Bar Association's Professional Lawyer and the Federal Lawyer. In addition he has reviewed several books on constitutional law and history in the Federal Lawyer. He has appeared as a commentator on constitutional and other legal issues on KPCC pubic radio (89.3) and Time Warner Cable Local Edition. In 2007 he served as an American Bar Association consultant for the Rule of Law Initiative in the Kingdom of Jordan, and offered a course in common law torts at the University of Muenster in Germany.

Mari Frank Interviews Michael Fertik, CEO of Reputation Defender

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Michael Fertik, Chief Executive Officer Michael Fertik is a repeat Internet entrepreneur and CEO with experience in technology and law. He founded ReputationDefender in 2006 with the belief that citizens have the right to control and protect their online reputation and privacy. In his capacity as CEO and position on the advisory board of The Internet Keepsafe Coalition (iKeepSafe), a non-profit that works to protect the health and safety of youth online, Michael is regarded as the pioneer of online reputation management and the foremost expert on issues of online privacy. Michael authored the forthcoming book Wild West 2.0, and lectures internationally in front of professionals, students, school administrators and parents. Prior to founding ReputationDefender, Michael clerked for Chief Judge Danny J. Boggs of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals of the United States. Michael is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, speaks several languages and enjoys sailing, reading and running. www.ReputationDefender.com www.MichaelFertik.com

Mari Frank Interviews Mark Waldman, Author, Researcher, and Therapist

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Mark Robert Waldman is a therapist and an Associate Fellow at the Center for Spirituality and the Mind, University of Pennsylvania (http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/radiology/research/labs/csm/), where he currently conducts research with Andrew Newberg, MD, on the neurological correlates of beliefs, morality, compassion, meditation, religious experiences, and spiritual practices. He is adjunct faculty at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, where he is developing communication tools for the Executive MBA program. He lectures frequently at conferences, colleges, and churches on topics relating to the neuropsychology of stress, relaxation, emotional control, relationship dynamics, conflict resolution, mediation, communication, weight management, and the neurobiological development of personal values and business ethics (neuroeconomics). His research has been featured in Time Magazine, Washington Post, Oprah Magazine and Radio, USA Today, The New York Times science section, and his interviews have appeared on dozens of radio and television programs, including Oprah and Friends. Mark is the author of eleven books and anthologies, and his professional papers have been published throughout the world. He was the founding editor of the academic journal, Transpersonal Review, chairman of the Los Angeles Transpersonal Interest Group, regional coordinator for the Spiritual Emergence Network, and he holds a ministerial credential in pastoral counseling. He coathors a monthly column on "Science and Spirituality" for Science of Mind magazine. His most recent book, coauthored with Dr. Newberg, is How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings By a Leading Neuroscientist. According to Time, Newsweek, and the Washington Post, Mark and Andy are the world's leading experts on spirituality and the brain [see, for example, the February 23, 2009 issue of Time Magazine] and in this book, they use their state-of-the art brain-scan technology and research surveys to document how different forms of spiritual practice, secular meditation, intensive prayer, and positive affirmations change the function and structure of the brain. They show how these changes improve memory, cognition, and compassion while simultaneously suppressing activity in those parts of the brain that generate stress, anxiety, depression, and anger. Their book features a dozen simple exercises that anyone can do to achieve these neurological and psychological benefits, and it only takes a few minutes a day focusing on your innermost values and goals. In just eight weeks, the brain-scan studies show significant improvement, and if these simple exercises are incorporated into short-term therapy (which Mark does in his counseling practice in Camarillo, California), most people can dramatically reduce their dependency on psychological counseling and anti-depressant medication. Why? Because you can then remain stress-free for many, many years. Mark's and Dr. Newberg's research documents how the religious climate in America has shifted toward a more optimistic and less theologically-oriented spirituality that simultaneously embraces science. Their research also documents how negative thinking and speech can actually damage important parts of the brain. But if you focus on your deepest positive values, such as compassion, love or peace, this will have beneficial effects on those parts of the brain that regulate emotions and enhance social awareness and empathy.

Mari Frank Interviews Robert Brennan, Consumer Protection Attorney

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Attorney Robert Brennan grew up steeped in the legal tradition: his uncle was former U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. (deceased), and his father, Frank Brennan, was chief in-house counsel for several major U.S. corporations during his long career. Robert Brennan began his career in civil litigation in 1988, and opened his own general practice firm, The Law Offices of Robert F. Brennan in 1991 (www.brennanlaw.com).The firm specializes in litigating cases related to violations of consumer protection laws, including unfair and abusive debt collection, lemon law, automotive dealer fraud, wrongful credit damage, personal injury, and consumer protection class actions. Robert is an experienced and aggressive trial and appellate lawyer with an excellent win record. His recent major victories include having the Fourth District Court of Appeal uphold his verdict in Fisher v. Wells Fargo, one of the largest California verdicts ever for wrongful credit damage. He also co-authored the “friend of the court” brief which resulted in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issuing a strongly pro-consumer decision against federal pre-emption of California’s Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act. He is also a nationally recognized speaker on consumer protection and consumer fraud issues, and has published numerous articles on those and other litigation issues. He has been awarded Superlawyer- 5 years in a row including this year by the Daily Journal For more information, please visit www.brennanlaw.com; www.socaldebtcollectionabuse.com; www.socalcreditdamage.com.

Mari Frank Interviews Major David Wilson, Attorney, U.S. Army

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Major David Willson has spent the last 20 years serving his country as an active duty attorney in the U.S. Army. David Willson is originally from Glen Cove, New York. He received his BA in Criminal Justice from C.W. Post College on Long Island. He received an Army ROTC scholarship while attending Hofstra University ROTC. Upon graduation he was selected for the Military Police Corps and also received an educational delay to attend law school. He graduated from The Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in Huntington, NY in 1989, and was thereafter admitted to the New York and Connecticut bars. While in law school he did a branch transfer to the Army Judge Advocate Generals Corps. David spent the first ten years of his military career representing clients as either a criminal defense attorney, in administrative hearings, and as a military prosecutor and a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney. During the last ten years David focused on technology and the law. He has provided legal advice and counsel to very high levels in the Department of Defense in the areas of space operations and the law, cyber or computer network operations and the law, and international law as it applies to military operations. He was a legal advisor at Army Space Command and the National Security Agency. In addition to the education above, David Willson graduated from the Army Airborne School in 1983; The U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps Graduate Course 1999 receiving an LLM in Military Law with a focus in International Law; and he received an LLM in Intellectual Property Law with a focus in Information Technology Law from The George Washington University Law School in 2003. David has also received his Security + certification and has passed and is pending certification in CISSP from ISC2. David Willson is scheduled to retire 30 September 2010 and is looking to practice information security and compliance law as well as get involved in or start a business doing security consulting.

Mari Frank Interviews Zoe Strickland, Chief Privacy Officer for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Zoe Strickland serves as the first Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer, for Walmart Stores. In this role, Zoe holds domestic and global responsibility for managing the privacy program for Walmart and Sam’s Club, including all privacy policies, procedures, governance, training, and administration. Zoe is an active participant in the privacy community. She participates in several privacy executive boards and committees, including the Privacy and Security workgroup for the Retail Industry Leaders Association, the Center for Information Policy Leadership, and the Public Policy Steering Committee of EPcglobal. She most recently served on the Board of Directors for the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Zoe is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and events, and has been quoted in several national news and media sources, including USA Today, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and National Public Radio. Ms. Strickland is featured in the book, "Privacy Payoff: How Successful Businesses Build Customer Trust," by Ontario Information & Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian.

Mari Frank Interviews Senator Joe Simitian, California 11th District

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Senator Joe Simitian was elected to the California State Senate in November 2004 to represent the 11th State Senate District, which includes portions of San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties. His public service over the years includes stints as a State Assemblymember, member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, Mayor of Palo Alto and President of the Palo Alto School Board. He has also served as an election observer/supervisor in El Salvador and Bosnia, and participated in refugee relief and resettlement efforts in Albania and Kosovo. In the Senate, Simitian chairs the Select Committee on Privacy and the Environmental Quality Committee. He also serves as a member of numerous other committees. Simitian received his BA with academic honors, from The Colorado College. He also holds his Masters in International Policy Studies from Stanford University, a Masters in City Planning and a law degree from UC Berkeley. The Capitol Weekly identified Simitian as one of the half-dozen “Most Effective” members of the Legislature. San Jose Magazine has repeatedly recognized him as one of the “Power 100 of Silicon Valley”, and in 2003 Simitian was selected by Scientific American magazine as one of the “Scientific American 50” Leaders in Technology from around the world. Joe Simitian and his work have been quoted or noted in publications as diverse as the Atlantic Monthly, Conde Nast Traveller, Mother Jones, People Magazine, and Scientific American. His many media appearances range from CNN to the “Dr. Phil Show”, and he has been on our show two times before. He is our privacy hero! You can learn more about Senator Simitian at www.sen.ca.gov or www.sentatorsimitian.com. Senator Simitian is on the following committees: Environmental Quality Committee, CHAIR Budget Committee, Member Education Committee, Member Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee, Member Natural Resources and Water Committee, Member Transportation and Housing Committee, Member SELECT COMMITTEES Select Committee on Privacy, CHAIR Select Committee on Delta Conservation, Conveyance and Governance, CHAIR Select Committee on Delta Stewardship and Sustainability, Member Select Committee on Climate Change and AB 32 Implementation, Member

Mari Frank Interviews Jeff Chester, Executive Director for the Center for Digital Democracy

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Jeff Chester is executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), a Washington, D.C. non-profit group. CDD’s mission is to foster democratic expression, civic engagement, and consumer protection in the digital media era, focusing on four program areas: Web 2.0 in the Public Interest; Digital Marketing, Privacy & the Public Interest; Network Neutrality; and Promoting Public Health in the Digital Era. CDD filed a complaint with the FTC in November 2006 about online marketing and threats to consumer privacy that directly led to the 2007 Town Hall meeting. In 1996, Newsweek magazine named Jeff Chester one of the Internet's fifty most influential people. His book, Digital Destiny: New Media and the Future of Democracy (New Press, 2007), provides an in-depth examination of the online marketing industry. Chester is currently writing a book about global interactive marketing and its impact on society. A former investigative reporter and filmmaker, Chester received his MSW in Community Mental Health from UC Berkeley in 1978 and his BA in psychology from California State University, San Francisco in 1975. He has been engaged in public interest policy advocacy for more than two decades. In the 1980s, he helped direct the successful campaign to establish the Independent Television Service (ITVS) for public television. In the 1990’s, he and Kathryn Montgomery co-founded the Center for Media Education, spearheading a three-year effort that led to congressional passage of the 1998 Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). He played a leadership role in the development of the FCC’s “E-Rate” program in the mid-90s and in organizing the unprecedented grassroots opposition to the Commission’s proposed media ownership rules in 2003. Because of Chester’s intervention in the merger of AOL and Time Warner, the FTC imposed open access safeguards as a condition of its approval. www.democraticmedia.org

Mari Frank Interviews James Grimmelmann, Attorney and Technologist

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:00:00 -0800

James Grimmelmann is Associate Professor at New York Law School and a member of its Institute for Information Law and Policy. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of LawMeme and a member of the Yale Law Journal. Prior to law school, he received an A.B. in computer science from Harvard College and worked as a programmer for Microsoft. He has served as a Resident Fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale, as a legal intern for Creative Commons and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and as a law clerk to the Honorable Maryanne Trump Barry of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He studies how the law governing the creation and use of computer software affects individual freedom and the distribution of wealth and power in society. As a lawyer and technologist, he aims to help these two groups speak intelligibly to each other. He writes about intellectual property, virtual worlds, search engines, online privacy, and other topics in computer and Internet law. Recent publications include The Ethical Visions of Copyright Law, 77 Fordham L. Rev. 2005 (2009), How to Fix the Google Book Search Settlement, J. Internet L., Apr. 2009, at 1, and The Structure of Search Engine Law, 93 Iowa L. Rev. 1 (2007). He has been blogging since 2000 at the Laboratorium (http://laboratorium.net/). His home page is at http://james.grimmelmann.net/.

Mari Frank Interviews Robert Wood, Tax Attorney and Published Expert

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Considered to be one of the leading tax lawyers in the United States, Robert W. Wood has a nationwide tax practice based in San Francisco. The founder of Wood & Porter, a tax specialty law firm, Mr. Wood handles tax controversies, tax planning, and tax advantaged business transactions. He is a frequent expert witness concerning tax matters in litigation. Although his tax expertise is wide ranging, he is particularly well known for advising on the tax aspects of litigation recoveries and for handling independent contractor vs. employee controversies. A published authority and active speaker on many aspects of the federal income tax law, Wood has written more than thirty books and many hundreds of published articles. He contributes regular tax columns to Forbes and other publications.

Mari Frank Interviews Robert Ellis Smith, Journalist and Publisher of the Privacy Journal

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Robert Ellis Smith is a journalist who uses his training as an attorney to report on the individual's right to privacy. Since 1974, he has published Privacy Journal, a monthly newsletter on privacy in a computer age based in Providence, R.I. Smith is a frequent speaker, writer, and Congressional witness on privacy issues and has compiled a clearinghouse of information on the subject: computer data banks, credit and medical records, the Internet, electronic surveillance, the law of privacy, and physical and psychological privacy. Smith is the author of Ben Franklin's Web Site: Privacy and Curiosity from Plymouth Rock to the Internet (2004), the first and only published history of privacy in the U.S. He is also the author of Our Vanishing Privacy (1993), The Law of Privacy Explained (1993), Privacy: How to Protect What's Left of It; Workrights, a book describing individual rights in the work place; and The Big Brother Book of Lists. Privacy Journal also publishes Compilation of State and Federal Privacy Laws, Celebrities and Privacy (2006), and War Stories, a collection of anecdotes on privacy invasions. The New York Times said Smith "sounds the alarm about maintaining freedom and privacy in the computer age" and called him "a principled critic." Privacy Journal is "a privacy watchdog," according to Time magazine. Smith has been asked to write the definitive statement on privacy in the last two editions of The World Book Encyclopedia. He has appeared on all three network morning news programs, as well as "Face the Nation," "Nightline," and "All Things Considered." He has been a regular commentator on "Marketplace" on American Public Radio. Smith writes a regular column on the popular Web site forbes.com. From 1970 to 1973, Smith was the assistant director of the Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Prior to that, he had nine years of experience as a news reporter and editor with the Detroit Free Press, Trenton Times, The Southern Courier, and Newsday. He has taught at Harvard College, University of Maryland, Emerson College, and Brown University. A 1962 graduate of Harvard College, Smith received his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1976. He served as a member of the District of Columbia Human Rights Commission until 1986. In 1997, Vice President Gore named him to the Civil Liberties Panel of the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security. From 1996 to 2002, he served as vice chair of the Coastal Resources Management Council, which protects the 400 miles of Rhode Island coastline. In 2004 he was elected to the Town Council of Block Island, R.I.

Mari Frank Interviews Natalie Newman, Attorney and Technology Expert

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Natalie Newman is an Associate in the Corporate Department and a member of the Intellectual Property and Privacy & Data Security Groups, resident in the New York office. Prior to joining Proskauer, she was an associate at Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner.

Mari Frank Interviews Helen Nissenbaum, Author and NYU Professor and Senior Faculty Fellow

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Helen Nissenbaum is Professor of Media, Culture and Communication, and Computer Science, at New York University, where she is also Senior Faculty Fellow of the Information Law Institute. Her areas of expertise span social, ethical, and political implications of information technology and digital media. Nissenbaum�s research publications have appeared in journals of philosophy, politics, law, media studies, information studies, and computer science. She has written and edited three books and a fourth, Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life, is due out in 2009, with Stanford University Press. The National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Ford Foundation, and U.S. Department of Homeland Security have supported her work on privacy, trust online, and security, as well as several studies of values embodied in computer system design, including search engines, digital games, and facial recognition technology. Nissenbaum holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Stanford University and a B.A. (Hons) from the University of the Witwatersrand. Before joining the faculty at NYU, she served as Associate Director of the Center for Human Values at Princeton University.

Mari Frank Interviews Amy Alkon, Award-Winning Columnist

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Amy Alkon writes the award-winning nationally syndicated advice column, The Advice Goddess, and has appeared on Good Morning America, The Today Show, NPR, CNN, MTV, Politically Incorrect and Nightline. She blogs daily at advicegoddess.com, can be found on Twitter at amyalkon, and lives in Los Angeles.

Mari Frank Interviews Joseph Campana, Privacy and Identity Theft Expert

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Joseph Campana, Ph.D. is a privacy and identity theft prevention expert. He has appeared on radio, TV and in various publications. He writes regularly about identity theft, privacy and information security topics of interest to small businesses as a featured columnist for Examiner.com. Dr. Campana earned a business and government Certified Information Privacy Professional designation from the International Association of Privacy Professionals. He is a Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist and licensed special investigator. Campana serves on several continuing professional education faculties including the Wisconsin Bar Association where he taught privacy and information security risk management and compliance. Dr. Campana authored several white papers including Identity Theft: The Business Time Bomb, Data Breach Risk Factors: 2005-2008: A Resource Guide and he recently wrote a book, a small business guide to privacy compliance, Privacy MakeOver: The Essential Guide to Best Practices. Campana's practice areas include privacy and information security compliance and employment background investigations. He also consults on identity theft and privacy-related investigations and litigation. Jcamana.com

Mari Frank Interviews David Johnson, Attorney Specializing in Digital Media Law

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:00:00 -0800

David D. Johnson is Of Counsel in JMBM's Litigation Group and specializes in digital media law and complex litigation. To read his views on current digital media issues, visit www.digitalmedialawyerblog.com. David's complex litigation practice includes state, federal and international commercial, officers and directors liability and mass tort litigation.

Mari Frank Interviews Rebecca Herold, The Privacy Professor

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Rebecca Herold, CIPP, CISSP, CISM, CISM, FLMI, “The Privacy Professor,” ® has over two decades of information security, privacy and compliance experience. She’s been named as a Computerworld “Best Privacy Advisor” multiple times, and also as a "Top 59 Influencers in IT Security" by IT Security magazine. The program Rebecca created was awarded the 1998 CSI Information Security Program of the Year Award. She is currently leading the NIST Smart Grid standards committee privacy impact assessment. In 2008 Rebecca’s blog was named one of the “Top 50 Internet Security Blogs” by the Daily Netizen and in September 2009 her blog was named a “Top 100 Science Professor Blog.” Rebecca assists organizations of all sizes and industries throughout the world. Rebecca has created a wide range of information security, privacy and compliance tools, products and services. She also offers a range of standard and customized one and two-day workshops including one addressing how individuals across disciplines can work together to most effectively assure privacy and regulatory compliance while efficiently implementing security controls. Rebecca is working on her 14th book, writes multiple monthly columns, creates the quarterly “Protecting Information” multi-media information security and privacy awareness subscription news journal and provides effective information security and privacy tools and online training courses. She also has served as an Adjunct Professor for the Norwich University Master of Science in Information Assurance (MSIA) program since 2004. You can reach her at rebeccaherold@rebeccaherold.com or www.theprivacyprofessor.com.

Mari Frank Interviews Dr. Deborah Peel, Medical Privacy Expert

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:00:00 -0800

“Deborah Peel, MD founded Patient Privacy Rights in 2004, now with 10,000 members in every state. She leads the bipartisan Coalition for Patient Privacy, representing 10 million Americans. The Coalition added historic privacy rights to ARRA: a ban on sales of PHI, audit trails, segmentation, breach notice, the right to prevent disclosure of PHI for HCO if payment is out-of-pocket, and encryption. Since 2007, she has been one of Modern Healthcare's “100 Most Powerful in Healthcare.”” www.PatientPrivacyRights.org

Mari Frank Interviews Michael Turner, President and Founder of PERC

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0800

Dr. Turner currently serves as President and Senior Scholar of PERC, which he founded. He is a prominent expert on credit access, credit reporting and scoring, information policy, and economic development. He has testified before Congress and numerous state legislatures, and presented studies to a host of government agencies including the FTC, the FCC, and the FDIC, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the Council of Economic Advisors, and the White House. Dr. Turner was appointed to the first Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee of the Department of Homeland Security by former Secretary Tom Ridge, and served on an Advisory Board at the Brookings Institution. He has advised senior government officials in more than 20 countries, and was a policy advisor to the Obama Campaign on urban policy. The author or co-author of dozens of books, studies, or articles, Dr. Turner is widely cited in the mainstream and trade media. He is a highly sought after public speaker who has addressed audiences worldwide. Dr. Turner has served as expert witness for both plaintiff and defense in several federal cases (class action, anti-trust) involving information policy, consumer credit, credit reporting and financials services. Dr. Turner served as Graduate Fellow at the Columbia Institute of Tele-Information at the Columbia Business School, Executive Director of the Information Services Executive Council, manger of government affairs for the North American Telecommunications Association, and staff assistant in the U.S. Senate. Dr. Turner received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in International Political Economy and his B.A. from Miami University in Economics. He was awarded a Yeck Fellowship from Harvard Business School, is an affiliate Scholar of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and was awarded the Ashoka Foundation Fellowship in 2009.

Mari Frank Interviews Jim Palmer, President of the Orange County Rescue Mission

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0800

Jim Palmer was born and raised in Orange County, where he spent much of his childhood at the Boys & Girls Club in Newport Beach. At the age of 14, Jim felt called to rescue those who were less fortunate, and he has followed that calling. Jim was elected to the Tustin City Council in November of 2006. Jim currently serves the Citizens of Tustin through his service on the Orange County Library Board, Santa Ana River Flood Protection Agency, Water Advisory Committee of Orange County, Senior Fund Board of Directors, and Tustin Pride Committee. He serves as alternate for the Newport Bay Watershed Executive Committee, Orange County Council of Governments Orange County Fire Authority and Orange County Sanitation District. On July 3rd, 2007 President George W. Bush nominated Jim for the position of Director, Corporation for National and Community Service. Sixty days later the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Jim’s nomination for his term ending 2011. Jim has quietly served on over 42 different non-profit Board of Directors. He has served seniors, veterans, children, families, those who are sick and those who are hurting. Jim married Michelle in 1993, who is the love of his life. Driven by passion and love for others, they began their family by fostering 9 children and adopting the first three: James, Kody and Nancy. When Nancy was born, she was a crack baby addicted to speed. Jim and Michelle spent a year of sleepless nights ministering to Nancy’s needs and helping her get through the trauma. Today, Nancy is a lovely, bright 10 year old girl. In 2001 Michelle gave birth to a daughter named Sophie. Radio talk show host Dr. Laura, when meeting Jim, wholeheartedly endorsed his common sense approach for helping people by offering them “a hand-up, not a hand-out.” As President of the Orange County Rescue Mission (OCRM), the county’s most comprehensive private homeless services provider, Jim has worked to create long-term self-sufficiency and stability among our county’s homeless by going beyond temporary solutions to address the underlying causes of transitional and chronic homelessness. Believing in a hand-up and not a hand-out philosophy, Jim has worked to effect systemic change as well as to personally assist the homeless in areas of affordable housing and healthcare; behavioral health issues, such as mental illness, drug and alcohol addiction, and HIV/AIDS; illiteracy; financial incapacity; unemployment and under-employment due to the technological divide; domestic violence; and the culture of poverty which leads to a lack of hope among its members. Page 2 of 2 Jim has led OCRM to address the growing needs of homeless families and individuals living in and out of motels, cars, parks, and other diverse places through the development of mobile outreach programs to serve the homeless. These include a mobile food pantry, two mobile medical clinics, a fixed medical clinic for low-income patients with no insurance, and a mobile technology vehicle for training and career services. Within Orange County, Jim is widely known as a leader in the field of homeless issues. He believes absolutely in the benefit of collaboration to accomplish a greater good, and provides invaluable guidance and insight through his volunteer involvement on numerous government and nonprofit boards. Since 1997, he has served as a County Commissioner for the Orange County Housing Commission; today he serves as its Vice Chairman, and was instrumental in the development of the Continuum of Care Leadership Cabinet, a sub-committee of the Housing Commission which assists in the development of regional strategies for homeless programs, which he serves as its Chairman. Out of this Leadership Cabinet, the county government was guided to create planning groups to focus on advocacy, homeless prevention, outreach and assessment, transitional and emergency shelters, and affordable housing programs. As Chair of the Leadership Cabinet, Jim has helped the Orange County government secure over $60 million in federal funding for county homeless programs. Furthermore, Jim’s vision for collaboration led him to found the Orange County Partnership, a collaborative group of hunger, housing, and healthcare providers. In addition, Jim recently served on the Orange County Mental Health Board. Under Jim’s visionary leadership, OCRM has received national recognition for their rates of success from client graduates and entrepreneurial approaches to developing self-sufficiency, including award of the 211th Presidential Point of Light, Governor Schwarzenegger’s Service Award (2004), and most recently, recognition from President George W. Bush at the First Annual Faith-based Initiatives Conference in Washington, D.C., where Jim had a place of honor on stage with the President. Jim’s passion for helping the homeless extends far beyond a desire to benefit OCRM. He leads by example and is known for his honesty and integrity. Thus, he has earned the respect of numerous local & national officials. When Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit in 2005, Jim and the Orange County Rescue Mission led a county-wide effort to assist the hurricane evacuees who came to Orange County. As a result, this was the only county in the nation who allowed a government, public and non-profit disaster recovery effort to be led by a non-profit organization. “Jim is an impressive person. You have to put him near the top of what’s happening that’s really meaningful in Orange County” says General William Lyon. “Jim is someone who’s willing to think outside of the box” says Chairman John M.W. Moorlach, OC Board of Supervisors. “Jim’s a hero, He’s a man who gives unselfishly… just look at his family” said Bart Hansen, Chairman of the Orange County Rescue Mission Board of Directors.

Mari Frank Interviews Joanne McNabb, Chief of the Office of Privacy Protection

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0800

Joanne McNabb is Chief of the California Office of Privacy Protection. Created by legislation and opened in 2001, the first-in-the-nation Office is a resource and advocate on identity theft and other privacy issues. In addition to providing information and education for consumers, the Office also publishes privacy practice recommendations for business and other organizations. McNabb is a Certified Information Privacy Professional and is co-chair of the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ Government Working Group. She also serves on the Privacy Advisory Committee to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and is a Fellow of the Ponemon Institute. She is a frequent speaker at privacy conferences and seminars. Before starting the Office of Privacy Protection, McNabb had over 20 years experience in public affairs and marketing, in both the public and private sectors, including five years with an international marketing company in France. Her marketing background gives her an understanding of the commercial uses of personal information that have become a significant privacy concern. McNabb attended Occidental College and holds a master’s degree in Medieval Literature from the University of California, Davis.

Mari Frank Interviews Andrew Smith, Financial Privacy Expert

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0800

Andrew M. Smith is partner in Morrison & Foerster’s Washington, D.C. office. He counsels various financial institutions on the full range of consumer financial services law issues. In particular, he advises clients on: financial privacy issues relating to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACT Act), and Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; consumer lending issues under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act; and state and federal laws prohibiting unfair and deceptive trade practices. Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster, Mr. Smith served as the FACT Act Program Manager in the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, where he directed numerous rulemaking proceedings governing, among other things, the obligations of creditors and credit bureaus with respect to identity theft victims, the use of prescreened solicitations to market credit and insurance, the proper disposal of consumer information, the sharing of information among affiliated companies, and the provision of free annual credit reports to consumers. Mr. Smith also supervised the drafting and publication of several FTC studies of the credit reporting industry and the accuracy of information in credit reports. Mr. Smith also has served as an assistant to the director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, where he advised the director on a wide range of issues relating to consumer financial services and privacy, and coordinated the FTC’s legislative efforts to enact the FACT Act in 2003. Before his stint at the FTC, Mr. Smith was in private practice in Washington, D.C., counseling businesses on consumer financial services issues and representing clients before federal regulatory agencies and in the federal courts. He has successfully represented financial services and consumer products companies in FTC enforcement actions and in consumer class actions. Mr. Smith has also served as a staff attorney, Senior Counsel, and Acting Assistant General Counsel at the Securities and Exchange Commission, where he directed the writing of SEC decisions involving investment advisers, broker-dealers, and accountants. Mr. Smith is a frequent speaker at conferences on privacy, data security, and FCRA issues. He is involved in the American Bar Association, serving as Chair of the Federal and State Trade Practices Subcommittee of the Consumer Financial Services Committee. He also actively participates in the Privacy and Consumer Protection Committees of the Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section. Mr. Smith received his B.A. from Williams College in 1987 and his J.D. from the College of William & Mary in 1994, where he acted as professional articles editor of its law review. He is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Mari Frank Interviews Anthony Oncidi, Labor and Employment Law Attorney

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0800

Anthony J. Oncidi is a partner in the Firm and the Chair of the Labor and Employment Department in the Los Angeles office. Tony represents employers and management in all aspects of labor relations and employment law, including litigation and preventive counseling, wage and hour matters, including class actions, wrongful termination, employee discipline, Title VII and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, executive employment contract disputes, sexual harassment training and investigations, workplace violence, drug testing and privacy issues, Sarbanes-Oxley claims and employee raiding and trade secret protection. A substantial portion of Tony’s practice involves the defense of employers in large class actions, employment discrimination, harassment and wrongful termination litigation in state and federal court as well as arbitration proceedings, including FINRA matters. Tony is the author of the treatise titled Employment Discrimination Depositions (Juris Pub’g 2009; www.jurispub.com), co-author of Proskauer on Privacy (PLI 2009), and, since 1990, has been a regular columnist for the official publication of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of California as well as the Los Angeles Daily Journal. Tony also is a regular commentator on employment-related issues for public radio station KALW-FM in San Francisco and has been a featured guest on Fox 11 and CBS News in Los Angeles. He has been interviewed and quoted by leading national media outlets such as The National Law Journal, Bloomberg News, The New York Times, CBS News, and Newsweek and Time magazines. Tony is a frequent speaker on employment law topics for large and small groups of employers and their counsel, including the Society for Human Resource Management (“SHRM”), PIHRA, the National CLE Conference, the Employment Round Table of Southern California (Board Member), the Council on Education in Management, the Institute for Corporate Counsel, the State Bar of California, the California Continuing Education of the Bar Program and the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Bar Associations. He has testified as an expert witness regarding wage and hour issues as well as the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and has served as a faculty member of the National Employment Law Institute. He has been selected to serve as an arbitrator in an employment discrimination matter. Tony is an appointed Hearing Examiner for the Los Angeles Police Commission Board of Rights and has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law and a guest lecturer at USC Law School and a guest lecturer at UCLA Law School. Tony is ranked by Chambers USA as a leading lawyer in his field who is “credible and confident” and who provides “spot-on service” with “know-how and the ability to get to the point quickly.” He is ranked as one of the “Nation’s Top 100 Most Powerful Employment Attorneys” (Human Resource Executive) and one of the top 10 employment defense attorneys in California/top 5 in Los Angeles (Daily Journal). He has been selected by his peers throughout the United States to be a Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Additionally, he has received the highest Martindale-Hubbell rating ("AV"), indicating "very high to preeminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar." He received his Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Pomona College, and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Chicago Law School. He is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and all U.S. District Courts in California.

Mari Frank Interviews Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies for CATO

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0800

As director of information policy studies, Jim Harper focuses on the difficult problems of adapting law and policy to the unique problems of the information age. Harper is a member of the Department of Homeland Security's Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee. His work has been cited by USA Today, the Associated Press, and Reuters. He has appeared on Fox News Channel, CBS, and MSNBC, and other media. His scholarly articles have appeared in the Administrative Law Review, the Minnesota Law Review, and the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly. Recently, Harper wrote the book Identity Crisis: How Identification Is Overused and Misunderstood. Harper is the editor of Privacilla.org, a Web-based think tank devoted exclusively to privacy, and he maintains online federal spending resource WashingtonWatch.com. He holds a J.D. from Hastings College of the Law.

Mari Frank Interviews Kirk Nahra, Healthcare Privacy Expert and Partner with Wiley Rein LLP

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0800

Kirk J. Nahra is a partner with Wiley Rein LLP in Washington, D.C., where he specializes in healthcare, privacy, information security and overall compliance litigation and counseling for the health care and property/casualty insurance industries and others in the financial services industry and elsewhere facing compliance obligations in these areas. He is chair of the firm’s Privacy Practice and co-chair of its Health Care Practice. He works with insurers and health care industry participants in developing compliance programs and defending against government investigations into their practices. He assists companies in a wide range of industries in analyzing and implementing the requirements of privacy and security laws across the country and internationally. He serves on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, and is the editor of Privacy Advisor, the monthly newsletter of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional. He also serves on the Advisory Board for the Health Law Reporter and the Health Care Fraud Report. He was named as the Co-Chair of the Confidentiality, Privacy and Security Workgroup, a panel of government and private sector privacy and security experts advising the American Health Information Community (AHIC) on privacy and security issues arising from health information technology. He has been named an expert practitioner by the Guide to the Leading US Healthcare Lawyers, a leading health care lawyer by The Best Lawyers in America directory and one of the leading privacy ‘hired guns’ by Computerworld. Mr. Nahra received his law degree from Harvard Law School, Cum Laude, in 1987. He received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, in 1984.

Mari Frank Interviews Jason Rich, Author and Journalist

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0800

Jason R. Rich is the bestselling author of more than 39 books. With 20+ years of journalism experiences, he’s also a frequent contributor to numerous major daily newspapers, national magazines and popular websites. As an author and journalist, Jason R. Rich currently writes about travel, entertainment, career-related issues, personal finance, pets, credit repair, electronic entertainment (video and computer games), blogging, franchising, and the Internet (eCommerce) - along with a wide range of other topics. Since 1985, he has done literally thousands of interviews with well-known celebrities from television, motion pictures and the recording industry. He’s also interviewed hundreds of professional athletes, entrepreneurs and top-level business leaders for a wide range of media outlets.

Mari Frank Interviews Susan Grant, Director of Consumer Protection at Consumer Federation of America

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0800

Susan Grant is Director of Consumer Protection at Consumer Federation of America, a nonprofit association of some 300 non-profit consumer groups that was established in 1968 to advance the consumer interest through research, education, and advocacy at both national and state levels. Ms. Grant works specifically in the areas of privacy, deceptive marketing, online safety and security, fraud, electronic and mobile commerce, and general consumer protection issues. She coordinates CFA's Fake Check Task Force, conducts CFA's annual Consumer Complaint Survey, and is a recognized authority on combating consumer fraud and deception. Ms. Grant is also involved in global consumer protection issues through her work in the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue, a group of consumer organizations in the United States and the European Union countries that provides input on cross-border consumer issues to the U.S. and EU governments, and her participation in the U.S. government delegation to the Committee on Consumer Policy at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. She began her career in consumer protection in 1976 as an investigator and Director of the Consumer Protection Division in the Northwestern Massachusetts District Attorney's Office. In 1993, Ms. Grant became Executive Director of the National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators, a professional organization for the heads of government consumer protection agencies. From 1996 to 2007 she served as Vice President of Public Policy and Director of the Fraud Center at the National Consumers League before joining the CFA staff in 2008.

Mari Frank Interviews Tom Oscherwitz, Chief Privacy Officer and VP of Government Affairs for ID Analytics

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:00:00 -0800

Thomas Oscherwitz is responsible for monitoring and managing compliance with key government laws and regulations for ID Analytics as Vice President of Government Affairs. In addition, Oscherwitz, a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), is the company’s Chief Privacy Officer. Oscherwitz regularly gives consulting advice to ID Analytics customers in the areas of privacy, regulation, and legislation. Oscherwitz joined ID Analytics from the Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Cal.) where he served as counsel to Feinstein and represented her for five years on the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland Security. During his tenure in the Senate, Oscherwitz played a leading role in the drafting of identity theft and privacy legislation, and helped draft key anti-fraud provisions of the FACT Act. Prior to working for Feinstein, Oscherwitz was legislative assistant for Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Cal.) where he served as an aide on the House Science Committee and Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. He also worked as a research fellow in the Program on Medical Ethics for the University of California, San Francisco. Mr. Oscherwitz is the Chairperson of TechAmerica’s Identity Management Committee and the originator of the Red Flag Forum on LinkedIn. He also recently served on a Presidential advisory Committee on identity management. Oscherwitz is a frequent public speaker and writer on the topics of identity theft and identity intelligence. He has addressed audiences at the International Association of Privacy Professionals, the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Homeland Security, the Catalyst Conference, the American Bar Association, the GFIRST National Conference,and at numerous other venues. BA, Stanford University JD, University of California, Berkeley www.myidscore.com www.idanalytics.com

Mari Frank interviews Tina Stow, Senior Director of Privacy and Communications for LexisNexis

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:00:00 -0800

Oct 21, Tina Stow - Senior Director of Privacy and Communications for LexisNexis Tina Stow is Senior Director of Privacy and Communications for LexisNexis, a leading global provider of business information solutions to a wide range of professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets. Within this capacity, she reports to the Senior Vice President for Privacy, Security, Compliance and Government Affairs and is responsible for communication with public and private sector stakeholders and LexisNexis associates on matters of privacy, security and compliance as related to the company's business. She also develops outreach and education strategies, privacy, security, and compliance policies and standards, and is responsible for Web site privacy policy compliance. Additionally, she manages the company's consumer opt-out program and responds directly to consumer inquiries relating to privacy. Tina earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies with a minor in English from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and Master of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Georgia.

Mari Frank Interviews Beth Givens, Privacy Expert and Director of PRC

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:00:00 -0800

Beth Givens is founder and director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC), a nonprofit advocacy, research, and consumer education program located in San Diego, California. The PRC was established in 1992 with funding from the California Public Utilities Commission's Telecommunications Education Trust. It is an independent program of the Utility Consumers' Action Network, a nonprofit organization that advocates for consumers' interests regarding telecommunications, energy and the Internet. The PRC maintains a complaint/information hotline on informational privacy issues, the only one of its kind in the country. It publishes a series of guides on informational privacy issues. Topics include Internet privacy, wireless communications, credit reporting, identity theft, telemarketing, medical records, workplace privacy, employment screening, unsolicited mail, government records, children's online privacy, among others. These are available at the PRC's web site, www.privacyrights.org. Givens frequently speaks and conducts workshops on the issue of privacy. She has participated in many media interviews including: The News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS), CBS Evening News, CNN, 60 Minutes, 48 Hours, Good Morning America, Court TV, NBC Evening News, CBS Weekend News, and major U.S. daily newspapers. She has testified on privacy public policy concerns before the U.S. Senate, the California Legislature, the California Public Utilities Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency. In addition, Givens has been a member of several task forces examining privacy-related public policy issues:: California Office of Privacy Protection Advisory Committee; Truste Wireless Privacy Committee; Justice Management Institute's Electronic Court Records Advisory Committee; Task Force on Criminal Records Identity Theft; California Legislature's Joint Task Force on Personal Information and Privacy; California Judicial Council Subcommittee on Privacy and Access; Internet Policy Committee of the San Diego Public Library; and the Mayor of San Diego's City of the Future Task Force. She has served on the U.S. Census Advisory Committee, California Radio Frequency ID Advisory Committee, and the California REAL ID Task Force,. Many of Givens' speeches and testimony are available on the PRC Web site under "Speeches&Testimony," www.privacyrights.org/ar. Givens was awarded a Pioneer Award in 2002 from the Electronic Frontier Foundations. The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse is a 2000 award recipient from The Foundation for Improvement of Justice for its work in assisting victims of identity theft. Givens is a recipient of the 2000 Privacy International Brandeis Award. Ms. Givens contributed articles on identity theft to two encyclopedias: World Book (2004) and Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment (2002). She also contributed a chapter to the 2006 book, RFID: Applications, Security and Privacy. She is the author of The Privacy Rights Handbook: How to Take Control of Your Personal Information (Avon Books, 1997). She is co-author of Privacy Piracy (with Mari Frank) : A Guide to Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft. Givens is also co-author and editor of the PRC's fact sheets, on the Web at www.privacyrights.org/fs. Voice: 619-298-3396 Web:www.privacyrights.org

Mari Frank Interviews Paul Fogel, Noted Appellate Attorney

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:00:00 -0800

Paul’s practice focuses on appeals, writs, post‐trial motions, and law and motion matters in a broad range of civil law areas, including unfair competition, health care, trademark infringement, trade secret misappropriation, defamation, products liability, taxation, contracts, public entity law, premises liability, employment, professional negligence, higher education and constitutional law. He has handled more than 350 appellate matters (resulting in some 60 published opinions), including matters in the California Supreme Court, the District of Columbia and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals, every Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal, and several other state appellate courts. Paul has a number of national and regional clients who engage him directly to represent them in appeals and related proceedings. He regularly provides appellate assistance to Reed Smith’s trial attorneys and is frequently engaged by non-Reed Smith attorneys to consult on or handle appellate matters. Paul was named one of Northern California's Top 100 Attorneys by Northern California Superlawyer Magazine in 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009, and has been included as a "Superlawyer" in appellate law annually since 2004. He also has been included in Best Lawyers in America since 2006 and was featured in the 2008 Legal 500 as an "exceptional" appellate lawyer who "pays close attention to client needs" and "demonstrates high ethical standards."

Mari Frank Interviews Marjorie Cohn, Professor, Attorney, and Author

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:00:00 -0800

Professor Cohn is president of the National Lawyers Guild. She lectures throughout the world on international human rights and U.S. foreign policy. A news consultant for CBS News, and a legal analyst for Court TV, she also provides legal and political commentary on BBC, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, NPR, Air America and Pacifica Radio. Professor Cohn is the author of Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law and co-author of Cameras in the Courtroom: Television and the Pursuit of Justice. Her new book, Rules of Disengagement: The Politics and Honor of Military Dissent, will be published in winter 2009. Her articles have appeared in numerous journals such as Fordham Law Review, Hastings Law Journal and Virginia Journal of International Law, as well as The National Law Journal, Christian Science Monitor and Chicago Tribune. Professor Cohn is a contributing editor to Jurist, MWC News and Guild Practitioner and her weekly columns appear on AlterNet, Counterpunch, CommonDreams, HuffingtonPost, OpedNews, AtlanticFreePress, AfterDowningStreet, ZNet, and GlobalResearch, and are archived at http://www.marjoriecohn.com/. She has been a criminal defense attorney at the trial and appellate levels for many years, and was staff counsel to the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board. Professor Cohn is the U.S. representative to the executive committee of the Association of American Jurists. The recipient of the San Diego County Bar Association's 2005 Service to Legal Education Award, Professor Cohn was recognized as one of San Diego's Top Attorneys in Academics for 2006 and 2008, was given the 2007 Bernard E. Witkin, Esq. Award for Excellence in the Teaching of the Law by the San Diego Law Library Justice Foundation, and received the 2008 Peace Scholar of the Year Award from the Peace and Justice Studies Association. She sits on the Advisory Board of the US Human Rights Network, the Advisory Committee of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego and the Advisory Board for the Haywood Burns Memorial Fellowships for Social and Economic Justice, and serves on the Roster of Experts at the Institute for Public Accuracy. Professor Cohn testified in 2008 about government torture policy before the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. She was a legal observer in Iran on behalf of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers in 1978 and she has participated in delegations to Cuba, China and Yugoslavia. She lived in Mexico and is fluent in Spanish. Professor Cohn has taught at Thomas Jefferson School of Law since 1991. www.marjoriecohn.com

Mari Frank Interviews Jeff Dion, Director of the National Crime Victim Bar Association

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Jeff Dion has championed crime victims' rights for more than two decades. Jeff began advocating for victims in 1982, when his twenty-three year old sister, Paulette, was murdered by a serial killer. Only 14 years old himself, Jeff pressed the police for information on his sister's case and, after it was solved, decided to pursue a career in law to help other crime victims. In honor of his sister's memory, Jeff lobbied the Virginia General Assembly, resulting in 13 victims' rights bills being enacted into law. These statutes established a victim's right to be present in the courtroom, the right to offer oral impact testimony at sentencing, the right to confer with the prosecutor, a civil cause of action for stalking, an expanded civil statute of limitations for victims, and an expanded legal definition of "victim." In 1998, Jeff joined the staff of the National Center for Victims of Crime, where he currently serves as the Director of the National Crime Victim Bar Association. In that capacity, he lectures throughout the country to foster greater communication and understanding among crime victims and trial attorneys. He trains victim advocates in the application of civil litigation and instructs fellow attorneys in crime victim issues and services. Having trained advocates and attorneys in 37 states, Jeff is a nationally recognized expert with strong ties to direct service providers and leaders in the field of victim services. In the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks, Jeff worked with more than 1,500 victims and surviving family members to help them understand their rights, and he helped train more than 2,000 attorneys on the dynamics of victimization and understanding the special needs of survivors. He previously served as a Governor's Fellow in the Office of the Virginia Attorney General, a Law Clerk to the Judges of Virginia's 17th Judicial Circuit, and a civil litigator with the firm of Hudgins, Carter & Coleman. In 2002, he was appointed by Governor Mark Warner and in 2006 was re-appointed by Governor Tim Kaine to the Virginia Criminal Justice Services Board, which distributes Victims of Crime Act and Violence Against Women Act grant funds to local programs throughout the Commonwealth. Jeff serves on the Victim Services Grant Review Committee, and is the Chairman of the Victim-Witness Issues Advisory Committee. Jeff, who is also a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, serves on the Board of Directors of his local rape crisis center, Sexual Assault Victim Advocacy Service of Prince William County, Inc., which serves nearly 500 victims each year. He is a former board member and current advisory council member for the National Association to Prevent Sexual Abuse of Children. In 2005, Jeff was presented the Allies for Justice Award by the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, and was honored by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services as one of the individuals who has had the greatest impact on crime victims' rights in Virginia over the previous 10 years. In 2006, the Attorney General of the United States presented him with the Ronald Wilson Reagan Public Policy Award. This award honors an outstanding individual whose leadership, vision, and innovation have led to significant changes in public policy and practice that benefit crime victims, and is one of the prestigious National Crime Victims' Rights Week Awards, which are the highest honors in the field of crime victim services.

Mari Frank Interviews Gillian Hayes, Assistant Professor at UCI

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Gillian Hayes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. She received her PhD from the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech. Her research is in Human Computer Interaction, with emphases on ubiquitous computing and computer supported cooperative work. She focuses on recording technologies for education and healthcare, investigating issues of usability, usefulness and social impact of technology on feelings about surveillance, privacy, and control of data.

Mari Frank Interviews Larry Ponemon, Chairman and Founder of the Ponemon Institute

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Dr. Larry Ponemon is the Chairman and Founder of the Ponemon Institute, a research "think tank" dedicated to advancing privacy and data protection practices. Dr. Ponemon is considered a pioneer in privacy auditing and the Responsible Information Management or RIM framework. Ponemon Institute conducts independent research, educates leaders from the private and public sectors and verifies the privacy and data protection practices of organizations in a various industries. In addition to Institute activities, Dr. Ponemon is an adjunct professor for ethics and privacy at Carnegie Mellon University's CIO Institute. He is a founding board member of the Unisys Corporation's Security Leadership Institute. Dr. Ponemon consults with leading multinational organizations on global privacy management programs. He has extensive knowledge of regulatory frameworks for managing privacy and data security including financial services, health care, pharmaceutical, telecom and Internet. Dr. Ponemon was appointed to the Advisory Committee for Online Access & Security for the United States Federal Trade Commission. He was recently appointed by the White House to the Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee for the Department of Homeland Security. Dr. Ponemon was also an appointed to two California State task forces on privacy and data security laws. Dr. Ponemon is a member of the National Board of Advisors of the Eller College of Business and Public Administration, University of Arizona. He serves as Chairman of the Government Policy Advisory Committee and Co-Chair of the Internet Task Force for the Council of American Survey and Research Organizations (CASRO). Dr. Ponemon was a senior partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he founded the firm's global compliance risk management group. Prior to joining Price Waterhouse as a partner, Dr. Ponemon served as the National Director of Business Ethics Services for KPMG Peat Marwick, and was appointed Executive Director of the KPMG Business Ethics Institute. Dr. Ponemon has held chaired (tenured) faculty positions and published numerous articles and learned books. He has presented more than 500 keynote speeches or learned presentations at national or international conferences on privacy, data protection, information security, corporate governance, and responsible information management. Dr. Ponemon is an active member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, serving as founding member of the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) Advisory Board. Dr. Ponemon is column editor for Computerworld, CSO Magazine, BNA, Dark Reading and other leading publications. He is a frequent commentator on privacy and business ethics for CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Financial Times, Business 2.0, Newsweek, Business Week, U.S. News & World Report, CIO Magazine, Industry Standard, Boston Globe, InfoWorld, InformationWeek, Forbes, Fortune, CFO Magazine, Red Herring, Dow Jones News and others. Dr. Ponemon earned his Ph.D. at Union College in Schenectady, New York. He has a Master’s degree from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and attended the doctoral program in system sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Ponemon earned his Bachelors with Highest Distinction from the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. He is a Certified Public Accountant (active license in Texas). Dr. Ponemon is a veteran (Vietnam War era) of the United States Navy. He is married and has two sons.

Mari Frank Interviews Les Rosen, Attorney and President of Employment Screening Resources

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Lester S. Rosen is an attorney at law and President of Employment Screening Resources (www.ESRcheck.com), a national background screening company located in California. He is the author of, “The Safe Hiring Manual--Complete Guide to Keeping Criminals, Imposters and Terrorists Out of Your Workplace.” (512 pages-Facts on Demand Press), the first comprehensive book on employment screening. He has also authored "The Safe Hiring Audit." In addition, he has produced a DVD training top showing a negligent hiring mock trial, and has produced an online 20 hour training course in he area of safe hiring and background checks. See: http://www.backgroundchecktraining.com/ He is a consultant, writer and frequent presenter nationwide on pre-employment screening and safe hiring issues. His speaking appearances have included numerous national and statewide conferences. He has qualified and testified in the California, Florida and Arkansas Superior Courts as an expert witness on issues surrounding safe hiring and due diligence. He is a former deputy District Attorney and criminal defense attorney and has taught criminal law and procedure at the University of California Hastings College of the Law. His jury trials have included murder, death penalty and federal cases. He graduated UCLA with Phi Beta Kappa honors, and received a J.D. degree from the University of California at Davis, serving on the Law Review. He holds the highest attorney rating of A.V. in the national Martindale-Hubbell listing of American Attorneys. Mr. Rosen was the chairperson of the steering committee that founded the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) a professional trade organization for the screening industry, which now has over 500 members. He was also elected to the first board of directors and served as the first co-chairman in 2004.

Mari Frank Interviews Lee Tien, Senior Staff Attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Lee Tien is a Senior Staff Attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, specializing in free speech law, including intersections with intellectual property law and privacy law. Before joining EFF, Lee was a sole practitioner specializing in Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation. Mr. Tien has published articles on children's sexuality and information technology, anonymity, surveillance, and the First Amendment status of publishing computer software. Lee received his undergraduate degree in psychology from Stanford University, where he was very active in journalism at the Stanford Daily. After working as a news reporter at the Tacoma News Tribune for a year, Lee went to law school at Boalt Hall, University of California at Berkeley. Lee also did graduate work in the Program in Jurisprudence and Social Policy at UC-Berkeley. lee@eff.org +1 415 436 9333 x102 Lee Tien Senior Staff Attorney (Privacy, Free Expression & Freedom of Information)

Mari Frank Interviews Collaborative Law Professionals, John Denny, Bev Jewel, Carol Hughes, Tracy McKenny, and Sherry Graybehl D' Antony

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:00:00 -0800

JOHN R. DENNY – John R. Denny was born in Santa Monica, California in 1957. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., Economics, 1980) and Loyola Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1994). At Loyola Law School, he was a member of the Order of the Coif and St. Thomas More Honor Society. He was a member of the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review (1992-1994). He was admitted to the California Bar (1994), U.S. District Court, Central District of California (1994), and the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (1995). He has been named a Certified Specialist in Family Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. Mr. Denny is a member of the Orange County Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section) and the State Bar of California, Collaborative Divorce Solutions of Orange County (CDSOC), and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP). He served on the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (2001-2002) and the Lawyers Club of Los Angeles County (President, 1999-2000; Board of Governors, 1995-2002). Mr. Denny is a Founding Fellow of the Society of Fellows of the Orange County Bar Foundation. Mr. Denny limits his practice to Family Law, Mediation and Collaborative Law. Bev Jewell, Collaborative Divorce Coach - Ms Jewell received her Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from National University, Irvine in 1995. She is a Nationally Certified Professional Counselor and Mediator, with offices in Tustin and Palm Springs where she helps individuals and couples deal with breakdown in communication, conflict resolution, negotiate differences and transition into and out of relationships. Ms. Jewel has been a Divorce Coach with Collaborative Divorce Solutions in Orange County since 2003, where she assists clients during one of the most emotionally stressful times of their lives. She is also a member of Collaborative Divorce Services of Coachella Valley, the American Counseling Association and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. Carol R. Hughes, Ph.D., has been a licensed marriage, family and child therapist and a State of California board-certified clinical hypnotherapist for over 25 years. Her academic background includes being a summa cum laude graduate for her bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees, in addition to being a Phi Beta Kappa member and a two-time Fulbright scholar. Concurrently with her private practice, for ten years she also served as an Associate Professor of Human Services at Saddleback College, the last three years of which she was the Director and Lead Professor for the Annual International Eating Disorders Institute, which attracted students and clinicians from all 50 states. Carol is a sought-after speaker in the fields of holistic psychotherapy, family therapy, child and adolescent behavior, co-parenting, addictive disorders, trauma recovery and children of alcoholic and other dysfunctional family systems. Her clinical background includes extensive training in mindbody healing, hypnotherapy, chemical dependency, eating disorders, trauma recovery, mediation and divorce peacemaking. In her private practice, Carol currently facilitates therapy groups and workshops on the topics of parenting/co-parenting, eating disorders, incest and sexual abuse, addictive disorders, inner child healing, holistic health, and children of alcoholic and other dysfunctional family systems. When time allows Carol also provides Equine Assisted Psychotherapy at a ranch in San Juan Capistrano. Tracy S. McKenney, CFP®, CDFA™ - Tracy S. McKenney is a Certified Financial Planner and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst. She’s been working with divorcing couples in collaborative divorce practice for the past 3 years. She started her financial planning practice in 2003 after receiving her Series 6, 63, 65 and 7 licenses. She helps people plan their financial future and prepare for their retirement years. As the ‘financial professional’ in the collaborative divorce cases, she works with both the husband and wife to document all the assets/debts, income and expenses. She works with them to figure out how to afford 2 households on the same income. Using Family Law Software, she’s able to show the couple multiple property division scenarios, and advise them on the future consequences of those choices. She has completed over 20 collaborative cases. Sherry D. Graybehl D’Antony Collaborative Divorce Attorney – is a collaborative divorce attorney and mediator in Orange County, California. She is also a Family Law Specialist . She has more than twenty years of experience in family law, and strives to work with her clients to reach a mutually agreeable resolution of the family law issues. Ms. D’Antony has litigated numerous family law cases and finds that going through the Court system, is emotionally traumatizing to the clients and to their relationship with each other and their children. Ms. D’Antony has found through her mediation and collaborative practice that the families start a healing process and that the parties participate and come up with their own workable arrangements for the division of their assets and parenting plans for their children. Collaborative law provides a veil of privacy and confidentiality that is not present in the litigation process. It is Ms. D’Antony’s belief that Collaborative and Mediation formats will be the wave of the future for all family law cases. They do not belong in a Court or in this combative and dysfunctional arena. Ms. D’Antony litigation experience in custody, property division and support matters provides a vast experience that helps her guide her clients through this less intrusive and people friendly alternative to litigated divorce.

Mari Frank Interviews Lothar Determann, Attorney Specializing in International Technology Law

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:00:00 -0800

DR. LOTHAR DETERMANN practices and teaches international technology law. As a partner with Baker & McKenzie LLP in San Francisco and Palo Alto, California, focusing on technology and international business law, his practice covers counseling technology companies on taking their R&D, products and contracts international, as well as software licensing, electronic commerce, data protection, intellectual property and outsourcing. Dr. Determann is admitted to practice in Germany and California and was named one of the top 10 Copyright Attorneys by the San Francisco / Los Angeles Daily Journal. He teaches Computer Law, Data Privacy and Internet Law at UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), USF Law School and Freie Universität Berlin, and is a member of the Association of German Public Law Professors since 1999. He has authored three books and more than 40 articles, including Dangerous Liaisons - Software Combinations as Derivative Works? (21 Berkeley Tech. L. J. 14412006); Don't Judge A Sale by its License: Software Transfers under the First Sale Doctrine in the U.S. and the EC, 36 U.S.F. L. Rev. 1 (2001, co-author: A. Fellmeth), and Freedom of Communications on the Internet (Berlin 1999, 653 p.). For more information see www.lothar.determann.name and www.bakernet.com.

Mari Frank Interviews Chris Hoofnagle, Expert on Privacy Law

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Participants of the International Association of Holistic Lawyers Conference in Chicago

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:00:00 -0800

International Alliance of Holistic Lawyers Annual Conference in Chicago The IAHL membership has a unique and diverse character as the journey to finding more joy, satisfaction and meaning in life has many different paths. In this organization you will find lawyers who are also therapists, healers, musicians, jugglers, and parents. You will find members who are exploring different ways of practicing law, who are learning how to deal with the stress of the legal profession, who are becoming healthy and whole, and who are passionate about helping the legal profession become more open and responsive to its clients and the world at large. To find out more about the IAHL, visit www.iahl.org. To learn more about our great guests, please visit the following websites: Scott Farrell: www.gitlinlawfirm.com/about_bios_sjf.htm Sandra Crawford: www.lawcrawford.com carl Michael rossi: http://collaborativepracticechicago.com/coaching.html J. Kim Wright: www.jkimwright.com

Mari Frank Interviews Ed Mierzwinski, Director of U.S. PIRG

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Ed Mierzwinski is the Consumer Program Director with the National Association of State Public Interest Research Groups (U.S. PIRG) since 1989. State PIRGs are non-profit, non-partisan consumer, environmental and good government watchdog groups around the country. He often testifies before Congress and state legislatures and has authored or co-authored numerous reports on consumer issues ranging from the failure of cable television deregulation to privacy, identity theft, bank fees, predatory lending and unfair practices and product safety. He is often quoted in the national press and has appeared on network news shows including NBC Today, CNN Crossfire and ABC Nightline. He has been profiled in the New York Times. He is a 2003 recipient of Privacy International's "Brandeis Award" for privacy protection efforts. He is a past member of the boards of several large consumer-owned businesses, and the University of Connecticut Cooperative Corporation, a student-owned bookstore. From 1981 through 1988, he was Executive Director of Connecticut PIRG. He is a graduate of the University of Connecticut (BA, MS). Contact Information: web: www.uspirg.org E-mail: edm@pirg.org Phone: (202) 546-9707

Mari Frank Interviews Jay and Linda Foley, Founders of the Identity Theft Resource Center

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Jay Foley Jay Foley is the co-founder/director of the Identity Theft Resource Center, a nationwide, nonprofit identity theft program located in San Diego, California. The ITRC was established in 1999 in response to the growing need for victim assistance and public empowerment caused by the explosive rise in identity theft crime rate. As the spouse of an identity theft victim, Foley understands the practical and emotional complexities of this crime. Since 1999, he has assisted thousands of victims via email and telephone. As ITRC's primary criminal justice contact, he has received great support and accolades from members of law enforcement across the country who frequently refer victims to him for assistance. Foley currently sits numerous law enforcement, governmental and legislative taskforces, including JAG and has testified at legislative hearings in various states and in front of Congress. Foley is also a popular presenter and trainer. He has also appeared on many major television news shows, quoted in most major newspapers and radio stations around the country. Jay Foley's background includes over 20 years in project management, customer service training, sales and database management. His experience in the US Navy and study for his MCSE and MCDBA certificates has proven to be invaluable in understanding the computer's role in this crime, possible solutions and in anticipating future trends. He is a recipient of the 2004 Crime Victims Service Award presented by the U. S. Attorney General for the Department of Justice and commendations by Senator Dianne Feinstein and former CA Governor Gray Davis. Linda Goldman-Foley Linda Foley is the co-founder/director of the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), a nation-wide nonprofit identity theft program based in San Diego, California. Established in 1999 in response to the growing need for victim assistance and public empowerment due to the epidemic rise in identity theft, today ITRC is nationally respected for its expertise and work. As a former victim of identity theft herself, Foley is uniquely suited to understanding the complexities of this crime. ITRC supports thousands of victims through its web site, email and telephone correspondence. Foley developed and wrote the numerous comprehensive publications on ITRC's website (www.idtheftcenter.org) and used by the national office and network of trained volunteers. Foley provides testimony and information for national and state conferences and taskforces, and remains a resource for legislators throughout the nation. Foley has appeared on numerous major television news show, several talk shows and is widely quoted by major newspapers, radio stations and magazines. Besides her work in the community, Foley forges partnerships with companies to create better document handling procedures. She has created a workplace ID theft self-assessment inventory for use by businesses that might not want outside consultants to evaluate their company. She has been honored as the 10Leadership Program (San Diego's ABC affiliate) Individual Leader for 2001, is a recipient of the prestigious Foundation for Improvement of Justice Award (Sept 2000), the 2004 National Crime Victim Service Award presented by U. S. Attorney General for the Department of Justice and commendations by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein and former CA Governor Gray Davis. Identity Theft Resource Center PO Box 26833, San Diego CA 92196 www.idtheftcenter.org email:voices123@sbcglobal.net Office Line: 858-693-7935

Mari Frank Interviews Judge Jim Gray

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:00:00 -0800

JUDGE JAMES P. GRAY (Ret.) RECEIVED HIS UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE AT UCLA IN 1966, AND HIS LAW DEGREE FROM USC IN 1971. JUDGE GRAY ALSO SERVED WITH THE PEACE CORPS IN PALMAR NORTE, COSTA RICA, WHERE HE TAUGHT PHYSICAL EDUCATION, RECREATION AND HEALTH FROM 1966 TO 1968. FROM 1972 UNTIL 1975, JUDGE GRAY WAS A STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE AND CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY FOR THE U.S. NAVY JAG CORPS AT THE NAVAL AIR STATIONS IN GUAM AND LEMOORE, CALIFORNIA. WHILE IN THE SERVICE, HE WAS AWARDED NATIONAL DEFENSE, VIETNAM SERVICE AND COMBAT ACTION RIBBONS. JUDGE GRAY WAS A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR WITH THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN LOS ANGELES, WHERE HE EVENTUALLY HEADED A UNIT THAT PROSECUTED VARIOUS FRAUDS AGAINST THE VA, FHA AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES. AFTER WORKING IN PRIVATE PRACTICE IN NEWPORT BEACH IN CIVIL LITIGATION WITH THE LAW FIRM OF WYMAN, BAUTZER, ROTHMAN & KUCHEL, JUDGE GRAY WAS APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR DEUKMEJIAN TO THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL COURT IN DECEMBER OF 1983, WHERE HE WAS ACTIVE IN TRYING TO COMBAT THE MAJOR PROBLEM OF ALCOHOL-RELATED OFFENSES. HE WAS AWARDED A COMMENDATION FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THESE EFFORTS IN 1990. JUDGE JIM GRAY WAS ELEVATED BY GOVERNOR DEUKMEJIAN TO THE ORANGE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT IN JULY OF 1989, WHERE HE RECEIVED AWARDS AS THE 1992 "JUDGE OF THE YEAR" BY THE BUSINESS LITIGATION SECTION OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, THE 1995 "JUDGE OF THE YEAR" BY THE ORANGE COUNTY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION. HE RETIRED AFTER 25 YEARS ON THE BENCH IN JANUARY OF 2009, AND NOW WORKS IN PRIVATE MEDIATION FOR ADR SERVICES, INC. IN IRVINE. JUDGE JAMES P. GRAY HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA JUDICIAL COUNCIL, THE ALCOHOL ADVISORY BOARD TO THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE ADVISORY BOARD TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL & DRUG PROGRAMS, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE VOLUNTEER CENTER OF ORANGE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE ORANGE COUNTY LAW LIBRARY, AND HAS SERVED AS AN ELECTED MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ORANGE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT. HE ALSO WAS THE FOUNDING PRESIDENT OF THE WILLIAM P. GRAY CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN INNS OF COURT; A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF COUNCILORS OF THE USC LAW SCHOOL; A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON JUVENILE JUSTICE FOR THE CALIFORNIA JUDICIAL COUNCIL; AND A FOUNDER OF PEER COURT, WHICH ADJUDICATES REAL JUVENILE CASES IN NUMBERS OF ORANGE COUNTY'S HIGH SCHOOLS USING STUDENTS AS JURORS. HE IS THE AUTHOR OF WHY OUR DRUG LAWS HAVE FAILED AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT - A JUDICIAL INDICTMENT OF THE WAR ON DRUGS (TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2001), AND WEARING THE ROBE: THE ART AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF JUDGING IN TODAY'S COURTS (SQUARE ONE PRESS, 2009) He's also THE COMPOSER OF THE HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL "AMERICANS ALL" (HEUER PUBLISHING), AND HE ALSO WRITES A WEEKLY COLUMN ABOUT ISSUES OF OUR DAY FOR THE DAILY PILOT NEWSPAPER. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT JUDGE JAMES P. GRAY, PLEASE VISIT HIS WEBSITE AT WWW.JUDGEJIMGRAY.COM.

Mari Frank Interviews Laura Innes, Employment Law Attorney

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Laura Innes, a director of Simpson, Garrity, Innes & Jacuzzi, PC, has been engaged exclusively in the practice of labor and employment law for 23 years. Her practice combines preventive counseling for management with civil and administrative litigation defense. Recognized by Martindale Hubbell as an “AV” rated practitioner, Ms. Innes regularly publishes articles on a wide range of employment law topics and is a frequent speaker to client and community groups. Ms. Innes has been named a Northern California “Super Lawyer” – one of the top 5% of lawyers in Northern California – by San Francisco Magazine for each of the last four years (2004-2009) and was featured in an interview entitled "America's Most Influential Women" for the Forbes SkyRadio program airing on American Airlines and United Airlines flights in January and March 2005, respectively. Ms. Innes acts as a mediator in labor and employment matters; and serves as an Expert Witness regarding all labor and employment matters with special emphasis on employment practices, discrimination and sexual harassment claims and wage and hour disputes. Ms. Innes is a member of the Editorial Advisory Committee for the Employer’s Resource Institute and is a member of the Associated General Contractors Legal Advisory Committee. Ms. Innes is a member of the Labor and Employment Law Section State Bar of California, American Bar Association, San Francisco Bar Association, San Mateo County Bar Association; and the Marin County Bar Association.

Mari Frank Interviews Jonathan Kirsch, Author and Publishing Attorney

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:00:00 -0800

JONATHAN KIRSCH is the author of twelve books, including seven books on the history of religion and religious texts, two novels and two books on publishing law. (See below.) He has contributed book reviews to the Los Angeles Times for more than 30 years, and he appears as a commentator and guest host on NPR affiliates KCRW-FM and KPCC-FM in Southern California. He also serves on the adjunct faculty of New York University's Professional Publishing Program. Kirsch has served as a guest lecturer at schools, universities, libraries, museums, synagogues and churches across the United States. He has also served as legal counsel on a pro bono basis for the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, Center for Media Literacy, and California Lawyers for the Arts. He is also general counsel for the Independent Book Publishers Association (formerly Publishers Marketing Association), which presented him with its Benjamin Franklin Award for Special Achievement in Publishing in 1994. Kirsch is a member of California Lawyers for the Arts, the Los Angeles Copyright Society, the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association, and the Intellectual Property Sections of the California State Bar and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Kirsch writes and lectures on legal topics relating to the publishing industry for the Independent Book Publishers Association, the Western Publishing Association, the Publishers Association of the West, the Publishers Association of Los Angeles, the National Museum Publishing Seminar of the University of Chicago's Graham School, the Authors Guild, the Practising Law Institute, the ABA Forum on Entertainment and Sports Law, the Intellectual Property, Internet and New Media Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Mystery Writers Association, the Independent Writers of Southern California, California Lawyers for the Arts, Sisters in Crime, Southwest Manuscripters, and other publishing industry associations and legal programs. Kirsch was born in 1949 in Los Angeles, attended high school in Culver City, and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in Russian and Jewish history and Adlai E. Stevenson College honors at the Santa Cruz campus of the University of California. A member of the California State Bar since 1976, he earned a Juris Doctor degree cum laude at Loyola University School of Law. Before embarking on the practice of law, Kirsch was senior editor of California Magazine (formerly New West Magazine), where he specialized in a coverage of law, government and politics. Previously, he worked as West Coast correspondent for Newsweek, an editor for West and Home magazines at the Los Angeles Times, and a reporter for the Santa Cruz Sentinel. As a book reviewer and a freelance writer, he has contributed to the Washington Post, Toronto Globe and Mail, California Lawyer, Los Angeles Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine, New Republic, Publishers Weekly, Performing Arts, Human Behavior, L.A. Architect and other publications. He is also the author of two novels, Bad Moon Rising (1977) and Lovers in a Winter Circle (1978). Kirsch is married to Ann Benjamin Kirsch, Psy.D., a psychotherapist in private practice in Beverly Hills.

Mari Frank Interviews Nuala O'Connor Kelly, GE Senior Counsel for Information Governance and Privacy

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Nuala was named senior counsel, information governance and privacy in 2008 and joined GE as chief privacy leader in 2005. In her current role, Nuala co-leads GE's Information Governance Council, which is responsible for the development and implementation of the Company's policies and practices across the data life cycle, including creation, protection and disposal. As privacy lead, Nuala also facilitates the team of business privacy leaders and the Information Governance and Privacy practice groups. Prior to joining GE, Nuala served as chief privacy officer of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Before DHS, Nuala served as chief privacy officer for the U.S. Department of Commerce, where she also served as chief counsel for technology and as deputy director of the Office of Policy and Strategic Planning. Prior to public service, Nuala served as vice president-data protection and chief privacy officer for emerging technologies for the online company, DoubleClick, and also served as the company's first deputy general counsel for privacy. Nuala has practiced law with the firms of Sidley & Austin, Hudson Cook, and Venable in Washington, DC. She is a member of the board of directors of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional. Nuala was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and grew up on New York's Long Island. She received her A.B. from Princeton University, a master's of education from Harvard University, and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center. She is a member of the bar of Washington, D.C., and Maryland. Nuala lives in Virginia with her husband Glenn Kelly, their daughters Nora (4) and Maggie (2), and two Labrador Retrievers, Elie and Earl.

Mari Frank Interviews Hanna Hasl-Kelchner, Attorney and Author

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Hanna Hasl-Kelchner, The No Nonsense LawyerTM, is a licensed attorney, educator, speaker and author of The Business Guide to Legal Literacy: What Every Manager Should Know about the Law (Jossey-Bass, 2006). Her legal career began in Washington, D.C., spanning private and government practice, including service at the U.S. International Trade Commission where one of her cases was decided by President Reagan. Moving to in-house practice, she developed a diverse portfolio of increasing responsibility at various large corporations, including Degussa Corporation and Reichhold, Inc. Hanna earned her undergraduate degree from Duke University, her MBA degree from Cornell University, and her law degree from the Rutgers University School of Law - Camden, where she won awards for her advocacy skills. She has also been on the faculty and taught at the Duke University Fuqua School of Management and the University of Virginia, Darden School of Business. Besides serving on the advisory board of WeComply, Inc., and the editorial board of the Journal of Business Ethics Education, Hanna also hosts a blog at www.Legalliteracy.com and speaks to various audiences on how legal literacy can enable higher business performance.

Mari Frank Interviews Robert Siciliano, Expert on Personal Security and Identity Theft

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Robert Siciliano is an expert on personal security and identity theft. With 25 years of experience in self-defense, security work, martial arts, white collar crimes and observing the human condition. Mr. Siciliano has been researching and keeping in tune with all aspects of security by staying on top of what is new and ahead of what is next at all times as the CEO of IDTheftSecurity.com . An American television news correspondent, security analyst, Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist, and author of "The Safety Minute: Living on high alert; How to take control of your personal security and prevent fraud", Mr. Siciliano's goal is to inform and educate Americans to avoid becoming a statistic. His thoughts and advice on all security and fraud matters appear often in both the televised and print news media. A sampling of his work includes appearances on the Today Show, CBS Early Show, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, CNBC, USA Today, Forbes, Good Housekeeping, Readers Digest, Consumer Digest, Boston Globe, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, ABC News.com, TechRepublic, Search Security, AP, UPI, Reuters, and Entrepreneur. Mr. Siciliano is a professional speaker and delivers presentations through the United States and Canada on identity theft protection and personal security, including self-defense. By training people to become winners, Siciliano has earned much critical praise teaching workshops and giving seminars to people of all ages throughout the country, on how to avoid assaults and prevent fraud. Current positions include; Uni-ball Corp; National Spokesperson representing anti check washing pens. McAfee Anti-Virus; Consumer Advisory Board Member Biometric Signature ID; Advisory Board Member Bank Fraud IT Security Report; Editorial Board Advanced Platform Solutions Inc. Advisory Board Member www.IDTheftSecurity.com.

Mari Frank Interviews Robert Brownstone, Attorney, Law and Technology Director

Wed, 27 May 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Robert D. Brownstone, Esq. is the Law & Technology Director at Fenwick & West LLP, a 250-plus-attorney Silicon-Valley-headquartered law firm, specializing in providing a wide array of services to high-tech and life-sciences companies. He is sometimes referred to as "The Guru of Metadata" or "Law and IT in One Brain." Mr. Brownstone advises clients on electronic discovery, electronic information management, information-security and retention/destruction policies and protocols. He also collaborates with clients as to computer solutions enabling compliance with legal obligations. A nationwide speaker and writer on many law and technology issues, Mr. Brownstone is frequently quoted in the press as an expert on electronic information. He is a member of four state bars (including California and New York), of the Information Systems Auditing and Control Association (ISACA) and of the executive committee of the State Bar of California's Law Practice Management and Technology (LPMT) Section. Before joining Fenwick & West in 2000, Mr. Brownstone had a varied 13-year career as a litigator, law school administrator, law school teacher and consultant. He received his J.D. Magna Cum Laude from Brooklyn Law School in 1986 and his B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1982. http://www.fenwick.com/attorneys/4.2.1.asp?aid=544

Mari Frank Interviews Senator Joe Simitian, California 11th District

Wed, 20 May 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Bob Sullivan, MSNBC Journalist and Author

Wed, 06 May 2009 17:00:00 -0800

BOB SULLIVAN is a technology writer for MSNBC who has concentrated on technology crime and consumer fraud. He is the nation's leading journalist covering identity fraud having written more than 100 articles on the subject since 1996. His work appears on several MSNBC partner sites including MSN.com, Wall Street Journal Interactive, and ZDNet.com. Sullivan also appears on air on MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Nightly News, the Today show, and various local NBC affiliates. He is the winner of the prestigious 2002 Society of Professional Journalists Public Service Award for his series of articles on online fraud. He has spoken before trade and government groups including the National Association of Attorney Generals. He lives in Maltby, Washington with his golden retriever, Lucky. Bob Sullivan Author, Behind the Identity Theft Epidemic http://www.youreviltwin.net

Mari Frank Interviews Bob Brennan, Attorney and Author

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Attorney Robert Brennan grew up steeped in the legal tradition: his uncle was former U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. (deceased), and his father, Frank Brennan, was chief in-house counsel for several major U.S. corporations during his long career. Robert Brennan began his career in civil litigation in 1988, and opened his own general practice firm, The Law Offices of Robert F. Brennan in 1991 (www.brennanlaw.com).The firm specializes in litigating cases related to violations of consumer protection laws, including unfair and abusive debt collection, lemon law, automotive dealer fraud, wrongful credit damage, personal injury, and consumer protection class actions. An experienced and aggressive trial lawyer with an excellent win record, Brennan has a wide range of successful litigation experience, including medical malpractice, consumer fraud (including consumer warranty and "lemon law" issues), personal injury, and business litigation. He is also a nationally recognized speaker on consumer protection and consumer fraud issues, and has published numerous articles on those and other litigation issues. Brennan is a member of the State Bar of California, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Hollywood Bar Association, the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, the Irish-American Bar Association, the California Association of Consumer Attorneys, the Consumer Attorney's Association of Los Angeles, and the National Association of Consumer Advocates, for which he was a founding member. He has been honored to have been selected as a "Southern California Super Lawyer" for the past four consecutive years. For more information, please visit www.brennanlaw.com ; www.socaldebtcollectionabuse.com ; www.socalcreditdamage.com.

Mari Frank Interviews Chi Chi Wu, Staff Attorney for the National Consumer Law Center

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Chi Chi Wu is a staff attorney at NCLC. Chi Chi focuses on consumer credit issues at NCLC, including fair credit reporting, credit cards, refund anticipation loans, and medical debt. Chi Chi is co-author of the legal manuals Fair Credit Reporting Act and Credit Discrimination, and a contributing author to Cost of Credit, Truth in Lending, and Collection Actions. Before joining NCLC, Chi Chi worked in the Consumer Protection Division at the Massachusetts Attorney General's office and the Asian Outreach Unit of Greater Boston Legal Services. www.nclc.org

Mari Frank Interviews Peggy Eisenhauer, Founder of Privacy and Information Management Services

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Margaret P. (“Peggy”) Eisenhauer is the founder of Privacy & Information Management Services – Margaret P. Eisenhauer, P.C. For the past 17 years, she has helped companies develop and document privacy, security and fair information practices programs. She has extensive experience with U.S. and international privacy laws as well as industry practices for managing consumer, customer and employee information. In addition to traditional legal compliance work, she provides privacy assessment services, training, and assistance with privacy and security incident response. Ms. Eisenhauer was identified as one of the Top 25 American Privacy Law Consultants by COMPUTERWORLD in March 2006, October 2007 and December 2008. PIMS was also named “One of Eight Privacy Firms to Watch” by COMPUTERWORLD in April 2007. Prior to forming PIMS, Ms. Eisenhauer founded and led the Hunton & Williams, LLC privacy and information management practice group. She has also served as General Counsel and Director, Data Acquisition for Information America, Inc. (now Westlaw® Public Records), a Thomson Reuters company. In addition to a J.D. with honors from the University of Georgia School of Law (1989), she holds a Master of Science in Information & Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology (1992). She is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), a member of CIPP Advisory Board, a Fellow of the Ponemon Institute, and member of the Nymity Advisory Council. Ms. Eisenhauer is a frequent speaker and author on privacy and information management topics. In addition to numerous articles published in the BNA Privacy and Security Law Report and BNAI World Data Protection Report, Ms. Eisenhauer is the author of the case book, A Global Survey of Privacy & Security Enforcement Actions with Recommendations for Reducing Risk (published by the International Association of Privacy Professionals, May 2008). Peggy Eisenhauer is admitted to practice law in the states of Georgia and Florida, U.S.A. She can be reached at 404-914-1163 or via email to peggy@privacystudio.com. PRIVACY & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES - MARGARET P. EISENHAUER, P.C. 4355 COBB PARKWAY SUITE J-280 - ATLANTA, GA 30339 U.S.A

Mari Frank Interviews Kevin O'Grady, Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Dr. Kevin O'Grady is the Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League, Orange County/Long Beach region. He previously served as the region's Associate Director. At the ADL, Dr. O'Grady oversees all programming including: civil rights; government affairs; community relations; education; and law enforcement relations. He coordinates the region's response to civil rights issues and hate crimes, monitors extremist groups, and speaks at public forums on issues of civil rights, diversity, anti-Semitism, and education. Before joining the Anti-Defamation League, Dr. O'Grady served as the Dean of Students for Milken Community High School, the largest Jewish Day School in the country. He has also served as Director of the Hawai'i Technology Project: a state wide project that introduced on-line technologies into small schools across the state's five primary islands. In 2001 he was named "One of Los Angeles' City and County's Most Inspirational Teachers." He recently, authored a study of gay and lesbian high school teachers and is considered a national expert in the area of gay and lesbian issues in education. In addition to his work with the ADL, Dr. O'Grady is a member of The Center, Orange County, GLSEN Orange County and the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs. He holds a masters degree in Political Science from California State University, Fullerton and a doctorate in Education from the University of Southern California. Kevin lives in Long Beach, CA with his partner Dr. Craig Kain. www.adl.org

Mari Frank Interviews Larry Ponemon, Chairman and Founder of the Ponemon Institute

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Dr. Larry Ponemon is the Chairman and Founder of the Ponemon Institute, a research �think tank� dedicated to advancing privacy and data protection practices. Dr. Ponemon is considered a pioneer in privacy auditing and the Responsible Information Management or RIM framework. Ponemon Institute conducts independent research, educates leaders from the private and public sectors and verifies the privacy and data protection practices of organizations in a various industries. In addition to Institute activities, Dr. Ponemon is an adjunct professor for ethics and privacy at Carnegie Mellon University�s CIO Institute. He is a founding board member of the Unisys Corporation�s Security Leadership Institute. Dr. Ponemon consults with leading multinational organizations on global privacy management programs. He has extensive knowledge of regulatory frameworks for managing privacy and data security including financial services, health care, pharmaceutical, telecom and Internet. Dr. Ponemon was appointed to the Advisory Committee for Online Access & Security for the United States Federal Trade Commission. He was recently appointed by the White House to the Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee for the Department of Homeland Security. Dr. Ponemon was also an appointed to two California State task forces on privacy and data security laws. Dr. Ponemon is a member of the National Board of Advisors of the Eller College of Business and Public Administration, University of Arizona. He serves as Chairman of the Government Policy Advisory Committee and Co-Chair of the Internet Task Force for the Council of American Survey and Research Organizations (CASRO). Dr. Ponemon was a senior partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he founded the firm�s global compliance risk management group. Prior to joining Price Waterhouse as a partner, Dr. Ponemon served as the National Director of Business Ethics Services for KPMG Peat Marwick, and was appointed Executive Director of the KPMG Business Ethics Institute. Dr. Ponemon has held chaired (tenured) faculty positions and published numerous articles and learned books. He has presented more than 500 keynote speeches or learned presentations at national or international conferences on privacy, data protection, information security, corporate governance, and responsible information management. Dr. Ponemon is an active member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, serving as founding member of the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) Advisory Board. Dr. Ponemon is column editor for Computerworld, CSO Magazine, BNA, Dark Reading and other leading publications. He is a frequent commentator on privacy and business ethics for CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Financial Times, Business 2.0, Newsweek, Business Week, U.S. News & World Report, CIO Magazine, Industry Standard, Boston Globe, InfoWorld, InformationWeek, Forbes, Fortune, CFO Magazine, Red Herring, Dow Jones News and others. Dr. Ponemon earned his Ph.D. at Union College in Schenectady, New York. He has a Master�s degree from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and attended the doctoral program in system sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Ponemon earned his Bachelors with Highest Distinction from the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. He is a Certified Public Accountant (active license in Texas). Dr. Ponemon is a veteran (Vietnam War era) of the United States Navy. He is married and has two sons.

Mari Frank Interviews Dr. Marcel Just, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Director of Carnegie Mellon's Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Marcel Adam Just, the D.O. Hebb Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Carnegie Mellon and Director of its Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging, is a researcher and scientific contributor in a broad set of areas of neuroscience, with major funding for over three decades from NIH (including a Senior Scientist Award) and ONR (Office of Naval Research). He has made pioneering brain imaging contributions in language processing, multitasking, and thought identification (from brain images) that have been published in leading journals. He is the author of one of the leading theories of autism, has recently helped develop the first successful attempt to decode a simple thought from a person's brain activity (published in Science), has demonstrated the brain consequences of cell phone use during driving, and has demonstrated for the first time that the brains of children who are poor readers can be changed, not just in how they activate, but also in their very anatomy. In addition to the scientific research, he has also been involved in relating neuroscience findings to public policy, including providing testimony on the biological basis of autism to the U.S. House of Representatives Government Reform Subcommittee on Human Rights & Wellness, and testimony on cell phone use during driving to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Transportation Committee Hearing. His research uses brain imaging (fMRI) in high-level cognitive tasks to study the neural basis of the architecture of human thought. The fMRI studies attempt to determine the underlying cortical components of the cognitive system and the nature of the collaboration among them in many different types of tasks. The individual projects investigate high level thinking in tasks like sentence comprehension, mental rotation, imagery, object recognition, problem-solving, and decision-making. The projects examine normal cognitive functioning in college students and in adolescents, as well as in special populations, such as patients with autism and children with dyslexia. The fMRI results are being used in the development of a computational theory of cognition called 4CAPS, which models the dynamic, collaborative activity of the brain's large-scale network of computational centers, each drawing on its own set of relative specializations. This approach provides an account of the relation between thought processes and brain activity. For bio and publications information visit: www.ccbi.cmu.edu/people_faculty_content.htm For research center information visit: www.ccbi.cmu.edu

Mari Frank Interviews Peter Cullen, Chief Privacy Strategist, Microsoft Corp.

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:00:00 -0800

As GM Trustworthy Computing and Chief Privacy Strategist at Microsoft Corp., Peter Cullen is directly responsible for managing the development and implementation of programs that bolster the privacy and trustworthiness of Microsoft® products, services, processes and systems worldwide. Cullen leads Microsoft’s privacy group as well as teams of online safety, geopolitical and accessibility experts, all committed to enhancing customers’ computing experiences. Cullen brings more than a decade of expertise in privacy and data protection to his role as well as extensive background in building sound organizational practices. In 2003, Cullen was honored with the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ (IAPP) Vanguard Award for Privacy Innovation for his contributions to the privacy profession. During his tenure at Microsoft, Cullen has been a leading advocate for strong and innovative safeguards for personal information, privacy and data, as well as technologies, services and processes that enhance trust and ease of access. He meets regularly with industry and public policy leaders and is a frequent speaker at conferences, both in the U.S. and internationally. Before joining Microsoft in July 2003, Cullen served as the corporate privacy officer for the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), where he was responsible for influencing initiatives relevant to the RBC Financial Group’s strategic approach to privacy. He also established the Corporate Privacy Group, a first for a Canadian financial institution, to more effectively coordinate the management of privacy across the organization. During Cullen’s tenure at RBC, he also helped increase shareholder value through customer loyalty and satisfaction endeavors. Cullen holds an MBA with distinction from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. He is married with two adult children. In his personal time, Cullen enjoys practicing his passion for the culinary arts, golfing and skiing. ######### Microsoft is a trademark of the Microsoft group of companies. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Mari Frank Interviews Dan Solove, Law Professor and Author

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Daniel J. Solove is a professor of law at the George Washington University Law School. He received his A.B. in English Literature from Washington University, where he was an early selection for Phi Beta Kappa, and his J.D. from Yale Law School. At Yale, Professor Solove won the university-wide scholarly writing Field Prize and served as symposium editor of the Yale Law Journal and as an editor of the Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities. Following law school, Professor Solove clerked for The Honorable Stanley Sporkin, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. After practicing law as an associate at the firm of Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C., Professor Solove began a second clerkship with The Honorable Pamela Ann Rymer, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He began his law teaching career at Seton Hall Law School in 2000. He joined the George Washington University Law School faculty in 2004. Professor Solove writes in the areas of information privacy law, cyberspace law, law and literature, jurisprudence, legal pragmatism, and constitutional theory. He teaches information privacy law, criminal procedure, criminal law, and law and literature. An internationally known expert in privacy law, Solove has been interviewed and quoted by the media in several hundred articles and broadcasts, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, the Associated Press, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, and NPR. Professor Solove is the author of Understanding Privacy (Harvard University Press 2008), The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet (Yale University Press 2007), The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age (NYU Press 2004) and Information Privacy Law (Aspen Publishing, 3rd ed. 2009), among other titles. His book, The Future of Reputation, won the 2007 McGannon Award. He has written more than 25 articles, which have appeared in many of the leading law reviews, including the Stanford Law Review, Yale Law Journal, California Law Review, U. Pennsylvania Law Review, NYU Law Review, Michigan Law Review, and U. Chicago Law Review, among others. He has consulted in high-profile privacy law cases, contributed to amicus briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court, and testified before Congress. He serves on the advisory board of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and is on the board of the Law and Humanities Institute. Professor Solove blogs at Concurring Opinions, a blog covering issues of law, culture, and current events. It was selected by the ABA Journal as among the 100 best law blogs.

Mari Frank Interviews Dr. Bryan McDonald, Assistant Director for the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Bryan McDonald is the Assistant Director of the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs. He received a Ph.D. in Social Ecology from the University of California, Irvine, a Master's Degree in Political Science from Virginia Tech and a Bachelor's Degree (in Honors, Summa Cum Laude) in English from Virginia Tech. His research explores the impacts of processes of global change on politics and security with a focus on human, environmental, and international security. Current research projects include: threats and vulnerabilities of the emerging network of global food systems; the environmental dimensions of peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction, and social and political impacts of the changing global security landscape. He is co-editor of Global Environmental Change and Human Security (MIT Press, forthcoming 2009) and Landmines and Human Security: International Politics and War's Hidden Legacy (SUNY Press, 2004, paperback 2006). His work has been published in Democracy & Society, The Journal of the American Planning Association, The Canadian Journal of Political Science, Global Environmental Politics, Organization & Environment, Natural Resources Journal, Environment, Politics and the Life Sciences, International Environmental Agreements, and The Environmental Change and Security Project Report. McDonald has presented papers at annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, the International Studies Association, the American Planning Association, and the American Collegiate Schools of Planning.

Mari Frank Interviews Madison Ayer of ID Watchdog and Evan Hendricks of Privacy Times

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Madison Ayer - Vice President, Strategy and Policy for ID Watchdog Madison develops collaborative relationships with consumer advocates, regulatory agencies, consumer protection groups that are concerned with identity theft protection. Ayer takes the lead as ID Watchdog's representative in helping to define best practices and industry standards within the identity security industry. Ayer began researching identity theft solutions while working with an accounting firm in Milton Keynes, England. He worked as a venture capital analyst for Bolder Venture Partners, before co-founding a successful credit consultancy in 2003. Ayer studied at the college of Engineering at Cornell University. Evan Hendricks - Editor/Publisher of Privacy Times Since 1981, Evan has been Editor/Publisher of Privacy Times, a biweekly, Washington-based newsletter that reports on privacy and information law, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Evan has researched and written many articles on Congressional and State legislative actions, judicial opinions, industry trends and actions, executive branch policies and consumer news as they related to the FCRA. Evan is qualified by the federal courts in FCRA and identity theft cases and he has served as an expert witness in Congressional hearings testifying on Identity Theft, Credit Reports, Privacy, Social Security Numbers and more. He has consulted with private companies like Experian and also governmental agencies the US Postal Service. He is also the author of several books including: Credit Scores and Credit Reports: How The System Really Works, What You Can Do (Privacy Times, 2004) Your Right To Privacy: A Basic Guide To Legal Rights In An Information Society (2nd Edition, Southern Illinois University Press, 1990), (Includes a chapter on credit reporting) Former Secrets: Government Records Made Public Through The Freedom of Information Act (Campaign For Political Rights, 1982) Evan also lectures about privacy issues nation wide and internationally including Wales, Paris, Venice, the Hague in the Netherlands Evan is also considered an expert by the media. He has been on Nightline. World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, CNN News Watch, CNBC, MSNBC, Fox News, various local affiliates, and such shows as the Oprah Winfrey Show and Geraldo, regarding a wide range of privacy issues. He is quoted regularly by major and small newspapers (including The Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek and Money Magazine), regarding issues of privacy generally and the privacy implications of consumer reporting specifically. www.privacytimes.com

Mari Frank Interviews Susie Vanderlip, Author and Speaker

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Susie Vanderlip is a nationally-renown speaker on prevention, youth and family issues, and is the author of the iParenting Media Award-winning book 52 Ways to Protect Your Teen – Guiding Teens to Good Choices and Success. Susie’s program, Legacy of Hope®, has reached over one million teens, parents, counselors, therapists, teachers and other adults in middle schools, high schools, colleges, conferences, communities and corporations across 47 states and Canada. She has been a teen and family issues expert on the national television’s FOX News Live and is one of only 178 speakers since 1977 worldwide to be inducted into the National Speakers Association prestigious CPAE Speakers Hall of Fame, awarded to her in July, 2007. She also presents emotional well-being, stress management, and life balance workshops that provide participants experiential practice in the healing message of Legacy of Hope®. In Legacy of Hope®, Susie portrays a mesmerizing array of real-life characters and shares research-based insights into the underlying emotional issues and life stressors that lead youth as well as adults to destructive choice including underage drinking, alcohol and drug abuse, teen pregnancy, AIDS, gangs, domestic violence, self-harm, depression and more. As Susie presents the struggle to find balance and healing, both youth and adults learn to build their own self-esteem, make responsible choices and reach out for help and support. Her message of HOPE and concrete solutions leads to overcoming adversity, compassion, improved communition in relationships, and responsible life choices. Susie’s guidance and encouragement is deeply rooted in years of involvement with the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, National Association of Peer Programs, PRIDE, SADD, MADD, 4-H, Youth to Youth, Friday Night Live, child abuse councils, domestic violence councils, teen pregnancy programs, community coalitions and a profound respect for the 12-Step support programs. Susie speaks to adolescents, college students, parents, educators, counselors, psychologists, medical professionals, juvenile justice and crime prevention professionals, general audiences in communities and churches, corporate management/employees who work with youth employees, and more. Her clients have included a large number of prevention coalitions, counseling associations, rehab facilities, thousands of middle schools, high schools, and colleges; community/parent programs and churches nationwide. Her clients include such prestigious entities as the Betty Ford Center, Hazelden, American Counseling Association and NCADD. Susie’s “Broadway-class” performance skills are routed in 30 years performance, choreography and teaching experience as Executive Director of Dance Kaleidoscope of Orange County, Associate Professor in Dance at Coastline Community College, and graduate of the South Coast Repertory Professional Actors Workshop. Susie’s LEGACY OF HOPE message is also available on DVD for sharing at home and in classrooms along with motivational books for teens in which she is a contributing author. She may be reached via her website: www.legacyofhope.com and www.WaystoProtect.com.

Mari Frank Interviews Tom Johnson, Chairman of the California Sciences Institute

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Dr. Johnson is co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the California Sciences Institute, and also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the SANS Technology Institute. Dr. Johnson is one of the founding partners of the Forensic Data Center a company focused on computer forensics He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Michigan State University and his Doctorate from the University of California - Berkeley. Dr. Johnson founded the Center for Cybercrime and Forensic Computer Investigation, and the Forensic Computer Investigation Graduate program. Additionally, Dr. Johnson was responsible for developing the on-line program in Information Protection and Security and also founded the Graduate National Security program offered at two of our National Nuclear Security Administration Laboratories in California and New Mexico. Currently, Dr. Johnson serves as a member of the FBI Infraguard program; and also is a member of the Electronic Crime Task Force, New York Field Office, U.S. Secret Service. The United States Attorney General appointed Dr. Johnson a member of the Information Technology Working Group, and he served as Chair, Task Force Group on Combating High Technology Crime for the National Institute of Justice. Dean Johnson was also appointed an advisor to the Judicial Council of California on the Court Technology Task Force by the California Supreme Court. Dr. Johnson has published five books, 13 referred articles; holds copyright on 4 software programs and his chapter on "Infrastructure Warriors: A Threat to the U.S. Homeland by Organized Crime," was published by the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College. In addition to lecturing at the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, he has also lectured at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and numerous universities. Dr. Johnson has appeared in both State and U.S. Federal courts as an expert witness and was a member of the Select Ad Hoc Presidential Investigative Committee and consultant to the American Academy of Forensic Sciences in the case of Sirhan B. Sirhan regarding evaluation of ballistics and physical evidence concerning the assassination of United States Senator, Robert F. Kennedy.

Mari Frank Interviews Aurea McGarry, Author and Survivor

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Aurea was born and raised in New York City. Her father was a multimillionaire businessman and her mother was a beautiful model. Aurea enjoyed an upscale lifestyle in Manhattan until her father was brutally murdered, gangster-style when she was only fifteen years old. Forced to give up an elite private school and her dream of becoming an Olympic figure skater, she entered the work force. Aurea attended college and studied at the New York Academy Of Theatrical Arts, Herbert Bergdorf Acting Studio, Phil Black and Luigi's Dance Studio's to pursue her aspirations of being a success in the entertainment world one day. She has worked on the soap opera "The Edge of Night" and appeared in many infomercials, movies, plays and Mystery Dinner Theatre shows. She's also had great success with a leading cosmetic company. And she was a professional White Face Clown for over twenty years. Her first marriage to a pastor's son was physically and verbally abusive. Aurea didn't want her daughter to continue to grow up in an abusive environment and found the courage to leave. With the support of her mom, stepfather and the wonderful women associated with her in the cosmetic company. Aurea faced many other struggles in her life. She lost her mother to cancer, later her brother was also treated for Hodgkin's Cancer and a short time later Aurea was diagnosed with cancer herself, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. After surgery and grueling chemotherapy which almost killed her, the surgeon told her she'd never be able to speak above a faint whisper because they had to remove a major nerve to her vocal cord. Besides the vocal cord the surgeon removed half of her left lung, part of her right lung, the lining around her heart, her thymus and disconnected half of her diaphragm. She has been cancer-free now since 2000 and can talk just fine despite the grim diagnosis. Aurea went on to become Mrs. U.S. Beauty Of Georgia 2003. Also winning the title of Most Inspirational contestant. She now travels the country speaking her message of hope, faith and having a great sense of humor. Your organization can request her by emailing your request to liveyourlegacy@gmail.com

Mari Frank Interviews Robert Ellis Smith, Journalist and Publisher of the Privacy Journal

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Robin Davis, Certified Financial Planner

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Robin Davis is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER leveraging 24 years of experience in the business. She is the owner and top advisor of Davis Wealth Enhancement Group in Stuart, FL. She has been advising retirees and those nearing retirement since 1984, helping her clients work toward their financial goals. A member of the Financial Planning Association, Davis had held hundreds of public seminars around the country. Robin is the author of an award winning book titled, "Who's Sitting on Your Nest Egg? Why You Need a Financial Advisor and Ten Easy Tests for Finding the Best One", which is endorsed by the Financial Planning Association. The book reveals the importance of working with a competent, ethical advisor and offers readers 10 easy tests for finding the best financial planner. She hopes to aid investors in discerning between the "salesmen" in the financial industry- those who have dollar signs in their eyes instead of your best interest in mind-and quality financial planners. Davis is a contributing author for Affluent Magazine and has been a guest on numerous radio shows including Oprah & Friends. Contact Information Phone: 772.600.1076 Fax: 772.463.4441 Web: www.robindaviscfp.com E-mail: rdavis@robindaviscfp.com

Mari Frank Interviews Pam Dixon, Founder of the World Privacy Forum

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Author and researcher Pam Dixon founded the World Privacy Forum in November 2003. As an author and a researcher, she has consistently broken critical new ground in her work. She researched and wrote the first report on medical identity theft (May 2006), bringing that topic to the public for the first time. Medical identity theft is now a widely acknowledged issue, just two years after the report's publication. In 2008, a California law was passed based on Dixon's research, and Dixon has also worked on medical identity theft issues nationally and internationally through her non-profit work public interest research work with the World Privacy Forum. Two earlier research studies Dixon wrote on fraudulent Internet sites led to FTC enforcement actions against "imposter domains." A groundbreaking longitudinal research study Dixon wrote on job scams was the first research documentation of the problem as it impacted consumers. The report greatly increased awareness of the problem for consumers and in the job search industry, eventually leading to positive changes in the sector. She was also the principal investigator and author of the first sector-wide study of job applicant privacy, a report a year in its research that was released in November 2003. Dixon won the Consumer Excellence Award in 2008. In addition to her national and international work at the World Privacy Forum, Dixon serves as co-chair of the California Privacy and Security Advisory Board, a state level board which reports to the California Secretary of Health. Dixon was formerly a research fellow with the Privacy Foundation at Denver University's Sturm School of Law. There, she researched and wrote about technology-related privacy issues. Dixon has written extensively about technology both as a book author and as a former New Media columnist for the San Diego Union Tribune. Ms. Dixon has written seven books for major publishers, including two critically acclaimed books about technology and consumers. She wrote the first book to ever be published about the subject of online job searching, a book for Random House / Times Books which went on to be a finalist for the Computer Press Awards. Her book on distance education is a classic and is used in college classrooms today. Dixon is frequently quoted in the media regarding privacy and security issues. 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. Dixon's television appearances include segments on Good Morning America, CBS News' "48 Hours," the BBC, NBC, ABC, CNN, Fox, PBS, MSNBC and NPR.

Mari Frank Interviews Paul Fogel, Noted Civil Law Attorney

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Paul's practice focuses on appeals, writs, post-trial motions, and law and motion matters in a broad range of civil law areas, including unfair competition, health care, trademark infringement, trade secret misappropriation, defamation, products liability, taxation, contracts, public entity law, premises liability, employment, professional negligence, higher education and constitutional law. He has handled more than 350 appellate matters (resulting in some 60 published opinions), including matters in the California Supreme Court, the District of Columbia and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals, every Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal, and several other state appellate courts. Paul has a number of national and regional clients who engage him directly to represent them in appeals and related proceedings. He regularly provides appellate assistance to Reed Smith's trial attorneys and is frequently engaged by non-Reed Smith attorneys to consult on or handle appellate matters. Paul was named one of Northern California's Top 100 Attorneys by Northern California Superlawyer Magazine in 2005, 2007, and 2008, and has been included as a "Superlawyer" in appellate law annually since 2004 through 2008. He also has been included in Best Lawyers in America since 2006.

Mari Frank Interviews Bruce Fleet, Author and Expert on the Workings of Wall Street

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Author of “Demystifying Wall Street – Shedding a little light on the BULL!!” Bruce L. Fleet is a leading financial adviser in the US. A former Wall Street brokerage “top-producing” broker for more than 20 years, he has been recognized by the media and been awarded numerous professional distinctions. He is a Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) and received the Investment Strategist Certificate from the Wharton School of Business at The University of Pennsylvania, via the Investment Management Consultants Association. Fleet was also one of Wall Street’s top corporate trainers, educating new and tenured investment executives for a major world wide brokerage firm. He is currently the managing principal and Registered Investment Advisor of Fleet Capital Management in Colorado. The experience Bruce gained through working with both sides of the investment management industry, commission based and fee only, along with his “bird’s eye view” of the industry, provides invaluable education and advice for investors. He pulls no punches when sharing this information with his audience. Bruce has a deep understanding of the benefits and abuses an investor may experience. The fact that Bruce was the target of a “bear market” investor complaint, and was a participant in an NASD arbitration proceeding, allows for a first hand account of the incompetent regulatory process. Bruce Fleet is a true professional. He has regularly placed his client’s interest above those of his own. Many of Bruce’s clients live mortgage free due to his persistent advice of living debt free. This action alone has cost Bruce considerable income, as monies available for investments have been used to accomplish this task. Bruce is working on his second book which is written to help investors revisit some basic, and old, truths from the bible, to assist in making better investment decisions today.

Mari Frank Interviews Serge Matulich, Author and Professor and David Currie, Author and Professor

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:00:00 -0800

SERGE MATULICH Dr. Serge Matulich is Professor Emeritus of Accounting at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. He earned his BS in Accounting from California State University at Sacramento and his doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley. He is licensed in Florida as a Certified Public Accountant. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, American Accounting Association, World Future Society, and Fulbright Association. Prior to coming to Florida in 1984 Dr. Matulich held teaching positions at Indiana University and Texas Christian University. He held visiting positions at University of California at Berkley and University of Texas at Denton, and was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Pula in Croatia. Dr. Matulich taught at the Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins College, in Winter Park, Florida for 18 years and retired in 2001. He has received awards for teaching excellence, service, and scholarship. Dr. Matulich is author of several textbooks and numerous publications in academic and trade journals. He has served as director of public and private corporations, and currently is a director and treasurer of the Mid Florida Chapter Fulbright Association. DAVID M. CURRIE David M. Currie is Professor of Finance and Economics at the Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida. He has won awards from national organizations for teaching innovations and from students for the quality of the educational experience. After receiving an undergraduate degree from the University of Florida, Dr. Currie attended the University of Southern California, where he received a PhD. Dr. Currie has published articles and cases in the fields of finance, international education, business management and ethics. He has been a visiting professor at Groupe HEC in France and a Fulbright Scholar in Croatia. Dr. Currie has been an elected official, co-owner of a chain of retail perfume stores, and an examiner for the Georgia Oglethorpe Award Process.

Mari Frank Interviews Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Law Professor, Author, Expert on Conflict Resolution and Ethics

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Carrie Menkel-Meadow is a member of the founding law school faculty law at UCI. She is the author of Dispute Processing and Conflict Resolution: Theory, Policy and Practice (2003), and co-author of What's Fair: Ethics for Negotiators (2004, with Michael Wheeler), Dispute Resolution: Beyond the Adversarial Model (2005, with Lela Love, Andrea Schneider and Jean Sternlight), Negotiation: Beyond the Adversarial Model (with Andrea Schneider and Lela Love, 2006); Mediation: Beyond the Adversarial Model (with Lela Love and Andrea Schneider, 2006) and editor of Mediation Theory, Policy and Practice (2000); the author of several other books and over 100 articles on subjects ranging from dispute and conflict resolution, negotiation, mediation, legal procedure, legal theory, legal ethics, feminist theory, law and popular culture and legal education. She has won the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution First Prize for Scholarship in ADR three times, (1983, 1991, 1998) and the Rutter Prize for Excellence in Teaching at UCLA Law School (1992) and the Frank Flegal Award for Teaching at Georgetown (2006). In addition to her scholarship and teaching, Professor Menkel-Meadow has trained lawyers, judges, diplomats, government officials, and mediators on five continents and is herself an active arbitrator and mediator. She has served as a mediator or arbitrator in the Wellington Asbestos Claims Facility, the Dalkon Shield Trust, the Merrill Lynch Settlement Program, ICANN domain names disputes, United Educators education disputes and a wide variety of other public and private matters. She has taught at the law schools of Georgetown University (1992-present), Harvard University, Stanford University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of California at Los Angeles (1979-98), Temple University, the University of Toronto, Osgoode Hall, York University, the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and Universidad Alberto Hurtado (Santiago) and Catolica Universidad (Temuco) Chile, and has lectured throughout the world. She served as a Fulbright Scholar in Chile in 2007 where she taught mediation, arbitration, deliberative democracy and civil engagement in a variety of academic and practical settings, while researching topics related to restorative justice. She currently serves as co-editor in chief of the Journal of Legal Education, the International Journal of Law in Context and Associate Editor of the Negotiation Journal, published by the Harvard Program on Negotiation. Professor Menkel-Meadow holds a B.A. magna cum laude from Barnard College, Columbia University (1971), a J.D. cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania (1974), where she also served on the Law Review and as an Arthur Littleton Legal Writing Fellow, and an LL.D. (Hon.) (1995) from Quinnipiac College of Law. She served on the Board of Directors and as Secretary of the American Bar Foundation, on the Executive Committee of the Center for Public Resources and is a member of the American Law Institute and the American College of Civil Trial Mediators. Professor Menkel-Meadow began her career as a legal services attorney at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia, was briefly an associate at Dechert, Price and Rhoads, and was a founding faculty member of the clinical program at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She continues to consult for the federal courts on issues involving ADR, especially on issues of program design and ethics.

Mari Frank Interviews Robert Desjardins, Attorney and Author

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Robert P. Des Jardins has practiced law in Orange County, specializing in Family Law, for over thirty three years. He received his Bachelors Degree from the University of Connecticut and his law degree from Pepperdine University. Robert is recognized as one of the best lawyers in America and California in a number of independent publications, including Best Lawyers in America. He received the Orange County Trial Layers designation as trial lawyer of the year in 2000. Robert is a past president of the Family Law Section of the Orange County Bar Association. He has served as an editorial consultant of California Family Law Monthly (published by Matthew Bender), a private judge, and as a Judge Pro Tem. Robert published his first novel, The Mistral, in 2007. His new novel is entitled A Darker Shade of Orange. www.lawyers.com/rpdesjardins www.6225.myauthorsite.com www.desjardinsauthor.com

Mari Frank Interviews Annette Martin, Psychic Detective, Medical Intuitive, Medium, Ghost Buster, Opera Singer and Author

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:00:00 -0800

As one of America's most versatile psychics, Annette Martin can seemingly do it all. One of the Bay Area's premier psychic's and personalities, Annette Martin has been featured on a variety of national and international TV and Radio programs and specials highlighting her astounding work as a psychic detective, medical intuitive and ghost buster! Since 1975, Annette Martin has worked as a law enforcement crime detective assistant personally involved in numerous homicide, intelligence and serial killer investigations, many high profile cases drawing media attention. She has worked with over 60 different law enforcement agencies including the FBI. Annette has been called upon by private investigators as well as individuals to help locate missing property. For over 37 years, Annette Martin has used her psychic ability, to help thousands of people answer questions concerning heart, career, health, emotional issues, departed loved ones. She has been termed the Radio Psychic due to the many radio programs and appearances around the country and has received national television exposure for her psychic police work and ghost hunting. Martin has been featured on Court TV's Psychic Detective, Entertainment Tonight, The Nancy Grace Show, Catherine Crier Show, 48 Hours, View From The Bay, ABC, CBS, NBC, The Discovery Channel, BBC Discovery, The History Channel, The Travel Channel, Montel Williams, Coast to Coast Radio and many other television and radio shows. Martin's predictions are uncannily accurate. In a reading requested by John Denver, she said she saw him flying a small craft that would tumble into the ocean. Fifteen years later he would die exactly that way. Annette is being featured in the San Jose Mercury on Oct. 25th, 2008. There have been many articles in magazines and newspapers, about her work, San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland Tribune, San Jose Mercury, Honolulu Star- Bulletin, Cosmopolitan Magazine, The Enquirer, Fate Magazine, Peninsula Magazine, California Today, Valley Living, Radio & Records, Unicom-Guide, Noi, Blanco Y Negro, VSD, Manchett, Sacramento Bee and Psychic World Magazine. Annette also possesses a remarkable singing voice which, along with a dramatic flair, led her into an early operatic and musical comedy career. At age 14 she found herself appearing on a weekly television show, The Del Courtney Show. By 17 she was singing small roles and understudying lead roles with the Sacramento Music Circus and the San Francisco and Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Company. She appeared in numerous lead roles in operas and musical comedies around the world. Her operatic career culminated with roles in La Boheme and Manon Lescout in Mexico City, where she became the first North American in 25 years to perform with the Mexico City National Opera. To this day she is still singing concerts and performing with a woman's group, Ladyesong, in California. This biography, "Gift of the White Light," published May, 2008, about Annette Martin begins when she first discovered her psychic gift at age seven. James N. Frey brings you an in-depth look at the personal and psychic life of a genuine psychic. Researched, accurate, and interesting, the book gives this 'engaging' account of a woman with special psychic abilities and the mysterious adventures she encounters. Gift of the White Light," is full of medical and murder mysteries, a rich and interesting circle of friends, celebrities, law enforcement, FBI, genius engineers, travel, ghosts and her singing career . There are readings with incredible feedback with various people, healing and her career of 37 years with 9 actual cases that she has helped solve working as a psychic detective. Author: James N. Frey, author of nine novels including Edgar-nominated A Long Way to Die, Literary Guild selection Winter of the Wolves, and four internationally acclaimed creative writing manuals: How to Write a Damn Good Novel, How to Write a Damn Good Novel: Advanced Techniques, The Key, and How to Write a Damn Good Mystery. "Gift of the White Light," is up on Amazon.com with 24 - 5 star reviews. It is also being carried in Costco's across the country as well.

Mari Frank Interview Gloria Allred, Attorney and Author

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Ms. Allred is an attorney and a partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Allred, Maroko & Goldberg. She has been practicing law for approximately 32 years. Her law firm, Allred, Maroko & Goldberg, represents plaintiffs in cases involving employment discrimination, including sex, race, age, physical handicap, sexual orientation discrimination, Aids discrimination, sexual harassment and wrongful termination. They are also well-known for their work on behalf of victims in civil rights, rape, child sexual abuse and murder cases. She has won countless honors for her pioneering legal work on behalf of women's rights and rights for minorities, including the President's Volunteer Action Award for Outstanding Volunteerism presented to her by President Ronald Reagan at the White House. An active feminist, Ms. Allred founded and is currently serving as President of the Women's Equal Rights Legal Defense and Education Fund (WERLDEF). Allred was also a host on KABC TalkRadio for 14 years. She was selected by USA Today as one of the 25 most important radio talk show hosts in America. She was also nominated for an Emmy three times for her television commentaries on KABC-TV. Articles by or about Ms. Allred have appeared in publications such as Time Magazine, The New York Times, Ms. Magazine, The American Lawyer, The Daily News, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and The London Times. Most recently, Ms. Allred was named a 2007 Southern California "SuperLawyer" by Law and Media and Los Angeles Magazine. Time magazine called her "One of the nation's most effective advocates of family rights and feminist causes" and the National Law Journal selected her in 1998 as one of "The Most Influential Women Lawyers in America". Ms. Allred was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and earned her B.A. with honors in English from the University of Pennsylvania. She earned her M.A. from New York University and her J.D. cum laude from Loyola University School of Law in Los Angeles. She was also awarded an Honorary J.D. from the University of West Los Angeles School of Law. In addition to being an attorney, Ms. Allred holds California life credentials in secondary school education and supervision. She taught in public schools for six and one half years, and was also a lecturer at the University of Southern California for several years. Ms. Allred has two grandchildren, Sarah and Sam. Her daughter, Lisa Bloom, is an attorney who appears as an anchor on Court TV. Ms. Allred is the author of her book "Fight Back And Win - My Thirty-Year Fight Against Injustice And How You Can Win Your Own Battles".

Mari Frank Interviews Laura Wilson, JD - Privacy Advocate; Business Consultant, Techlex Solutions; Attorney

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Laura Wilson will be discussing finding and fixing information security and other compliance gaps in the financial services industry. Despite the great concern expressed by consumers, shareholders, and regulators, significant gaps and bypasses of controls remain. An information security breach has implications for consumers, investors, and the larger market, and may compromise national and global security, so it's important to know that many of these bypasses can readily be fixed. The companies for which Laura has negotiated and managed complex outsourcing and vendor relationships include: A publicly-traded global credit card company that co-authored the PCI (Payment Card Industry) standards. One of the largest publicly-traded mortgage companies in the U.S. A publicly-traded international investment advisory firm. Laura works in governance / risk / compliance, deal analysis, and problem resolution related to highly-sensitive systems and data. Her experience encompasses business and legal roles for highly-regulated organizations, including publicly-traded international financial services (banking / payment card industry / mortgages / insurance / investment advisors), venture capital portfolio companies, and numerous software and services projects involving regulated systems and sensitive data. Laura has trained colleagues on industry standards, gap analysis and risk mitigation. She writes training materials to help stakeholders identify and remedy compliance and security gaps, and verify appropriate due diligence. She volunteers with professional groups and not-for-profits interested in the regulatory, governance, information security and national security implications of financial systems and regulated data. Laura holds a Juris Doctor, (licensed as an attorney in California), and is a CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) candidate (passed CISA exam; certification pending). She is pursuing security certifications including CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner), and CGEIT (Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT). Laura served on active duty for over 8 years in the United States Army. She was a Staff Sergeant, paratrooper, TV / radio broadcaster; served in Military Intelligence, Psychological Operations, Communications, and Public Relations positions; and won several Soldier of the Year awards.

Mari Frank Interviews Kevin Connell - President & Chief Executive Officer of Accu-Screen, Inc.

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Kevin G. Connell is President & Chief Executive Officer of Accu-Screen, Inc. (1994-Present), and is responsible for the overall growth, development, and management of the organization. The company was founded on his belief that corporations and governmental organizations are in dire need of accurate employment screening and cost containment programs, especially in light of the ever escalating costs of negligent hiring lawsuits, employee theft and worker�s compensation fraud. Accu-Screen, Inc. specializes in pre-employment background screening and drug testing services. Mr. Connell recently served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS); where he was elected by his peers to serve on the board from 2003-2005. NAPBS exists to promote ethical business practices, promote compliance with the fair Credit reporting Act and foster awareness of issues related to consumer protection and privacy rights within the background screening industry. The association provides relevant programs and training aimed at empowering members to better serve clients and to maintain standards of excellence in the background screening industry. Mr. Connell is a nationally known speaker, author and consultant, and is recognized as an expert on effective employment screening practices that prevent negligent hiring and resume fraud in the workplace. He has been on the adjunct faculty of the University of South Florida for the past decade, where he teaches the course Effective Employee Screening. Mr. Connell also conducts keynotes and seminars for companies, his keynotes and seminars educates and motivates business owners, managers and human resource professionals on the most effective pre-employment screening techniques available today and how companies may legally obtain the information they need to make informed hiring decisions. His expertise extends to the development of policies and procedures to assure a more productive and safe workplace. He received his Bachelor�s Degree in Economics Management from Ohio Wesleyan University, graduating Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He was a First-Team selection to GTE�s Academic All-American Football Team. After graduation, the Procter and Gamble Company employed Mr. Connell as a Regional Manager, where he worked in both the Food Service and Commercial Products Division. At P&G, he won the prestigious Five-Star Award three consecutive years. This National Award recognizes Procter and Gamble�s Top Sales Managers throughout North America. www.accuscreen.com

Mari Frank Interviews Therese Stewart, Chief Deputy City Attorney, San Francisco

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Since 2002, Ms. Stewart has served as Chief Deputy City Attorney under San Francisco City Attorney, Dennis J. Herrera, overseeing the City and County's civil litigation and representing San Francisco and its officials in key cases. Previously, she was a partner at Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, where she handled complex business litigation in state and federal courts. From February 2004 through May 2008, Ms. Stewart headed a team of deputy city attorneys and private firm lawyers representing Plaintiff City and County of San Francisco in the Marriage Cases, which were litigated in the state trial and appellate courts. She presented oral argument to the California Supreme Court on March 4, 2008, and the high court decision was issued on May 15, 2008. The Marriage Cases consisted of six coordinated cases involving state constitutional challenges to California's laws excluding same-sex couples from marriage. These cases are the first in the nation in which a local government body has joined with lesbian and gay couples to challenge a state's marriage laws. The City and the couples raised claims under the California Constitution's equal protection, liberty, privacy and free association clauses. They prevailed in the Superior Court, lost on appeal, and ultimately won in the California Supreme Court. The May 15, 2008 decision held that the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage unjustifiably discriminates against lesbians and gay men and denies them of fundamental liberty and autonomy privacy interests in entering into a state-sanctioned family relationship equal in dignity to other state-sanctioned family relationships. Ms. Stewart and the City Attorney team also defended Mayor Newsom when his decision to issue marriage licenses to thousands of same-sex couples was challenged in 2004. The California Supreme Court ruled that the Mayor and other City officials lacked the power to refuse to enforce the limitation of marriage to opposite sex couples based on their belief that such limitation violated the Constitution. To learn more about the San Francisco City Attorney's Office go to www.sfgov.org. Ms. Stewart has long represented parties and amicus curiae in LGBT civil rights cases, including the airlines' challenge to San Francisco's Equal Benefits Ordinance, a lesbian police officer discrimination suit against the City of Sacramento, an early equal protection challenge to the State's denial of equal benefits to partners of lesbian and gay employees, and a case challenging the Defense Department's denial of security clearances to lesbians and gay men. In the 1990's, Ms. Stewart served as the first Co-Chair of the Bar Association of San Francisco's Committee on Sexual Orientation, which developed guidelines for legal employers on eliminating sexual orientation discrimination. In the 1980's, she served on the Board of the Lesbian Rights Project (currently known as the National Center for Lesbian Rights), and her firm later assisted NCLR in changing its name and obtaining non-profit status. She also served on the Board of Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom, San Francisco's lesbian and gay bar association. In 1999, Ms. Stewart served as the first openly gay President of the Bar Association of San Francisco. In that capacity, she co-founded BASF's School-To-College Program, which provides mentoring and guidance to inner city high school students to help them prepare for, select, and apply to college. Ms. Stewart currently serves on a Task Force of the California Judicial Council's Commission on Judicial Independence, and the Boards of the Northern District of California Historical Society and the Legal Aid Society/Employment Law Center. She is also a member of the American Bar Association's recently established Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Commission. She has previously been a lawyer delegate for Northern District of California to the Ninth Circuit and a State Bar delegate to the American Bar Association. Ms. Stewart was recognized as a California Superlawyer in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Ms. Stewart received her B.A. with Distinction from Cornell University in 1978 and her J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Law in 1981, where she was awarded Order of the Coif and received Am Jur awards in Constitutional and Criminal Law. Ms. Stewart was Editor-in-Chief of Ecology Law Quarterly and a research assistant to Professors Paul Mishkin and William Fletcher. From 1981-1982, she was a law clerk to Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Mari Frank Interviews Michael Ford, Author and Expert: Buying from Internet Sites

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Michael Ford is a seven time author including the following recently published books and video programs: Don't Bid On It: Until I tell you How eBay really works �2007, Publisher Elite Minds Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0977476015 You can find more information at www.DontBidOnIt.com Scams and Scoundrels: Protect yourself from the dark side of eBay and PayPal �2007, Publisher Elite Minds Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0977476022 Don't Bid On It: Video Classroom �2007, Publisher Elite Minds Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0977476039 Michael Ford began his eBay career in 1998 and first became an eBay Power Seller in 2001. His software business has expanded beyond eBay, but he still enjoys buying and selling on eBay as a collector of antique arcade games. Michael has authored a number of books on antique arcade games, game restoration, and computer security as well as two eBay books and an eBay video. He is a regular contributor to collector magazines and he is a well known business writer. Michael has always been an entrepreneur and eBay has helped develop those independent business drives into several full-fledged commercial ventures. Michael is known for 'telling it like it is' and has a no nonsense approach to business and writing. He focuses on details which led him to document and analyze eBay auctions in a hard hitting way in order to determine what works and what does not. Michael's continued his quest for knowledge by monitoring the unsavory side of eBay which resulted in protection measures that are commonly used to identify fraudulent buyers and sellers. Michael knows both the good and bad sides of eBay and has shared his experiences and techniques to help eBay members gain the most from eBay without losing their shirt to scammers. Michael is also a widely known collector of antique arcade games, mostly from the 1940's to the 1970's. He regularly uses eBay to fill out his collection and always looks for an opportunity to promote the arcade game restoration hobby. Michael has founded a number of companies including Elite Minds Inc, a software development firm specializing in educational and game software, an arcade game restoration company which has published a number of books on antique arcade games, produced specialized circuit boards and other restoration items, and he has created various other specialty companies.

Mari Frank Interviews Amy Alkon, Author and Syndicated Columnist

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Amy Alkon is an award-winning syndicated columnist whose funny but reason and data-based weekly advice column, The Advice Goddess, appears in over 100 newspapers. Alkon has made numerous TV and radio appearances, including Good Morning America, CNN, MTV, Nightline, Politically Incorrect and Dennis Miller. She is completing a book for McGraw-Hill on the collapse of public manners, called REVENGERELLA: One woman's battle to beat some manners into impolite society. Alkon considers identity theft the height of bad manners, and sees financial institutions with apparently lax security measures in a similar light.

Mari Frank Interviews Fran Maier, CEO of TRUSTe

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Fran Maier is the CEO of TRUSTe, the leading brand in online privacy. Fran brings 15+ years of experience building consumer brands and enhancing consumer trust. She is known for her expertise in online privacy, online marketing best practices, and marketing to women. As a co-founder of Match.com she established credibility, safety and trust in online dating, making Match.com the favorite dating site for single women. In executive marketing roles at Women.com and Kmart's BlueLight.com subsidiary Fran has both established new start-up online brands and brought blue-chip offline brands onto the Internet. Since Fran joined TRUSTe in 2001, the company has evolved to expand consumer choice from Web sites to downloadable software. Under Maier's leadership TRUSTe launched new trust services for businesses starting with development of the Sender Score Certified Program, formerly called the Bonded Sender Program, which is widely viewed as the leading legitimate sender program on the market. TRUSTe's latest network reputation service is the Trusted Download Program, which promotes ethical behavior by adware and other software companies by publishing a "whitelist" of certified applications. It is the first downloadable software standards program backed by industry leaders Yahoo! Search Marketing, CNET's Download.com, CA, AOL, and Verizon. During that time TRUSTe has strengthened its monitoring and dispute resolution platforms while growing in influence and certifying more than 2,000 websites. Fran speaks widely on the issues of privacy, security, and trust, has appeared before the Federal Trade Commission and the US Department of Commerce, and has testified before the United States House of Representative's Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection. Fran holds a BA and MBA from Stanford University.

Mari Frank Interviews Linda and Jay Foley, Co-Founders and Directors of the Identity Theft Resource Center

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Linda Goldman-Foley Linda Foley is the co-founder/director of the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), a nation-wide nonprofit identity theft program based in San Diego, California. Established in 1999 in response to the growing need for victim assistance and public empowerment due to the epidemic rise in identity theft, today ITRC is nationally respected for its expertise and work. As a former victim of identity theft herself, Foley is uniquely suited to understanding the complexities of this crime. ITRC supports thousands of victims through its web site, email and telephone correspondence. Foley developed and wrote the numerous comprehensive publications on ITRC's website (www.idtheftcenter.org) and used by the national office and network of trained volunteers. Foley provides testimony and information for national and state conferences and taskforces, and remains a resource for legislators throughout the nation. Foley has appeared on numerous major television news show, several talk shows and is widely quoted by major newspapers, radio stations and magazines. Besides her work in the community, Foley forges partnerships with companies to create better document handling procedures. She has created a workplace ID theft self-assessment inventory for use by businesses that might not want outside consultants to evaluate their company. She has been honored as the 10Leadership Program (San Diego's ABC affiliate) Individual Leader for 2001, is a recipient of the prestigious Foundation for Improvement of Justice Award (Sept 2000), the 2004 National Crime Victim Service Award presented by U. S. Attorney General for the Department of Justice and commendations by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein and former CA Governor Gray Davis. Jay Foley Jay Foley is the co-founder/director of the Identity Theft Resource Center, a nationwide, nonprofit identity theft program located in San Diego, California. The ITRC was established in 1999 in response to the growing need for victim assistance and public empowerment caused by the explosive rise in identity theft crime rate. As the spouse of an identity theft victim, Foley understands the practical and emotional complexities of this crime. Since 1999, he has assisted thousands of victims via email and telephone. As ITRC's primary criminal justice contact, he has received great support and accolades from members of law enforcement across the country who frequently refer victims to him for assistance. Foley currently sits numerous law enforcement, governmental and legislative taskforces, including JAG and has testified at legislative hearings in various states and in front of Congress. Foley is also a popular presenter and trainer. He has also appeared on many major television news shows, quoted in most major newspapers and radio stations around the country. Jay Foley's background includes over 20 years in project management, customer service training, sales and database management. His experience in the US Navy and study for his MCSE and MCDBA certificates has proven to be invaluable in understanding the computer's role in this crime, possible solutions and in anticipating future trends. He is a recipient of the 2004 Crime Victims Service Award presented by the U. S. Attorney General for the Department of Justice and commendations by Senator Dianne Feinstein and former CA Governor Gray Davis. Identity Theft Resource Center PO Box 26833, San Diego CA 92196 www.idtheftcenter.org email:voices123@sbcglobal.net Office Line: 858-693-7935

Mari Frank Interviews Van Allen, CEO of TimeLine Recruiting

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Van Allen is CEO of TimeLine Recruiting, a physician recruiting firm based in Columbia, Missouri, and part of the Maxim Healthcare Services network of companies. Allen, who has more than fifteen years experience in medical practice management and physician recruiting, launched TimeLine Recruiting in 1999 to provide high-quality, consultative recruitment services for hospitals, clinics, and private practices located in under-served communities across rural America. Founded on the belief that families are best-served by medical professionals that become part of a community, TimeLine’s approach -- matching the best available doctors to meet the specific needs of a community -- was embraced from the start as a welcome change from the industry norm. And he backed up the TimeLine commitment with the industry’s only confirmed money-back guarantee. “Our desire as professionals and as a company is to help hospitals and medical practices find the doctors that will become more than just a warm body filling an empty chair, but who will develop as people who become intertwined with the towns and neighborhoods that need them,” Allen explains. That philosophy, along with a proven, consistent ability to provide effective, efficient service quickly earned TimeLine Recruiting a sterling national reputation, and Allen expanded the company’s reach into more markets. TimeLine Recruiting was acquired by Maxim Healthcare Services a few years ago. Van holds an undergraduate degree from Southwestern University and a graduate degree from Mary Hardin-Baylor. He makes his home in Columbia, Missouri where he and his wife raise their daughter. Van is an avid golfer and private pilot. He is a frequent speaker and author on issues pertaining to medical practice management and recruiting.

Mari Frank Interviews Dave Jevans, CEO of IronKey, Inc.

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:00:00 -0800

David Jevans' career in Internet security spans more than 10 years, having held senior management positions at Tumbleweed Communications (NASDAQ: TMWD), Valicert (NASDAQ: VLCT), Teros (acquired by Citrix, NASDAQ: CTXS) and Differential. Serving on the CEO's technology council at Apple Computer, Mr. Jevans helped to develop the company's Internet strategy. He also worked in the advanced technology group at Apple, and ran an engineering project involving advanced operating systems. Currently, he serves as the chairman of the Anti-Phishing Working Group (www.antiphishing.org), a consortium of over 1,500 financial services companies, ISPs, law enforcement agencies and technology vendors dedicated to fighting email fraud and identity theft online. The group's sponsors and research partners include the American Bankers Association, eBay, PayPal, Verisign, and Entrust. Mr. Jevans has also testified before congress on Internet security and continues to advise the U.S. Department of Homeland security. He holds numerous U.S. patents, and has a Master of Science degree from University of Calgary, Canada. www.ironkey.com

Mari Frank Interviews Stephen Wu, Lucy Thomson, and Hoyt Kesterson II

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Stephen Wu Stephen Wu is a partner in the Silicon Valley law firm Cooke Kobrick & Wu LLP. He advises clients concerning data security and privacy, electronic commerce, e-discovery, electronic records retention, and digital evidence. His practice also includes technology transactions, intellectual property litigation, and commercial litigation. Before forming CKW, Mr. Wu was VeriSign, Inc.'s second in-house attorney where he was in charge of the company's worldwide policies and practices governing its digital certification secure ecommerce services. Prior to joining VeriSign, Mr. Wu practiced with Jones Day Reavis & Pogue and Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP in the areas of computer law, intellectual property, general litigation, and technology transactions. He clerked with a U.S. District Judge in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Wu was co-chair of the ABA Information Security Committee from 2001 to 2004. He is currently Secretary of the ABA Section of Science & Technology Law. Mr. Wu is a frequent speaker on secure electronic commerce and information security topics, as well as e-discovery, digital evidence, and electronic records retention. He has written or co-written five books on information security, including Guide to HIPAA Security and the Law (ABA 2007), Information Security: A Legal, Business, and Technical Handbook (ABA 2004), Risk Management for Consumer Internet Payments (NACHA 2002) and Digital Signatures (RSA Press 2002). Mr. Wu received a B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh in 1985, and received his law degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1988. Lucy Thomson Lucy L. Thomson, J.D., M.S., CIPP/G, has extensive experience as a litigator in complex federal civil and criminal cases and as an expert in information security, privacy, and new technologies. At Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), a global technology company, she has addressed a wide range of legal, technical, and policy issues in major IT and information sharing programs. This past year, she was appointed Consumer Privacy Ombudsman for three U.S. Bankruptcy Courts to oversee the sale of electronic consumer records. A career U.S. Department of Justice attorney from 1977-2000, Ms. Thomson served in senior positions in the Criminal and Civil Rights Divisions. Ms. Thomson is an ABA Fellow, and represents the D.C. Bar in the ABA House of Delegates. She is a member of the Council of the ABA Section of Science & Technology Law and chairs its Homeland Security Committee. She served on the D.C. Bar Board of Governors, as Bar Secretary and President of the Women's Bar Association and its Foundation. She was the guest editor of the Symposium on Homeland Security in JURIMETRICS: THE JOURNAL OF LAW SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (2007), and is a frequent contributor to the IAPP Privacy Advisor. In recognition of long-time public service, she received the Heroines in Technology Award. Ms. Thomson is a past Alumni Trustee of Andover. She earned a master's degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in 2001, and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. Hoyt Kesterson II Hoyt L. Kesterson II is an Arizona-based technology expert with more than 30 years of experience in the field of information security and related technologies. For 20 years he chaired the international standards group that created the X.509 certificate, a fundamental component in digital signature and securing web transactions. He has been working with the ABA's Information Security Committee for nearly 20 years on the effects of digital data and electronic signature.

Mari Frank Interviews Sandy Hughes, Global Ethics, Compliance and Privacy Executive at the Procter & Gamble Company

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Sandra R. (Sandy) Hughes is the Global Ethics, Compliance and Privacy Executive at the Procter & Gamble Company, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Procter & Gamble’s privacy program has been designed and implemented to promote trust among consumers, employees and other constituencies by protecting an individual’s rights to privacy as they would expect. The purpose of the Ethics &Compliance organization is to put tools and processes in place to minimize the possibility of a breach that could negatively impact corporate reputation and shareholder value. Sandy’s challenge in having both programs is to identify synergy opportunities for improved efficiencies across compliance programs and deeper integration of accountability within P&G’s high performance culture, to maximize corporate growth. Sandy is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) and President of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. She is also leader of the Privacy, Security and Technology working group of the US Council of International Business (USCIB), and serves on the State of Ohio Chief Privacy Officer Advisory Board. She is a founding member of the Public Policy Steering Committee of EPCglobal, a standards organization that utilizes Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). She has participated in multi-industry and consumer efforts to create EPC and RFID guidelines for responsible use of the technology for item level tagging. She is a chapter author in the book, “RFID: Applications, Privacy and Security” edited by Simson Garfinkel and Beth Rosenberg and a frequent speaker on Global Privacy topics as well as EPC/RFID. Sandy’s career spans over 30 years at the Procter & Gamble Company, with global, regional and local assignments in the US (Ohio & Alabama), Germany and Belgium.

Mari Frank Interviews Andrew Serwin, Esq. Privay Expert and Author

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Andrew B. Serwin is the founding chair of the Privacy, Security, and Information Management Practice and is a partner in the San Diego office of Foley & Lardner LLP. He is a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation, Information Technology and Outsourcing, General Commercial Litigation, and the Trademark and Copyright Practice Groups. He is also a member of the Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Life Sciences, and Health Care Industry Teams. Mr. Serwin has extensive experience in privacy and security matters, including state, federal and international restrictions on the use and transfer of information, security breach compliance, incident response, marketing restrictions, and the drafting and implementation of privacy and security policies. Mr. Serwin also advises media and Internet companies regarding online contracting issues, licensing issues, domain name issues, and intellectual property issues, as well as litigation resulting from information security incidents. Mr. Serwin has unique experience in representing start-up and Internet companies because he served as President and General Counsel of an online political magazine, InPolitics.com. Mr. Serwin has broad experience in technology and business law, including corporate finance, partnership law, securities, e-commerce, software development and licensing, intellectual property licensing and protection, manufacturing and distribution arrangements, joint ventures, information technology transactions, as well as real estate transactions. He has also advised hedge funds and broker dealers in a variety of transactions. Mr. Serwin's litigation practice includes unfair competition matters; intellectual property litigation; corporate governance disputes; complex commercial litigation; e-commerce matters; partnership disputes and real property matters. He is the author of "Information Security and Privacy: A Practical Guide to Federal, State and International Law", a 2,000 page treatise that examines all aspects of privacy and security laws, published by Thomson-West. Mr. Serwin is also the author of the "Internet Marketing Law Handbook", also published by Thomson-West, which covers topics such as privacy and security, commercial e-mail laws, spyware and unfair competition law. He is also the author of West's Corporate Counsel's Primer on International Privacy and Security (July 2007), the advertising section of the "ABA Model Web Site: A Knowledge Management Approach to E-Business Model Web Site" that provides guidance on "best practices" for Internet issues, as well as Co-Chair and principle author of the Privacy and Security Section of the ABA's new publication, "Selling Products and Services and Licensing Software Online: An Interactive Guide With Legal Forms and Commentary to Privacy, Security and Consumer Law Issues", (June 2007). Mr. Serwin was recently appointed to the privacy and the legal subcommittees of the Privacy & Security Advisory Board of the California Health and Human Services Agency by the California Office of HIPAA Implementation. The committee is charged with developing standards for California's Interoperable Health Information Exchange for electronic health information, which includes creating and adopting a process to develop and set overall standards, overseeing the coordination, analysis, and promulgation of privacy and security requirements for the Health Information Exchange, researching and developing model contracts and related documents, and providing guidance regarding the interaction of HIPAA and California law. He is also a member of the San Diego Chapter of the San Diego FBI Infragard Group, an organization dedicated to promoting ongoing dialogue and timely communication between information technology companies and the FBI. As a member, he receives daily, non-public briefings on information security and other threats, including early warnings about new attacks on financial services companies or healthcare providers. He was also recognized as a "Southern California Super Lawyer" in 2007 and 2008, is AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell, and was previously identified as one of the leading intellectual property attorneys by the Daily Transcript in its 2005 "Top Attorneys List." He is also the former Co-Chair of the California State Bar's Cyberspace Law Committee, and the former chair of the San Diego County Bar Association's Web site Committee from 2002-2004. Mr. Serwin is also a frequent presenter and commentator on technology and legal matters. He is also a columnist for The Daily Transcript on technology issues. Mr. Serwin also serves on the editorial board of Thomson-West's Cyberspace Lawyer, as well as the Privacy and Information Law Report. He is also a member of the Publications Board of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association. (619) 685-6428 www.FOLEY.COM

Mari Frank Interviews Barbara Lawler, Chief Privacy Officer, Intuit, Inc.

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Barbara Lawler is the first Chief Privacy Officer at Intuit. Her company makes TurboTax®, Quicken®, QuickBooks®, and other specialized software and services that transform business and financial management for small businesses, accounting professionals, taxpayers and consumers. The California-based firm has over 7,500 employees with major offices in 13 states, in Canada, United Kingdom and India with customers around world. Barbara leads the Intuit privacy team, and is responsible for creating and driving privacy and personal information use strategy, policy and implementation, regulatory analysis to deliver the best experiences to customers and employees. Intuit was recognized as the second “Most Trusted Company for Privacy” in 2008. Prior to Intuit, Barbara was the CPO at Hewlett Packard. While there she led a global team that was responsible for online and offline privacy strategy, policy and standards. She was the driver for implementing customer-friendly privacy policies and practices, helping HP to become a recognized leader in privacy. This culminated in HP’s selection as the “Most Trusted Company for Privacy” in 2005. Barb has been a member of the International Association of Privacy Practitioners (IAPP) Board of Directors, the Center for Information Policy Leadership (CIPL) Executive Committee, Ponemon Institute RIM Council Advisory Board Chair, and has served on the California Office of Privacy Protection Advisory Board. She speaks frequently on privacy issues and has testified before the U.S. Congress House and Senate and the Internal Revenue Service. Her past management experience includes direct and channel marketing, data management and systems administration. Visit the Intuit Privacy webpage at http://www.intuit.com/privacy/

Mari Frank Interviews Paul Paray, Security and Privacy Expert and Scott Ernst, Technology Security and Privacy Expert

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Paul Paray Paul provides consultative advice to those companies looking to navigate new media, tech E&O, and privacy exposures. Paul has held a number of senior insurer positions, including most recently with the CNA miscellaneous professional liability division where he helped lead the team tasked with growing the CNA media and technology E&O products. Before that, he was the Technology and Media Product Manager for National Union/AIG where he developed and managed media and network security products for the professional liability division. Prior to that, he managed the New York Regional office for AIG eBusiness Risk Solutions and was the Director of Complex Claims at AIG Technical Services responsible for handling some of its biggest technology E&O and media claims. Prior to entering the insurance industry in 2002, Paul was the owner of an intellectual property law practice; was General Counsel and EVP of Geometrix, Inc. in San Jose, California; and was a commercial litigator with Lord Day & Lord and Pitney, Hardin Kipp & Szuch. Paul has authored numerous articles published in periodicals such as the Newsletter of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; The Risk Management Letter; and CyberEdge Journal. He has been an invited speaker at numerous events, including: RIMS Annual Meeting; ABA, Litigation Section, Insurance Coverage Committee Annual Meeting; and Law Journal Seminars Future of E-Commerce Seminar. He has been interviewed and quoted by numerous periodicals, including: Crittenden Specialty Coverages Insider; Christian Science Monitor; Smart Reseller; The Financial Post; The Newark Star-Ledger; The New York Times; The Toronto Globe and Mail; and The Vancouver Sun. Paul is a graduate of Muhlenberg College and Seton Hall University School of Law. Scott Ernst A 20-year industry veteran, Scott provides advisory and advocacy services related to technology, media, data security and privacy risks. In addition, Scott's broad P&C background provides him with a valuable understanding of numerous risks and coverages including; management liability, commercial property, casualty, and various non-standard risk transfer designs. In his current role, Scott's work increasingly entails technology and media E&O, intellectual property protection, the effective protection of intangible assets and the rapidly emerging issues of data security and privacy. Scott has held a number of senior positions in the insurance industry including management positions at Marsh & McLennan, Frenkel & Co. and Chubb Executive Risk. Scott also founded and served as President of Insurecast, a specialty technology risk management firm which was subsequently acquired by a larger brokerage. Scott is a published author and has spoken on insurance topics at seminars sponsored by the Professional Liability Underwriting Society, The Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS), the New York State Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association, and the New Jersey Insurance Coverage Institute. Scott is a member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) and former Chair of the PLUS Eastern Chapter. Scott is a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Business.

Mari Frank Interviews Erwin Chemerinsky, Esq., Founding Dean UCI School of Law

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Erwin Chemerinsky, a nationally renowned professor of constitutional law and federal civil procedure at Duke University, was named founding dean of UC Irvine’s law school, effective July 1, 2008. As dean, Chemerinsky will be responsible for the school’s academic and administrative leadership, including developing and implementing a scholarly and educational vision that will take the school from start-up to top-tier status; managing the school’s budget; and cultivating a broad base of private and corporate support for a new building and a law library. Chemerinsky has been the Alston & Bird Professor of Law and professor of political science at Duke University since 2004. Previously he was the Sydney M. Irmas Professor of Public Interest Law, Legal Ethics & Political Science at the University of Southern California Law School for 21 years, and director of the university’s Center for Communications Law & Policy from 2000 to 2004. He also served as a professor at DePaul College of Law from 1980 to 1983, and practiced law as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice and at Dobrovir, Oakes & Gebhart in Washington, D.C. Chemerinsky is the author of four books: Federal Jurisdiction (2007), Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies (2006), Constitutional Law (2005), and Interpreting the Constitution (1987). He is the author of more than 100 articles that have appeared in journals such as the Harvard Law Review, Michigan Law Review, Northwestern Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Stanford Law Review and Yale Law Journal. He regularly writes on the Supreme Court for California Lawyer, Los Angeles Daily Journal and Trial Magazine, and regularly serves as a commentator on legal issues for national and local media. In 2005, he was named by Legal Affairs as one of the “top 20 legal thinkers in America” and the Daily Journal named him one of the most influential lawyers in California annually from 1998 to 2003. He is a recipient of the 2003 President’s Award from the Criminal Courts Bar Association, the 2003 Freedom of Information Award from the Society for Professional Journalists, the 2002 Community Service Award from the Western Center on Law & Poverty, the 2001 Community Service Award from the Anti-Defamation League and the 2001 Clarence Darrow Award from the People’s College of Law, to name just a few. He frequently argues appellate cases, including in the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Courts of Appeals, and has testified frequently before congressional and state legislative committees. He received his bachelor’s from Northwestern University and J.D. from Harvard Law School. http://www.law.uci.edu/

Mari Frank Interviews Dr. Alan Westin, Privacy Expert, Professor, Author

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Dr. Alan F. Westin is Professor of Public Law and Government Emeritus at Columbia University; former Publisher of Privacy & American Business; and former President of the Center for Social & Legal Research. He is the author or editor of 26 books on constitutional law, civil liberties and civil rights, privacy, and American politics, and has been listed in Who's Who in America for three decades. In 2005, Dr. Westin received the Privacy Leadership Award of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, the leading U.S. organization of business, government, and non-profit privacy officers. Professor Westin's major books on privacy -- Privacy and Freedom (1967) and Databanks in a Free Society (1972) -- were pioneering works that prompted U.S. privacy legislation and helped launch global privacy movements in many democratic nations in the 1960's and 70's. He has also specialized in studying the impact of information technologies on national and local governmental operations, from decision-making to citizen services and freedom of information administration, illustrated by his 1971 book, Information Technology in a Democracy. Over the past forty years, Dr. Westin has been a member of U.S. federal and state government privacy commissions and an expert witness before legislative committees and regulatory agencies. These activities cover privacy issues in financial services, credit and consumer-reporting, direct marketing, health care, telecommunications, employment, law enforcement, online and interactive services, survey research, and social-services. Dr. Westin has been a privacy consultant to many U.S. federal, state, and local government agencies and government research foundations. These include the Departments of Commerce and Energy, the National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety, the General Services Administration, the National Bureau of Standards, Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Science Foundation, the New York State Identification and Intelligence System, and SEARCH: The National Consortium o f State Criminal Justice Information Systems. He has consulted on privacy and helped write privacy codes for over one hundred companies, including IBM, Security Pacific National Bank, Equifax, American Express, Citicorp, Bell Atlantic, Intel, Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Prudential, Bank of America, Chrysler, A.T.&T., SmithKline Beecham, News Corporation, VISA, Merck, and Glaxo Wellcome. He has also spoken about privacy at more than 800 national and international business and industry and scholarly meetings since the late 1960's, as well as appearing on hundreds of national and international television programs. He has keynoted privacy conferences around the world, from Canada to England, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Japan and Hong Kong. Between 1978 and 2008, he has been the academic advisor to Louis Harris & Associates (now Harris Interactive) for more than 50 national surveys of public and leadership attitudes toward consumer, employee, and citizen privacy issues, in the United States, Canada, Germany, Britain and Japan. He has also done 20 planning and proprietary privacy surveys for companies, generally with Opinion Research Corporation of Princeton, N.J. In 1993, Dr. Westin founded Privacy & American Business, a non-profit think tank that provided expert analysis and a balanced voice on business-privacy issues. P&AB published a bi-monthly newsletter; conducted an annual national conference in Washington on "Managing The Privacy Revolution"; and led a Corporate Privacy Leadership Program and a Global Business Privacy Policies Project. P&AB also managed privacyexchange.org - a global Internet web site on consumers, commerce, and data protection worldwide, covering privacy developments in over 100 nations. The Center finished its work in the Fall of 2006. Also in 1993, Dr. Westin founded - along with Washington attorney Robert R. Belair - the Privacy consulting Group (PCG). This is now the oldest privacy-consulting boutique in the U.S. Its clients include leading financial services, telecommunication, pharmaceutical, health-care, and Internet firms. Current clients include Google, Boeing, and Yahoo! PCG leads the Center for Strategic Privacy Studies and Programs as well as the Program on Electronic Health Records and Privacy. PCG also partners with Harris Interactive on surveys dealing with consumer, employee, and citizen privacy.

Mari Frank Interviews Craig Williams, Esq, author of How to Get Sued

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:00:00 -0800

J. Craig Williams is the founding member of WLF | The Williams Lindberg Law Firm, PC Mr. Williams' practice focuses in the areas of complex business litigation with emphasis on environmental, real estate, land-use and technology law, together with their respective insurance coverage and related tort issues. Mr. Williams also handles white-collar criminal matters. Mr. Williams is author of How To Get Sued : An Instructional Guide- a witty approach to litigation. From the top 10 ways to get sued to the unwritten rules for dealing with judges, author J. Craig Williams shines an irreverent light on America's court system. The author of the popular blog "May It Please the Court", Williams puts together an entertaining, accessible take on the world of litigation. Readers will walk away amused and enlightened, and with a better view of what the world of litigation is really like in America's courtrooms. His popular blog "May It Please the Court", which gets more than 13,000 hits daily and is a three-time award winner from the Los Angeles Press Club. His views also are featured on Legal Talk Network, an internet radio show where he is a co-host on "Lawyer2Lawyer." An accomplished speaker, Mr. Williams lectures as an adjunct professor at the University of California at Irvine on Toxics Law, the UCI Extension Environmental Management Program on The Regulatory Framework for Hazardous and Toxic Materials, Stanford Law School on Environmental Insurance Coverage, the University of Iowa College of Law on Trial Advocacy and at Chapman University School of Law on Legal Writing and Research. He was a contributing reporter on environmental litigation of the "ABA Real Estate Quarterly Report," and is the author of many articles, including "Son of the California Environmental Quality Act: A Look at Public Resources Code 21081.6," 33 Orange County Lawyer 36 (1991) and Co-author of "The Practical Implications of the Aerojet Decision, California Environmental Law and Remediation Reporter," April, 1998. Mr. Williams' experience includes practice at nationally recognized law firms and has appeared as lead litigation counsel in numerous states. Mr. Williams enjoys scuba diving and is both a Divemaster and Scuba Instructor, certified by the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI). He is also a downhill snow skier, and is certified as a Level One Instructor by the Professional Ski Instructors Association. He is an avid sailor, having sailed and interned in the Tall Ships Race on board the square-sail Barkentine, the United States Coast Guard Cutter Eagle. He was a member of the Coast Guard Academy Sailing Team in New London, Connecticut. Mr. Williams has also crewed for the America's Cup America3 helmsman and Olympic Gold medal winner Buddy Melges. jcraigwms@WLF-law.com http://www.WLF-law.com http://www.MayItPleaseTheCourt.com http://www.HowToGetSued.com

Mari Frank interviews Mark Sevigny - Prosecutor, White Collar Crimes

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Mark Alan Sevigny graduated from the University of San Diego with a Juris Doctor in May 1977, after receiving a BA from San Diego State in Political Science with honors in 1973. He passed California State Bar Exam in August 1977 and went to work for the Orange County District Attorney's Office in February of 1978. In his thirty years as prosecutor, Mr. Sevigny tried over ninety jury trials, including twenty-five homicides, eleven felony sexual assault cases, and numerous major fraud cases. He worked in almost every unit of the office, including five years in the Major Fraud Unit in the 1980's and again between January 1999 and February 2008. His activity in gang homicide investigations and prosecutions between 1990 and 1994 helped to formulate the legal and evidentiary strategies by which gang-related homicide cases were vigorously pursued and tried in Orange County. From 1995 through 1997 he worked as one of the lead attorneys in the criminal investigation of the Orange County Bankruptcy case, including a nine-month presentation of evidence to the Orange County Grand Jury concerning the role of investment firms in the county's financial calamity. This investigation eventually led to a $30 million unfair business practices settlement with Merrill Lynch. After that he served as supervising deputy district attorney in charge of Law and Motion of the District Attorney's Office for over a year and a half before returning to the Economic Crimes Unit in 1999 to be part of the Major Fraud and High Tech Crimes division. During his tenure with the office Mr. Sevigny trained fellow prosecutors in the District Attorney's Office and through the California District Attorneys Association on documentary evidence, identity theft, complex case preparation, and major fraud issues. Mr. Sevigny officially retired from the district attorney's office in February 2008, but still works there as a prosecutor on a part-time basis. He is also available as a consultant to private industry and insurance companies on issues relating to fraud and computer-related crimes.

Mari Frank Interviews Larry Ponemon and Susan Jayson -Ponemon Institute

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Dr. Larry Ponemon, is a pioneer in the development of privacy audits, privacy risk management and ethical information management. He is the chairman and founder of The Ponemon Institute. Based upon his vast experience in the fields of corporate governance, privacy compliance, data protection and business ethics, he consults with leading multinational organizations on global privacy management programs. Dr. Ponemon was appointed to the Advisory Committee for Privacy for the United States Federal Trade Commission and to two California State task forces on privacy and data security laws. Dr. Ponemon was recently appointed by the Governor of Arizona to serve as public member of State Board of Optometry. Dr. Ponemon has held chaired faculty positions at Babson College and SUNY Binghamton and he's published dozens of articles and five learned books. He is a frequent media commentator on privacy and other business ethics topics for CNN, Fox News, CBS, CNBC, MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Financial Times, Business 2.0, Newsweek, Business Week, U.S. News & World Report, Computerworld, CIO Magazine, Industry Standard, Boston Globe, InfoWorld, InformationWeek, Forbes, Fortune, CFO Magazine, Red Herring, Dow Jones News and others. His research studies are well respected and have a profound impact on the manner in which corporations are changing their approach to important privacy issues.You can learn more at www.ponemon.org Susan Jayson Susan Jayson is executive director and co-founder of Ponemon Institute, LLC. In this role, Susan is responsible for managing the Institute's operations, including research on privacy and information management issues. Susan's background includes marketing, investor relations and corporate communications for such leading organizations as KPMG Peat Marwick, Arthur Andersen and the Financial Relations Board.

Mari Frank interviews Jonathan Zittrain, Professor, Author of the "Future of the Internet and How to Stop It"

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Jonathan Zittrain holds the Chair in Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University and is a principal of the Oxford Internet Institute. He is also the Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Visiting Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School, where he co-founded Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society in 1996. With students, he began Chilling Effects, a web site that tracks and archives legal threats made to Internet content producers. Google now sends its users to Chilling Effects when it has altered its search results at the behest of national governments. His research interests include battles for control of digital property and content, cryptography, electronic privacy, the roles of intermediaries within Internet architecture, and the useful and unobtrusive deployment of technology in education. He was co-counsel with Lawrence Lessig in Eldred v. Ashcroft, which challenged the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998. The case lost 7-2 at the Supreme Court. He performed the first large-scale tests of Internet filtering in China and Saudi Arabia in 2002, and now as part of the OpenNet Initiative he has co-edited a study of Internet filtering by national governments, "Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering." His book about the future of the now-intertwined Internet and PC is available Yale University Press and Penguin UK -- and under a Creative Commons license. Papers may be found at http://www.jz.org.

Mari Frank Interviews Eric Lichtblau, Pulitzer Prize Winner, author of Bush's Law, The Remaking of American Justice

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:00:00 -0800

For his work on the domestic spying scandal, Lichtblau is the recipient of a Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting and is also this year's recipient, with Times reporter James Risen, of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. The Pulitzer jury applauded them "for their carefully sourced stories on secret domestic eavesdropping that stirred a national debate on the boundary line between fighting terrorism and protecting civil liberty." Lichtblau has recently uncovered more government monitoring activities. The Swift story, in which counter-terrorism officials accessed the banking transactions of thousands of Americans from an international database, has alarmed many. The government's departure from typical practice in how they acquire large amounts of sensitive financial data has stirred concerns about legal and privacy issues. Eric Lichtblau covers federal law enforcement and national security issues for the Washington bureau of The New York Times. Before coming to the Times, he worked for the The Los Angeles Times for 15 years in both California and Washington, focusing on investigative reporting, legal affairs and law enforcement. He is currently working on a book on the remaking of federal law enforcement since 9/11. Lichtblau is also a guest commentator on television, appearing frequently on CNN, CNBC's Hardball, PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and C-SPAN's Washington Journal. He also appears regularly on NPR's All Things Considered. Lichtblau has given speeches for Cornell University, Syracuse University, Mensa, judicial and academic conferences, and other forums.

Mari Frank Interviews Beth Givens Director of the Privacyrights Clearinghouse

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Beth Givens is founder and director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC), a nonprofit advocacy, research, and consumer education program located in San Diego, California. The PRC was established in 1992 with funding from the California Public Utilities Commission's Telecommunications Education Trust. It is an independent program of the Utility Consumers' Action Network, a nonprofit organization that advocates for consumers' interests regarding telecommunications, energy and the Internet. The PRC maintains a complaint/information hotline on informational privacy issues, the only one of its kind in the country. It publishes a series of guides on informational privacy issues. Topics include Internet privacy, wireless communications, credit reporting, identity theft, telemarketing, medical records, workplace privacy, employment screening, unsolicited mail, government records, children's online privacy, among others. These are available at the PRC's web site, www.privacyrights.org. Givens frequently speaks and conducts workshops on the issue of privacy. She has participated in many media interviews including: The News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS), CBS Evening News, CNN, 60 Minutes, 48 Hours, Good Morning America, Court TV, NBC Evening News, CBS Weekend News, and major U.S. daily newspapers. She has testified on privacy public policy concerns before the U.S. Senate, the California Legislature, the California Public Utilities Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency. In addition, Givens has been a member of several task forces examining privacy-related public policy issues:: California Office of Privacy Protection Advisory Committee; Truste Wireless Privacy Committee; Justice Management Institute's Electronic Court Records Advisory Committee; Task Force on Criminal Records Identity Theft; California Legislature's Joint Task Force on Personal Information and Privacy; California Judicial Council Subcommittee on Privacy and Access; Internet Policy Committee of the San Diego Public Library; and the Mayor of San Diego's City of the Future Task Force. She has served on the U.S. Census Advisory Committee, California Radio Frequency ID Advisory Committee, and the California REAL ID Task Force,. Many of Givens' speeches and testimony are available on the PRC Web site under "Speeches&Testimony," www.privacyrights.org/ar. Givens was awarded a Pioneer Award in 2002 from the Electronic Frontier Foundations. The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse is a 2000 award recipient from The Foundation for Improvement of Justice for its work in assisting victims of identity theft. Givens is a recipient of the 2000 Privacy International Brandeis Award. Ms. Givens contributed articles on identity theft to two encyclopedias: World Book (2004) and Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment (2002). She also contributed a chapter to the 2006 book, RFID: Applications, Security and Privacy. She is the author of The Privacy Rights Handbook: How to Take Control of Your Personal Information (Avon Books, 1997). She is co-author of Privacy Piracy (with Mari Frank) : A Guide to Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft. Givens is also co-author and editor of the PRC's fact sheets, on the Web at www.privacyrights.org/fs. Voice: 619-298-3396 Web:www.privacyrights.or

Mari Frank Interviews Byron Achohido, Tech Journalist USA Today and author of Zero Day Threat

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Byron Acohido is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist who covers Internet security for USA Today. He is the co-author of Zero Day Threat: The Shocking Truth of How Banks and Credit Bureaus Help Cyber Crooks Steal Your Money and Identity. While at the Seattle Times earlier in his career, he was awarded the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting, for stories linking a dangerous defect in the rudder controls of Boeing 737 jetliners to a string of crashes that killed hundreds of people. Since joining USA Today, Acohido has led the paper's cutting-edge coverage of Internet security and cyber crime. The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants recently awarded he and co-author Jon Swartz the 2008 Excellence in Financial Journalism Awards for their newspaper stories about data theft and identity fraud. In 2005, the Society of American Business Editors and Writers awarded Acohido and Swartz the Best in Business Award for Projects by large newspapers; and they were named finalists in both 2005 and 2006 for the prestigious Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. Acohido has conducted numerous workshops on aviation safety, investigative journalism and technology topics. To hear Acohido discuss the public's rising exposure to data theft and identity fraud please visit http://zerodaythreat.com.

Mari Frank Interviews Yolanda Hammond Auditor and Victim of ID Theft

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:00:00 -0800

As an internal auditor Ms. Hammond is trained to identify or improve controls to prevent fraud within her company. She has been able to use some of her skills and training in her personal life. She has always done a great deal to protect her identity, including shredding everything with her name and address, reviewing her social security statement regularly, reviewing her credit report more than once a year, and opting out of telephone and mail marketing. One afternoon in December 2005, Ms. Hammond was contacted by a credit card company attempting to verify that she had opened an account. She had not opened the account and hadn't authorized anyone else to open an account. She cancelled the credit card and by that evening she discovered there were other fraudulent accounts including a car loan. Ms. Hammond requested a fraud alert be placed on her credit report. From that point on she spent hours disputing fraudulent information, trying to figure out what other fraudulent activities there might be and wondering who got her personal information and how. She now had a second job auditing and analyzing information - almost every day after work she was writing letters, making phone calls, or checking the mail for evidence of other fraudulent activities. Fortunately, her diligent efforts lead to the arrest of the identity thief in early 2006. The thief had outstanding warrants for similar activities and had access to personal information - her information - while employed by Matria. Although the thief is currently in jail you can't help but wonder what happened? How did this person get access to Ms. Hammond's personal information? What could Matria have done to make sure that Ms. Hammond didn't lose control of her life. Hopefully, by sharing her story some companies will make sure they do everything possible to protect customer information and prevent even one person from experiencing the helplessness of identity theft. Ms. Hammond graduated from the University of Tennessee with a B. S. in Accounting. Immediately following graduation she went to work for a federal contractor as an internal auditor. She has worked at the same place for 24 years and has been married for 23 years. Her job involves performing independent and objective evaluations of the adequacy and effectiveness of management control systems and quality of performance. In this role she performs a variety of audits that ultimately help the company do things right and do the right things. In this interview she will enlighten you to find out what she thinks should be done in companies.

Mari Frank Interviews Jen and David Fountain, Victims of ID theft

Wed, 28 May 2008 17:00:00 -0800

David M. Fountain is a professional truck driver for a national transportation company. He is 36 years old, and lives in Essex, Vermont with his wife and two children. He has lived in Vermont for twelve years, and before that he was a resident of New York State. He earned an Associate's degree from Clinton Community College, with a major in criminal justice. Jennifer Fountain, his wife, graduated from the Fanny Allen School of Practical Nursing, as an LPN and worked as a nurse for 15 years. She is currently working as a Para educator in the Essex Town School System. She is 36 years old as well and has lived in Vermont her whole life. She has spent the past five months learning about Identity theft and its surrounding issues and problems.

Mari Frank Interviews Dr. Deborah Peel, Medical Privacy Expert

Wed, 21 May 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Deborah C. Peel, M.D. is Chair and Founder of Patient Privacy Rights, a national consumer medical privacy watchdog organization. Peel is a nationally recognized expert on medical privacy. She has been a proponent of retaining the Hippocratic Oath and medical ethics as the foundation for a patient-centered healthcare system for over a decade. She has testified before Congress and NCVHS on medical privacy, genetic privacy, and pharmacy benefits managers. Peel has practiced Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis for 29 years. For eleven years, she was Chief of Psychiatry at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, TX, where she ran the section of 100+ psychiatrists. She is a past President of the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians and a past President of the National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers. Her experiences as a practicing physician, watching the elimination of medical privacy and the resulting harm to patients convinced her of the need for a strong national consumer advocacy organization dedicated to saving medical privacy rights. As a mother and consumer she could not in good conscience leave the design and control of our national healthcare system and protection of patient privacy to industry. http://www.patientprivacyrights.org

Mari Frank Interviews UCI Professor Alice Silverberg, Expert on Cryptology

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Alice Silverberg Professor of Mathematics and Computer Sciences talks about Encryption technology .

Mari Frank Interviews Chris Hoofnagle, Esq. Privacy Expert

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:00:00 -0800

hris Jay Hoofnagle is senior staff attorney to the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic and senior fellow with the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. His focus is consumer privacy law. He is admitted to practice law in California and the District of Columbia. Mr. Hoofnagle was the former director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center's West Coast Office in San Francisco, California. He has testified before Congress on privacy and Social Security Numbers, identity theft, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Security Breaches and before the Judicial Conference of the U.S. on public records and privacy. Chris' past work has focused on financial services privacy, gender and privacy, commercial profiling and telemarketing, commercial data brokers, and the privacy implications of emerging technologies including invasive advertising and Digital Rights Management. He participated in the Amy Boyer case, where the New Hampshire Supreme Court held that information brokers and private investigators can be liable for the harms caused by selling personal information. His writings on the First Amendment and privacy have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Knight Ridder News Service, and in law journals at Columbia Law School, Notre Dame Law School, the University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill, and at the University of Illinois . Chris is a graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law and is a member of the California, Maryland, and District of Columbia Bars.During Summer 1999, Chris was a law fellow for the American Association of University Professors. http://www.law.berkeley.edu/clinics/samuelson/

Mari Frank Esq. Interviews Len Bennett , Esq. Consumer Attorney

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Leonard A. Bennett. Born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1965. George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia: B.S. 1989, Business Administration (Finance); George Mason University School of Law and Economics, Arlington, Virginia: J.D. 1994. International Committee on Discussion and Debate (ICDD), United States delegation to Russia, 1994. Admitted to Virginia State Bar 1994. Admitted to North Carolina State Bar 1995. Overman, Cowardin & Martin, P.C. 1994-1998, Newport News, Virginia. Leonard A. Bennett, P.C. 1998-present, Newport News, Virginia. Admitted to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1994. Admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2002. Admitted to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 2003. Admitted to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2003. Admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States, 2005. Admitted to multiple other courts pro hac vice. Member National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA), Virginia State Bar Association, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Newport News Bar Association. Speaker, Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Landlord-Tenant Law 2000, Norfolk, Virginia; Speaker, Virginia CLE Legal Aid Hotline 2002, Hampton, Virginia; Speaker and Panelist, NACA Fair Credit Reporting Act National Conference 2003, Orlando, Florida; Speaker, Autofraud CLE, Norfolk Naval Base, Navy Legal Services, January 2004; Speaker, Consumer Law, Naval Justice School, Newport, Rhode Island, March 2004; Speaker, Virginia CLE, Consumer Protection Law, April 2004; Member Steering Committee, Speaker and Panelist, NACA Fair Credit Reporting Act National Conference 2004; Identity Theft CLE, Oklahoma State Bar, May 2004; Speaker, Consumer Law Section, Michigan State Bar, October 2004; Identity Theft CLE, Virginia State Bar, November 2004; Speaker and Panelist, "Changing Faces of Consumer Law" CLE Seminar, American Bar Association, December 2004; Speaker, Consumer Law, Naval Justice School, Newport, Rhode Island, March 2005. Presented NACA's Congressional Testimony before House Committee on Financial Services, "Fair Credit Reporting Act: How it Functions for Consumers and the Economy", June 4, 2003, Proposed Amendments to the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, http://financialservices.house.gov/media/pdf/060403lb.pdf. Practice is limited to the representation of consumers. Litigated cases throughout the country and am currently involved in cases throughout Virginia and in California, North Carolina, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Arizona. Litigated multiple class actions in South Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and California. www.myfaircredit.com

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Joanne McNabb and other experts at the Cyber Safe Summitt

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:00:00 -0800

oanne McNabb is Chief of the California Office of Privacy Protection. Created by legislation in 2001, the first-in-the-nation Office is a resource and advocate on identity theft and other privacy issues. In addition to providing information and education for consumers, the Office also publishes privacy practice recommendations for business and other organizations. McNabb is co-chair of the International Association of Privacy Professionals' Government Working Group and a member of the Privacy Advisory Committee to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Before starting up the Office of Privacy Protection, McNabb had over 20 years experience in public affairs and marketing, in both the public and private sectors, including five years with an international marketing company in France. Her marketing background gives her an understanding of the commercial uses of personal information that have become a significant privacy concern. McNabb attended Occidental College and holds a master's degree in Medieval Literature from the University of California, Davis. www.privacy.ca.gov

Mari Frank Interviews Aissa Wayne, Esq. Author of John Wayne My Father, Privacy and Celebrities

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Prior to practicing family law, Ms. Wayne was a criminal prosecutor for the City of Los Angeles. As a prosecutor, she handled over 500 criminal cases and was the lead prosecutor in over 50 criminal and domestic violence jury trials in her capacity as a Deputy City Attorney for the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office. Her substantial litigation experience and background places her in the top ranks of the family law field. As a result of her unique background, she brings an understanding of matters dealing with family law to her practice. She attributes her past and current successes to persistence, dedication and strong moral and spiritual conviction. Ms. Wayne testified before the House of Representatives for the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office on domestic violence bills dealing with domestic violence and family law issues. She has also been a guest speaker and legal analyst on live television shows including CNN-Larry King Live and FOX News. She has also spoken for several reputable professional organizations. Currently, Ms. Wayne is serving on the Auxiliary Board of the John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica, California. Ms. Wayne is also a member of the Congressional Business Advisory Council in Washington D.C. Her publishing credits include the acclaimed Random House Publication book, "John Wayne, My Father," as a personal memoir to her father, the late actor John Wayne. She has also authored several articles including "Celebrity Divorce", recently published in the Orange County Lawyer Magazine. Ms. Wayne attended the University of Southern California as an undergraduate. She was admitted to the California Bar in January 1995. Her memberships include Los Angeles and Orange County Bar Associations and Theta Phi Law Fraternity, International. www.Waynelawgroup.com

Mari Frank Interviews Amit Yoran, CEO of Netwitness and Kevin Nixon MSA, CISSP, CISM

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:00:00 -0800

mit Yoran Amit Yoran led the management buyout of NetWitness from ManTech in 2006 and serves as the Chairman and CEO. Prior to NetWitness, he was appointed as Director of the National Cyber Security Division of Homeland Security, and as CEO and advisor to In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the CIA. Formerly Mr Yoran served as the Vice President of Worldwide Managed Security Services at the Symantec Corporation. Mr. Yoran was the co-founder of Riptech, a market leading IT security company, and served as its CEO until the company was acquired by Symantec in 2002. He served as an officer in the United States Air Force in the Department of Defense's Computer Emergency Response Team. www.netwitness.com Kevin Nixon Kevin Nixon has over 25 years experience in MIS design and development, Information Security, Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery and US and European Regulatory Compliance. He joined Datacastle in January 2008 as the Director of Security Business Strategy & Product Marketing. Kevin was responsible for public policy review and compliance analysis. He educates corporate management and staff on pending and existing technology legislation relevant to client employees, customers, partners, and vendors. In his role, Kevin has testified before the Republican High Tech Task Force, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee & the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and several infrastructure security boards and committees including: * Disaster Recovery Workgroup for the Office of Homeland Security (under Richard Clarke, Special Advisor to the President for Cyberspace Security and Chairman of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Board) * Executive Board of the Internet Security Alliance (ISA) * Chairman of the Best Practices Information Security Management Committee, ISA * Executive Board Member of the Accredited Standards Committee, X9, Inc., the only industry-wide forum that brings together bankers, securities professionals, manufacturers, regulators, associations, consultants, and others in the financial services arena to address technical problems, find the best solutions, and codify them as nationally accepted standards. * US TC68-SC2 & US TC68-SC6 Delegation Member to the International Standards Organization (ISO) on Financial Data Protection, Privacy and Security Standards * Consultant to the Federal Trade Commission on the roll out of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACTA) on web security best practices for the AnnualCreditReport.com website * Appeared as Cyber-terrorism Expert on CNBC�s Squawk Box with Mark Haines Kevin served as Director of Information Systems Security & Business Continuity at Alliance Data Systems and as the Banking Security Officer of World Financial Network National Bank. Kevin has held positions for oversight of all regulatory compliance, data security, and data privacy issues as well as; compliance with FFIEC Banking Regulations and directed the OCC & SAS 70 Audits for the corporation. From 1984 until 1997, Kevin worked for AMR AA/SABRE where he held various management positions of increasing responsibility. In 1995, Kevin managed the SABRE division's implementation and compliance to all European Union & European Commission regulations for Computerized Reservation Systems, which also included external audit management, and all SABRE contract management. Kevin is known for building strategic alliances, converting complicated regulatory and compliance language and translating it into common sense, easy to understand solutions. Kevin is a Master Security Architect (MSA); a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP); a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and attended the SMU Cox School of Business. Contact Information: Kevin M. Nixon, MSA, CISSP, CISM Mobile (214) 649-6305 E-mail: Kevin.Nixon@datacastlecorp.com Company Webpage: http://www.datacastlecorp.com Media Relations Contact: media@datacastlecorp

Mari FRank Interviews Rick D'Angona Chief Security Officer of Experian at Data Protection Summit

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:00:00 -0800

ick D'Angona is Chief Information Security Officer for Experian Americas. Rick has overall responsibility for information security strategies across Experian business units. He works to bridge the gap between the technical aspects of information security and executive management by providing guidance on best practice compliance controls as a way to support corporate objectives. He presents to Experian audiences around the United States and collaborates with the Experian UK team to continually improve the application of information security principles to the rapidly changing business environment. Rick was a featured speaker at the 5th World Consumer Credit Reporting Conference held in Capetown, South Africa in October, 2006. Rick joined Experian in January 2005 after serving as Vice President of Corporate Information Security at State Street Corporation where his responsibilities included governing the implementation of security controls for the world's largest custodian of mutual funds. Prior to joining State Street he was Director of Online Brokerage for Fidelity Investments, responsible for enhancing the electronic distribution channels to increase sales revenues and minimize costs. He was involved in all aspects of the process including targeted marketing campaigns, regulatory compliance and print/mail fulfillment. Rick has more than 25 years experience in information systems management, application development and design and is now meeting the significant challenge of providing security solutions for Experian.

Mari Frank, Esq Interviews Kathyrn Montgomery, Professor , Author of Generation Digital

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Tom Coughlin Tom is the Founder and President of Coughlin Associates and Chairman of the 2007 Data Protection Summit. Tom has over 25 years of experience in the data storage industry as a working engineer and high level technical and corporate executive. For several years he has been collaborating with the Center for Magnetic Recording Research at the University of California, San Diego on the sanitization of disk drive data. In addition to regular technical and market consulting projects he is the publisher of several reports covering technology and applications for digital storage devices and systems including storage components, capital spending, storage technology trends, a series on storage and digital entertainment and a series on system storage. He has 6 patents on magnetic recording and related technologies. Tom is the founder and organizer of the annual Storage Visions Conference (which celebrated its sixth year in 2007). Tom is a senior member and officer of the Santa Clara Valley IEEE, as well as a member of APS, AVS, IDEMA, SNIA, AAAS, and SMPTE. Websites:www.dataprotectionsummit.com or www.TomCoughlin.com Jay Kramer Jay brings to iStor over 20 years of sales and marketing executive management experience. He has been a world recognized technology consultant specializing in the network storage industry for both private and NASDAQ listed organizations along with providing consulting services to the leading network storage product companies. Prior to joining iStor Networks, Kramer was Chairman of the ILM Summit and Data Protection Summit which are leading sources of information on network storage. His background includes the emergence of Infinity I/O Inc. as a leading provider of storage network education, training, and certification. Jay has an extensive marketing management background having been VP of Marketing for Creative Design Solutions, Inc., an OEM provider of Network Attached Storage (NAS) technology, VP of Marketing for Maxtor/Seagate Corporation which acquired CDS and Director of Strategic Planning & Business Development for the Storage Systems Division of Unisys Corporation. In this position, Kramer directed their fibre channel and storage networking business initiatives. Kramer has also served the network storage industry in a number of leadership positions over the last decade. He was previously elected to the Board of Directors of the Fibre Channel Industry Association for 7 years running and served as the first CFO for the organization. He continues to serve in an advisory position with leading technology conferences such as the Flash Memory Summit and Data Protection Summit. Jay has also been a featured speaker for many industry conferences including Storage Networking World and Storage World Conference. Jay holds dual degrees in Marketing and Finance from The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University. Visit Jay's Website: www.istor.com

Mari Frank Interviews TomCoughlin, Technology Expert and Jay Kramer VP Marketing IStore

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:00:00 -0800

om is the Founder and President of Coughlin Associates and Chairman of the 2007 Data Protection Summit. Tom has over 25 years of experience in the data storage industry as a working engineer and high level technical and corporate executive. For several years he has been collaborating with the Center for Magnetic Recording Research at the University of California, San Diego on the sanitization of disk drive data. In addition to regular technical and market consulting projects he is the publisher of several reports covering technology and applications for digital storage devices and systems including storage components, capital spending, storage technology trends, a series on storage and digital entertainment and a series on system storage. He has 6 patents on magnetic recording and related technologies. Tom is the founder and organizer of the annual Storage Visions Conference (which celebrated its sixth year in 2007). Tom is a senior member and officer of the Santa Clara Valley IEEE, as well as a member of APS, AVS, IDEMA, SNIA, AAAS, and SMPTE. Websites:www.dataprotectionsummit.com or www.TomCoughlin.com Jay Kramer Jay brings to iStor over 20 years of sales and marketing executive management experience. He has been a world recognized technology consultant specializing in the network storage industry for both private and NASDAQ listed organizations along with providing consulting services to the leading network storage product companies. Prior to joining iStor Networks, Kramer was Chairman of the ILM Summit and Data Protection Summit which are leading sources of information on network storage. His background includes the emergence of Infinity I/O Inc. as a leading provider of storage network education, training, and certification. Jay has an extensive marketing management background having been VP of Marketing for Creative Design Solutions, Inc., an OEM provider of Network Attached Storage (NAS) technology, VP of Marketing for Maxtor/Seagate Corporation which acquired CDS and Director of Strategic Planning & Business Development for the Storage Systems Division of Unisys Corporation. In this position, Kramer directed their fibre channel and storage networking business initiatives. Kramer has also served the network storage industry in a number of leadership positions over the last decade. He was previously elected to the Board of Directors of the Fibre Channel Industry Association for 7 years running and served as the first CFO for the organization. He continues to serve in an advisory position with leading technology conferences such as the Flash Memory Summit and Data Protection Summit. Jay has also been a featured speaker for many industry conferences including Storage Networking World and Storage World Conference. Jay holds dual degrees in Marketing and Finance from The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University. Visit Jay's Website: www.istor.com

Mari Frank Interviews Jeff Chester, Founder of Center for Digital Destiny

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Jeffrey Chester is the founder and executive director of The Center for Digital Democracy. He has been an important force in public-interest media issues for more than twenty years. His book, Digital Destiny: New Media and the Future of Democracy, will be published in January 2007 by The New Press. In 1992, he co-founded the nonprofit Washington, D.C.-based Center for Media Education (CME), along with Kathryn Montgomery, Ph.D. Jeff was a co-founder of the Telecommunications Policy Roundtable, and helped write its groundbreaking set of principles for the digital age in 1993. In 1995-1996, during the debate on the Telecommunications Act, he played a key role in fighting proposed deregulatory ownership measures for the broadcasting, newspaper, and cable industries. In 1996, Newsweek magazine named him one of the Internet's fifty most influential people. In 2000, Jeff created CME's project on open access and the future of the Internet, which he transferred to the Center for Digital Democracy upon the establishment of that organization in 2001. He is credited with helping to frame the debate and for uncovering key industry documents that helped expose the cable industry's plans for the Internet. During 2000 he co-led the effort, to impose conditions on the merger of AOL and Time Warner. In 2001, he was awarded a prestigious Public Interest Pioneer Grant from the Stern Family Fund. Under his leadership, CDD played a pivotal role fighting the plans of FCC Chairman Michael Powell, during 2001-3, to further sweep away media ownership safeguards. Jeff led the campaign during 2004-6 to expose how the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, under former Chair Kenneth Tomlinson, was engaged in a pressure campaign designed to weaken news and public affairs programming on PBS. Prior to his media policy career, Jeff was a psychiatric social worker, investigative journalist, and a documentary filmmaker. To learn more, visit www.democraticmedia.org .

Mari Frank Interviews James Rule, Professor, Berkeley, Author of Privacy in Peril

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:00:00 -0800

ames Rule is a Distinguished Affiliated Scholar at the Center for the Study of Law and Society at the University of California, Berkeley. A former fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, he is the author of Private Lives and Public Surveillance and Privacy in Peril, and a winner of the C. Wright Mills Award. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Washington Monthly, and New York Times Book Review.

mari Frank Interviews Ari Schwartz,Deputiy Director of the Center For Democracy and Technology

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Ari Schwartz is the Deputy Director of the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT). Schwartz's work focuses on increasing individual control over personal and public information. He promotes privacy protections in the digital age and expanding access to government information via the Internet. He regularly testifies before Congress and Executive Branch Agencies on these issues. Schwartz also leads the Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC) , anti-spyware software companies, academics, and public interest groups dedicated to defeating spyware. In 2006, Schwartz won the RSA award for Excellence in Public Policy for his work building the ASC and other efforts against spyware. He was also named one of the Top 5 influential IT security thinkers of 2007 by Secure Computing Magazine. www.cdt.org

mari Frank Interviews Mugzzi, Cyber Business ID 'Theft Victim and Author

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Feb 6, Mz. Mugzzi- Author, Professional Medium, Victim of Cyber and Business Identity Theft Mz. Mugzzi, also known as Mugzzi or Sam, has been working successfully on the internet for over 9 years. She is an author, professional Medium and Radio Host. Most recently she has also been the victim of Cyber and Business Identity Theft. She will tell her horror story and what she had done to remedy the situation. She started out working an hour a week on her first web site known as Live Advice. At the time she had been teaching part time at two community colleges in the disciplines of Business/Marketing and Computers. She was a faculty member for 7 and a half years. Although her passion was in teaching she had a calling to start operating as a psychic advisor on the internet. Her popularity grew quickly and the need to teach full time waned to the growing number of callers that was looking for authentic, intelligent, medium readings and life coaching skills. As her callers began to line up back to back for insight, Mugzzi's confidence began to grow and the opportunity to start her own psychic website was born. She took the best of the best and added them to her psychic site known as Predict My Future.com. Gaining more exposure and creditability her career as a psychic medium continued to grow. The opportunity to begin a radio show happened while she filled in for a friend, Robin Zodiac, on CRNi.net. As her call volume began to grow on the show she decided to start her own show which can be heard on Sunday mornings from 10:00am until 11:00am pacific time. She has recently been joined with a Co-Host, Mark Nelson, to help further promote the gifts of Mediumship readings. In her spare time she is also assisting law enforcement on cold case files. This is providing an avenue for continued growth and to give back to society. She is also working with terminally ill patients to help them by providing intuitive health readings coupled with various health providers and also, in the event where needed, to help prepare them to cross over. Currently, Mz. Mugzzi is now working on her book and being available as a radio guest and other opportunities as they arise. With all that going on Mugzzi still hopes to work with script writers in order to get her TV series produced and aired. More will come from this adventurous woman who is striving to bring creditability to the metaphysical industry. Mz. Mugzzi is not another card flipper. To learn more visit http://www.mzmugzzi.com.

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Harry Hammitt, Publisher Access Reports

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Harry Hammitt is editor/publisher of Access Reports, a biweekly newsletter on the Freedom of Information Act and open government laws and policies. He is the primary editor of Litigation Under the Federal Open Government Laws published by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). He received his B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1975. He holds an M.A. in journalism from the University of Missouri and a J.D. from George Washington University Law School. He has worked as an information specialist for the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and for FOI Services, a third-party requesting company that deals primarily with businesses in the food and drug industry. He became editor of Access Reports in 1985 and became publisher in 1989. He has written and lectured extensively on access and privacy issues in both the United States and Canada. He is a past president of the American Society of Access Professionals and has conducted that organization's annual seminar on business information issues for more than ten years. He was inducted into the FOI Hall of Fame at the Freedom Forum in Arlington, Virginia, in 2001. Please see www.accessreports.com

Mari Frank Esq. Interviews Evan Hendricks Publisher of Privacy Times and Author of Credit Scores and Credit Reports

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:00:00 -0800

981- Present Editor/Publisher of Privacy Times Since 1981, I have been Editor/Publisher of Privacy Times, a biweekly, Washington-based newsletter that reports on privacy and information law, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The newsletter ranges from 8-12 pages, 23 issues per year. Thus, I have researched, written, edited and published many articles on Congressional and State legislative actions, judicial opinions, industry trends and actions, executive branch policies and consumer news as they related to the FCRA. 1992 - Present Expert Witness Qualified by the federal courts in FCRA and identity theft cases. (Complete list attached). I have read extensive deposition testimony by credit bureau and credit grantor personnel. This is significant because CRAs and credit grantors do not openly discuss or publish information on their procedures and practices for handling personal data, and the best (and possibly only) sources for finding candid descriptions of CRAs' and credit grantors' procedures and practices in relation to credit reporting data are the depositions of CRA and credit grantor employees in FCRA litigation. 1998 - Present Privacy Expert Consultant, U.S. Social Security Administration Regularly review policies and practices in relation to the collection, use and disclosure of personal data and Social Security numbers and provide feedback and recommendations. 2002 - 2004 Member, Experian Consumer Advisory Council Along with other Council members, I provide an outsider's view on credit reporting, marketing and other privacy issues. July - October 2002 Consultant to U.S. Postal Service Working with the USPS's Chief Privacy Officer, I assisted in reviewing and editing the re-write of the USPS's Privacy Act notices, with an emphasis on "Plain English." Recent Testimony Before Congress & The FTC "Identity Theft: Recent Developments Involving the Security of Sensitive Consumer Information," Senate Banking Committee, March 15, 2005 "The Accuracy of Credit Report Information and the Fair Credit Reporting Act;" Senate Banking Committee, July 10, 2003 "The Role of FCRA in the Credit Granting Process," House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions & Consumer Credit, June 12, 2003 "Database Security: Finding Out When Your Information Has Been Compromised," Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information, Nov. 4, 2003 Fighting Fraud: Improving Information Security," House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions & Consumer Credit, and Oversight, April 3, 2003 "Information Flows: The Costs and Benefits to Consumers and Businesses of The Collection and Use of Consumer Information," Federal Trade Commission, National Workshop, June 18, 2003 Books Credit Scores and Credit Reports: How The System Really Works, What You Can Do (Privacy Times, 2004) Your Right To Privacy: A Basic Guide To Legal Rights In An Information Society (2nd Edition, Southern Illinois University Press, 1990), (Includes a chapter on credit reporting) Former Secrets: Government Records Made Public Through The Freedom of Information Act (Campaign For Political Rights, 1982) International Lectures 24th International Conference of Data Protection & Privacy Commissioners (Cardiff, Wales - Presentation published in conference proceedings, 2002) The 23rd International Conference of Data Protection Commissioners (Paris, La Sorbonne - Presentation published in conference proceedings, 2001) The 22nd Annual Conference on Data Protection (Venice, Italy -- 2000) The 16th Annual Conference on Data Protection (The Hague, The Netherlands -- 1994). In the 1980s, served as an expert consultant to both the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and Privacy Commissioner of Australia. Presentations/Instruction At Recent CLE & Professional Seminars "The New FACT Act: Challenge & Opportunity," Privacy & American Business, Feb. 9-10, 2004 "Understanding the FACT Act And The Impact of Multi-Agency Rulewriting Process," Glasser LegalWorks, Sept. 28-29. 2004 "12th Annual National Conference," National Credit Reporting Association, Nov. 10-12, 2004 "Advanced Consumer Litigation," Texas Bar CLE, Feb. 10-11, 2005 "Financial Privacy Litigation," (Impact of FACT Act), Practicing Law Institute, February 28- March 1 (New York City) Professional Societies Past President and Board Member, American Society of Access Professionals www.accesspro.org Industry Certification FCRA Certification, National Credit Reporting Association (www.ncrainc.org). Media In addition to being a paid consultant and special guest on CNN's IMPACT news in 1996, I am quoted regularly by major and small newspapers (including The Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek and Money Magazine), regarding issues of privacy generally and the privacy implications of consumer reporting specifically. I have appeared on ABC Nightline and World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, CNN News Watch, CNBC, MSNBC, Fox News, various local affiliates, and such shows as the Oprah Winfrey Show and Geraldo, regarding a wide range of privacy issues. Education Bachelor of Arts, Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. (1979) Evan Hendricks P.O. Box 302 Cabin John, MD 20818 (301) 229 7002 (301) 229 8011 [fax) www.privacytimes.com

Mari Frank Interviews Prof. Dan Solove, author of The Future of Reputation on the Internet and The Digital Person

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Dan Solve, Privacy Law Professor, Author of TheFuture of Reputation Professor Solove is an associate professor of law at the George Washington University Law School. He received his A.B. in English Literature from Washington University, where he was an early selection for Phi Beta Kappa, and his J.D. from Yale Law School. At Yale, Professor Solove won the university-wide scholarly writing Field Prize and served as symposium editor of the Yale Law Journal and as an editor of the Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities. Following law school, Professor Solove clerked for The Honorable Stanley Sporkin, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. After practicing law as an associate at the firm of Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C., Professor Solove began a second clerkship with The Honorable Pamela Ann Rymer, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Professor Solove began teaching at Seton Hall Law School in 2000. In the fall semester of 2003, he was a visiting professor at the George Washington University Law School. He permanently joined the George Washington University Law School faculty in 2004. Professor Solove writes in the areas of information privacy law, cyberspace law, law and literature, jurisprudence, legal pragmatism, and constitutional theory. He teaches information privacy law, criminal procedure, criminal law, and law and literature. An internationally known expert in privacy law, Solove has been interviewed and quoted by the media in over 100 articles and broadcasts, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Toronto Star, Associated Press, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, CNN, and National Public Radio. Professor Solove recently published a new book, THE DIGITAL PERSON: TECHNOLOGY AND PRIVACY IN THE INFORMATION AGE (NYU Press, December 2004), which distinguished Berkeley Law School Professor Pamela Samuelson calls "the best exposition thus far about the threat that computer databases containing personal data about millions of Americans poses for information privacy." The book was recommended in the Wall Street Journal's Recommended Reading column in July 2005. Additionally, Solove also authored a casebook, INFORMATION PRIVACY LAW (Aspen, January 2003) (with Marc Rotenberg). Solove has published about 20 articles and essays, which have appeared or are forthcoming in many of the leading law reviews, including the Stanford Law Review, Yale Law Journal, California Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Michigan Law Review, Duke Law Journal, Minnesota Law Review, and Southern California Law Review, among others. He serves on the advisory board of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and is the president of the Law and Humanities Institute. He has contributed to several amicus briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court. Daniel J. Solove Associate Professor of Law George Washington University Law School 2000 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20052 Website: http://www.law.gwu.edu/facweb/dsolove/

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Tom Preston, MD author of Patient-Directed Dying

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Thomas A Preston, M.D., graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and was for more than 20 years a professor of medicine (cardiology) at the University of Washington. He is the author of numerous medical articles, and his articles for the public media have appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, among others. His appearances on national television programs include Good Morning America, Sixty Minutes, and the McNeil-Lehrer Show. He was a plaintiff in Washington v. Glucksberg, U. S. Supreme Court, 1997. Patient-Directed Dying is his fourth book. In his new book, Dr. Preston gives compelling reasons why aid in dying is not suicide when used by terminally ill patients, and why physicians who help them die are not assisting suicide. He shows how outdated cultural attitudes impede understanding of how we die, why many physicians withdraw from their dying patients, and how the sanctity-of-life principle has become distorted to obstruct aid in dying. Patient-Directed Dying is a manifesto calling for mercy and reason to learn more visit http://www.tomprestonmd.com/

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Tim Devine, Esq. Privacy Expert

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:00:00 -0800

Mr. Devine joined the firm of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn in March 2007 and is a Partner in the Litigation Department. He represents a variety of clients in state and federal court litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Tim also advises clients on record retention and information management issues, including the challenges posed by recent developments in e-Discovery. Prior to joining the Firm, Tim served as Managing Counsel in Ford Motor Company's Office of General Counsel. Tim's practice at Ford included significant litigation and client counseling responsibilities. Most recently, he led Ford's response to discovery in government inquiries and class actions. He has handled a variety of litigation, including product liability and class actions and provided legal counsel to Ford's Human Resources Department. Tim launched Ford's Privacy Office and counseled its e-commerce business portfolio, including numerous websites and new ventures. He directed legal and regulatory investigations of major industrial accidents, including complex electronic and physical evidence preservation in industrial settings. Tim received his B.A. in Government from Harvard University in 1985, his M.A. in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1990, and his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School in 1995. Tim lives with his wife Julie and their children in Farmington Hills. He is a longtime participant in programs to provide legal pro bono legal services for indigent clients and is a member of the board of Metropolitan Detroit YMCA Camping Services. www.honigman.com

Mari Frank Interviews Gilles Lisimaque, Smart Card Expert

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Mr. Lisimaque is one of the leading US experts on Smart Cards and application of Smart Cards, working on various US government projects as technical advisor and smart card standard expert. Prior to joining IDTP Mr. Lisimaque worked at Gemplus, a company he founded with four other co-founders, and was part of the Business Development Group, responsible for special projects in North America. In this position, he contributed to various groups including prospects and customers, providing technical and business guidance for the design and application of Gemplus smart cards, hardware and systems, and customized services. Prior to joining the Gemplus team, Mr. Lisimaque was technical marketing director in SGS-Thomson's research and development group. He was the architect of the company's family of smart card components and helped develop the first chip operating system for smart cards. Additionally, he was MIS manager of the SGS-Thomson MOS facility called Eurotechnique, a joint venture between Saint-Gobain and National Semiconductor. There he developed an integration system connecting HP mini-computers, IBM mainframes and DEC semi-conductor test equipment. Mr. Lisimaque holds multiple patents on smart card security and smart card OS design and has high level seats with numerous Smart Card and Security Forums and Associations. Mr. Lisimaque is an honor graduate of the French engineering school, "Arts & M�tiers", where he specialized in automation and electronics. http://www.idtp.com/

Mari Frank Interviews Legendary Hacker turned Security Expert Kevin Mitnick

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Kevin Mitnick is a security consultant to corporations worldwide and cofounder of Defensive Thinking, a Los Angeles-based consulting firm (defensivethinking.com). He has testified before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on the need for legislation to ensure the security of the government's information systems. His articles have appeared in major news magazines and trade journals, and he has appeared on Court TV, Good Morning America, 60 Minutes, CNN's Burden of Proof and Headline News. Mitnick has also been a keynote speaker at numerous industry events and has hosted a weekly radio show on KFI-AM 640 Los Angeles. GO TO TOP Dec 28, Gilles M. Lisimaque - Expert on Smart Cards and the Future of Authentication Mr. Lisimaque is one of the leading US experts on Smart Cards and application of Smart Cards, working on various US government projects as technical advisor and smart card standard expert. Prior to joining IDTP Mr. Lisimaque worked at Gemplus, a company he founded with four other co-founders, and was part of the Business Development Group, responsible for special projects in North America. In this position, he contributed to various groups including prospects and customers, providing technical and business guidance for the design and application of Gemplus smart cards, hardware and systems, and customized services. Prior to joining the Gemplus team, Mr. Lisimaque was technical marketing director in SGS-Thomson's research and development group. He was the architect of the company's family of smart card components and helped develop the first chip operating system for smart cards. Additionally, he was MIS manager of the SGS-Thomson MOS facility called Eurotechnique, a joint venture between Saint-Gobain and National Semiconductor. There he developed an integration system connecting HP mini-computers, IBM mainframes and DEC semi-conductor test equipment. Mr. Lisimaque holds multiple patents on smart card security and smart card OS design and has high level seats with numerous Smart Card and Security Forums and Associations. Mr. Lisimaque is an honor graduate of the French engineering school, "Arts & M�tiers", where he specialized in automation and electronics. http://www.idtp.com/

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Joanna Crane. Esq. ID Theft Program Director FTC

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Joanna Crane is the Identity Theft Program Manager at the Federal Trade Commission. She is responsible for coordinating the FTC=s implementation of its responsibilities under the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998. The FTC's program focuses on assisting victims of identity theft, supporting law enforcement investigations and training, outreach to private industry, developing regulatory and policy responses, and bringing civil enforcement actions against entities that fail to comply with data security laws. Ms. Crane also participates in a variety of governmental councils and workshops, public-private partnerships, and training and research initiatives involving identity theft. Ms. Crane served as Law Clerk to the Hon. Diane Gilbert Weinstein of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Ms. Crane holds a B.A. and an M.P.A. from Syracuse University and a J.D. from the George Mason University School of Law. www.consumer.gov/idtheft; www.FTC.gov

Mari Frank,Esq. Interviews John Manly, Esq. Church Sexual Abuse Victims Advocate

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Mr. Manly is the principal of Manly, McGuire & Stewart. He specializes in representing victims of sexual abuse by clergy and has become famous after representing many of the victims of sexual abuse by priests in the Catholic Church. Mr. Manly has appeared on numerous television news programs including ABC Nightline, CBS Evening News, Fox News, NBC Today Show, MSNBC, and many appearances on CNN. In addition, Mr. Manly has also been featured on National Public Radio and other radio outlets throughout the country. He has also been featured in hundreds of newspaper interviews across the county, including the New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. Mr. Manly was named one of the Top 100 California Lawyers by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals, the leading legal newspapers John C. Manly, Esq. Partner, Manly, McGuire & Stewart 4220 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 200 Newport Beach, CA 92660 www. manlymcguire.com

Mari Frank Interviews Richard Holober Executive Director- Consumer Federation Of California

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Richard Holober has served as Executive Director of the Consumer Federation of California since 2001. In 2002, he co-founded Californians for Privacy Now, which was instrumental in winning the nation's strongest Financial Privacy Law (Senate Bill 1 of 2003). In his work with the Consumer Federation, he has advocated for legislation to expand health care patient rights, to protect the public from defective products, for food safety laws, and for stronger protections against fraudulent sales practices. Prior to joining the Consumer Federation of California, Richard served for over 20 years in leadership positions in the labor movement He served as a Legislative Advocate for the California Labor Federation for 13 years. In 1995 he founded the Liveable Wage Coalition and served as full time manager of the Proposition 210 campaign, which raised California's minimum wage by 35%. He has served as Political Director for the California Nurses Association and Southern California Director for US Senator Alan Cranston. Richard is a Trustee of the San Mateo County Community College District. He was elected in 1997, and re-elected in 2001 and 2005. Richard was elected to the Millbrae School Board in 1993, and served four years. www.consumercal.org

Mari Frank Interviews Linda and Jay Foley Founders, The Identity Theft Resource Center

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews LA Times Columnist David Lazarus

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:00:00 -0800

David Lazarus is a business columnist at the Los Angeles Times, focusing on consumer affairs. His work has resulted in a variety of laws protecting Californians, including a ban on sending voter information abroad and limits on how frequently banks can recycle former customers' checking account numbers. He is a two-time winner of the prestigious National Headliner Award and, among other honors, has been named Journalist of the Year by both the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists and the Consumer Federation of California. He previously worked as a columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle and a talk-show host at KGO Radio, and has been published in a variety of newspapers and magazines, including Fortune, Newsweek and National Geographic. He is the author of two books about Japan- one is "Japan, Seriously" and the other is a collection of short stories called "The Secret Sushi Society." He resides in Los Angeles with his wife and son. www.LATimes.com

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Richard Purcell, CEO, Corporate Privacy Group

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Nov 7, Richard Purcell - CEO Corporate Privacy Group, Former Chief Privacy Officer, Microsoft. Richard Purcell is a leading voice in addressing consumer privacy and data protection challenges, domestically and internationally. In 2003, Mr. Purcell formed Corporate Privacy Group, an independent consulting firm focused on establishing sustainable, affordable privacy programs. Mr. Purcell advises Fortune 100 corporations and government agencies about achieving the twin goals of respecting and protecting personal information. Through seminars, lectures and writings, he promotes leading practices for consumer data protection and security. In addition to CPG�s program reviews and advice, their Web-based education curriculum, Privacy Directions�, has become a landmark offering. Designed to support corporations institutionalize privacy awareness, practices, and compliance throughout their employee base, Privacy Directions� is widely deployed in the United States. As Microsoft�s original privacy officer, Mr. Purcell designed, developed, implemented and oversaw one of the world�s largest and most advanced privacy programs, spanning software development, web deployment, infrastructure management, workforce management, and consumer data handling practices. His corporate office developed and monitored a distributed team of privacy managers throughout the enterprise, including global subsidiaries. Mr. Purcell holds several significant privacy appointments. He was Chairman of TRUSTe for 2005-2006, currently sits on the Privacy Certification Advisory Board of the Int�l Association of Privacy Professionals, is a member of the Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee for the Dept. of Homeland Security and a Fellow at the Ponemon Institute. For more information, contact Paula Purcell, Corporate Privacy Group, at 360.379.0762 or mailto:info@corppriv.com http://www.corporateprivacygroup.com

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Stephany Alexander, Author of Sex, Lies, and The Internet

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Stephany Alexander is the CEO/Founder of WomanSavers.com which is home to the "World's Largest Database Rating Men" targeting abusive and cheating men with over 20,000 men entered by women worldwide. WomanSavers receives over 1 million hits per month, is in the top 5% most popular women's website in the world and has been featured on CNN, MSNBC, Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Chicago Tribune, Esquire Magazine, Sirius and hundreds of radio shows. Ms. Alexander is an abuse and infidelity survivor and that is one of the reasons she created WomanSavers in 2002. She is also the author of the book, "Sex, Lies and the Internet," an Online Dating Survival Guide which teaches women how to avoid being scammed, used and abused by men. To learn more, visit www.WomanSavers.com

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Micki Krause, Chief Information Security Officer, Pacific LIfe

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Oct 24, Micki Krause - Chief Information Security Officer, Pacific Life Insurance Co. Micki Krause has held positions in the Information Security profession for the past 20 years. She is currently the Chief Information Security Officer at Pacific Life Insurance Company in Newport Beach, California, where she is accountable for directing the Information Protection and Security Program for the enterprise. Pacific Life is the 15th largest life insurance company in the nation and provides life and health insurance products, individual annuities, mutual funds, group employee benefits, and a variety of investment products and services. Krause was named one of the 25 most influential women in the field of information security by industry peers and Information Security magazine as part of their recognition of Women of Vision in the IT Security field and was awarded the Harold F. Tipton Award in recognition of sustained career excellence and outstanding contributions to the profession. Micki has held several leadership roles in industry-influential groups including the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and the International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2 and is a passionate advocate for professional security leadership. She is a reputed speaker, published author and co-editor of the Information Security Management Handbook series. www.pacificlife.com

Mari Frank Interviews Sean B. Hoar, US Attorney, Cyber Crime Expert

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Sean Hoar, a US Attorney with the Department of Justice handles white collar crime and high tech crimes including identity theft, cyber crime and pornography crimes. H coordinates the CyberSafe Initiative, and coordinates and annual regional financial conference as well as a national seminar on identity theft.

Mari Frank, Esq. InterviewsGhazal Omid, Privacy Proponent, Human Rights Activist, Author of Living In Hell, Media Commenator on Iran and the Middle East

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Ghazal Omid, Iranian expatriate author of Living in Hell, an autobiography and political memoir has caused quite a controversial stir in ultra-conservative Iranian society. Omid is possibly the first Muslim woman to challenge a traditional taboo in speaking out publicly against child abuse and incest among some Iranian families and to challenge Iranian society which prefers to hush up rather than address this greatly ignored problem and looks down upon the women who have been victimized. A disturbing truth about Ghazal Omid's life is that it is also the story of millions of Muslim women. As a result of standing up for herself she was shunned by her family which she in turn divorced. Surviving a lonely life was as hard as surviving the Islamic revolution, the Iran/Iraq war and the US embassy hostage crisis, all of which she witnessed up close and personal. Throughout the Iran/Iraq war, with her home in a prime Iraqi target area, she and her mother went to bed at night expecting to be killed in bombing raids. She grew up in an oppressed society that taught children to hate people of different cultures but she refused to hate someone she didn't know. Strengthened by her Islamic education and curious mind, she was not poisoned by the propaganda of a government that was imprisoning and killing its opponents by the thousands. During her university years, she was abducted by the secret police from the streets of Isfahan, the nuclear plant city. She escaped, temporarily, by jumping from the speeding kidnap car. Seriously injured, she was rescued by people on the street but, soon afterwards, was taken to prison and given a Hobson's choice; sign a document stating the abduction never happened or remain in prison until she did sign it. She describes the fetid prison conditions in which women and babies were being held indefinitely. After being released, she was constantly watched and received threatening letters. Realizing she was marked for an orchestrated death sentence on trumped up charges, a common occurrence, she fled Iran, thru France to Holland from where, using a fraudulent Algerian passport, she flew to refugee status in Canada; arriving alone, penniless and without language in an alien land. She describes her life in Canada, her personal growth and adjustment to a new culture and how she arrived where she is today; determined to help others with her message.It is important that everyone knows about her experiences. Her unsuspecting contact with an Al-Qaeda sleeper cell illustrates that the enemy we fear is already living among us but we would not know it if 9/11 had not occurred. She constantly receives threatening hate e-mail in the genre, "God will send you to the devil and you will roast in hell." Her response; "I'll be sure to pay you a visit." She established her website, www.livinginhell.com, not just to promote her book but also her cause--the liberation of Iran through regime change. Ghazal calls herself "A rebel with a cause," and encourages others not to be afraid of the unknown; saying she lost much but gained more in her liberating process and feels freedom outweighs past abuse and intolerable traditions. Brought to her knees, she nearly committed suicide before she learned to speak up. She believes if she can do it, any individual from any place on earth can do it too. And says, "What doesn't kill me makes me stronger. Ghazal is considered a personal privacy and human rights activist. She has become an expert commentator on Iran and the issues of terrorism in the middle eacst. and appears frequently on Fox news and other national media to speak the truth of what is happening in Iran and the interplay between the insurgents in Iraq and the Iranian regime. To learn more visit:: www.livinginhell.com www.ghazalomid.com

Mari Frank Interviews Joanne McNabb, Chief. Office of Privacy Protection, California

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Joanne McNabb is Chief of the California Office of Privacy Protection. Created by legislation in 2001, the first-in-the-nation Office is a resource and advocate on identity theft and other privacy issues. In addition to providing information and education for consumers, the Office also publishes privacy practice recommendations for business and other organizations. McNabb is co-chair of the International Association of Privacy Professionals' Government Working Group and a member of the Privacy Advisory Committee to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Before starting up the Office of Privacy Protection, McNabb had over 20 years experience in public affairs and marketing, in both the public and private sectors, including five years with an international marketing company in France. Her marketing background gives her an understanding of the commercial uses of personal information that have become a significant privacy concern. McNabb attended Occidental College and holds a master's degree in Medieval Literature from the University of California, Davis. www.privacy.ca.gov

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Katherine Bryant, Esq. Vice President Consumer Advocay, ChoicePoint

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:00:00 -0800

Katherine Bryant, Vice President of Consumer Advocacy for ChoicePoint tells how consumers can get free background information about themselves and also what ChoicePoint does when it collects sensitive information. Visit www.choicetrust.com

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews John Jeffries, Security Marketing Expert, RedCannon

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Sr. Vice President, Marketing at RedCannon, John brings a decade of security marketing experience to RedCannon. Mr. Jefferies joins us from Teros, where he drove marketing for the leader in Web application firewalls until it was acquired by Citrix. Prior to Teros he was VP of Marketing at Silicon Defense at where he raised the visibility of the worm threat and defined the Worm defense space. He has launched and managed major network security and Internet products for both start-up and Fortune 500 organizations, including Receipt.com (acquired by ValiCert), Pario Software (acquired by Lucent), Dascom (acquired by IBM) and Hewlett Packard. John obtained his MBA from the Ivy School of Business in London, Ontario and his BA in Business for Michigan State University. www.redcannon.com

Mari Frank Interviews Dan Tsang Researcher, Radio Show Host, Kate Martin, Esq. Director of the Center for National Security Studies

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Daniel C. Tsang is UCI's Asian American Studies, politics and economics bibliographer. He runs the Social Science Data Archives at the University of California, Irvine. Since 1993, he has hosted "Subversity", a public affairs interview show at KUCI, and for many years covered "civil unliberties" for OC Weekly. He has written op eds for the Los Angeles Times on First Amendment issues. He co-founded Asian Americans United (Philadelphia) and Alliance Working for AsianRights & Empowerment (Orange County, Calif.). He successfully sued the CIA for spying on him. The case, Tsang v. CIA, was settled out of court with a promise from the CIA has promised not to spy on him again. He studied government at the University of Redlands and political science and library science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He was a Fulbright research scholar in Vietnam in 2004. http://kuci.org/~dtsang/subversity Kate Martin has been Director of the Center for National Security Studies, a non-profit human rights and civil liberties organization in Washington, D.C, since 1992. Ms. Martin has taught Strategic Intelligence and Public Policy at Georgetown University Law School and also served as general counsel to the National Security Archive, a research library located at George Washington University from 1995 to 2001. Since 1988, she has litigated and testified before Congress on the entire range of national security and civil liberties issues. Among her publications are: 'Enemy Combatants,' the Constitution and the Administration's 'War on Terror' with Joe Onek, American Constitution Society (2004); Domestic Intelligence and Civil Liberties, SAIS Review of International Affairs (Winter-Spring 2004); and Secret Arrests and Preventive Detention, in Lost Liberties ed. Brown (New Press 2003). Previously Ms Martin was a partner with the Washington, D.C. law firm of Nussbaum, Owen & Webster. She graduated from the University of Virginia Law School, where she was a member of the Law Review, and from Pomona College. www.cnss.org

Mari Frank Interviews Dr. Larry Ponemon, CEO, Privacy Researcher and Susan Jayson, Privacy Researcher Ponemon Institute

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Dr. Lawrence A. Ponemon is the Chairman and Founder of the Ponemon Institute, a research think tank dedicated to advancing privacy and data protection practices. Dr. Ponemon is considered a pioneer in privacy risk management and the development of the Responsible Information Management or RIM framework. Ponemon Institute conducts independent research, educates leaders from the private and public sectors and verifies the privacy and data protection practices of organizations in a various industries. In addition to Institute activities, Dr. Ponemon is an adjunct professor for information ethics and privacy at Carnegie Mellon University's CIO Institute and is faculty of CyLab. He serves on the Unisys Corporation�s Security Leadership Institute Board and the IBM Privacy Management Council. Dr. Ponemon is a member of the National Board of Advisors of the Eller College of Business and Public Administration, University of Arizona. He serves on the Government Policy Advisory Committee and Co-Chair of the Internet Task Force for the Council of American Survey and Research Organizations (CASRO). Dr. Ponemon earned his Ph.D. at Union College in Schenectady, New York. He has a Master�s degree from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and attended the doctoral program in system sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Ponemon earned his Bachelors with Highest Distinction from the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Please visit Dr. Ponemon's web site: www.ponemon.org Susan Jayson Susan Jayson is executive director and co-founder of Ponemon Institute, LLC. In this role, Susan is responsible for managing the Institute's operations, including research on privacy and information management issues. Susan's background includes marketing, investor relations and corporate communications for such leading organizations as KPMG Peat Marwick, Arthur Andersen and the Financial Relations Board.

Mari Frank, Esq Interviews Joel Lisker, Sr. Vice Chairman, Dudinsky Lisker Assoc. LLC. Security and Biometrics Exjpert

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Mr. Joel S. Lisker was most recently the Senior Vice-President for Security and Risk Management for MasterCard International. In this capacity he served as the company's world-wide senior security representative for all matters relating to the fraudulent use of its numerous card products. He was instrumental in developing technical solutions and strategies to thwart the efforts of organized crime, and as head of Corporate Security with responsibility for safeguarding MasterCard employees, premises, and property throughout the world, he ensured the safety and security of its' human and physical assets, without incident. At MasterCard, he led the development of chip-based biometrics solutions for data security, perimeter security, visitor screening and employee authentication. After completion of his formal education at the University of Pennsylvania (B.S.) and the Temple University School of Law (J.D.), he joined the FBI as a Special Agent where he worked against domestic terrorist groups. Thereafter, as a Special Agent Supervisor, assigned to FBI Headquarters, he developed sophisticated solutions to safeguard FBI communications between FBI Headquarters and its' overseas offices. He also developed techniques used in foreign counter-intelligence operations. Next, Mr. Lisker served as Senior trial Attorney in the U.S. Dept. of Justice Criminal Division, Internal Security section where he directed a task force operating against domestic terrorists, and led a group seeking to discover and control foreign agents. In 1981, Mr. Lisker was selected by the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, to be Chief Counsel and Staff Director of its' newly formed Sub-Committee on security and Terrorism. In this capacity, in addition to managing the Committee's oversight and Authorization responsibility for the FBI, the DEA and the U.S. Marshal Service, he organized more than 25 hearings aimed at uncovering the global terrorist inter-connections and transnational operations that became known as the "terror network". Mr. Lisker was also responsible for drafting legislation with respect to protecting identities of covert agents, jurisdictional realignment of authority regarding escaped federal prisoners and other fugitives from justice, criminalization of payments card fraud and counterfeit, amendment of legislation relating to agents of foreign principals, etc. In each of his roles and in the responsibilities he was required to carry out over the years Mr. Lisker has maintained regular contact with counterparts in the FBI and those reporting to the Director of Central Intelligence. In 1987, Mr. Lisker was selected as Associate Counsel to the Senate select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition. One of his major accomplishments in this assignment was the uncovering and tracing of clandestine funding sources, through the Swiss banking Network. Mr. Lisker is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a life member of the FBI Agents Association, The Association of Former Agents of the FBI. He serves on several corporate Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards and is currently serving on two FBI industry Task Forces dealing with Terrorist Financing and Identity Theft. Mr. Lisker brings to Dudinsky Lisker & Associates, LLC current, wide ranging, and state of the art experience in biometric technologies, neural network technologies, and other cutting edge risk reduction solutions. DUDINSKY LISKER & ASSOCIATES, LLC www.dudinskyassociates.com

Mari Frank, Interivews Lanny Davis, Attorney, Author, Former Special Counsel to President Clinton, Former Member Bush's Select Prvacy Oversight Board

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Mr. Davis, a partner in the Washington, D.C. office, is a member of the Litigation Group of the Orrick law firm. Mr. Davis advises clients on a wide range of legal and governmental issues. He concentrates his practice in civil litigation, with particular focus on securities fraud and accounting irregularities cases, antitrust, government contracts and commercial litigation, and legal crisis management and strategic communications. In June 2005, President Bush appointed Mr. Davis to serve on the five-member Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, created by the U.S. Congress as part of the 2005 Intelligence Reform Act. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Davis served as Special Counsel to the President in the White House and was spokesperson for the President on matters concerning the campaign finance investigations and other legal issues. Drawing upon this experience, since his return to private practice, Mr. Davis provides counseling to corporations and government contractors on crisis management issues by developing press strategies for entities exposed to high-profile litigation and regulatory matters, particularly in high-tech/securities fraud cases and other legal issues where media coverage can affect legal outcomes and commercial reputational injuries. Mr. Davis has participated in national, state and local politics for almost 30 years. He has served three terms (1980-1992) on the Democratic National Committee representing the State of Maryland, and during that period he served on the DNC Executive Committee and as Chairman of the Eastern Region Caucus. In Montgomery County, Maryland, he served as Chairman of the Washington Suburban Transit Commission. Mr. Davis has written extensively on politics for many years in a variety of publications. He is the author of Truth to Tell Notes From My White House Education (The Free Press: New York, 1999). Tom Brokaw of NBC News said, "Lanny Davis has written a book that should be required reading for all Washington officials and journalists alike. It's an instructive and cautionary tale of the constant struggle to know the truth of what is going on at the highest levels of government." He is also the author of The Emerging Democratic Majority: Lessons and Legacies from the New Politics (Stein and Day, 1973), a political history of the liberal movements of the 1960's and early 1970's. Mr. Davis is the co-author of Allen and Davis on Computer Contracting: A User's Guide with Forms and Strategies (Prentice Hall, 1992), and has lectured throughout the United States and Europe on the subject. In addition, he is the author of forthcoming book, "Scandal: How 'Gotcha' Politics is Destroying America," to be published by Palgrave Macmillan in September 2006. Between 1990 and 1996, Mr. Davis was a bi-monthly commentator on Maryland politics for WAMU-88.5/FM, a Washington D.C. local affiliate of National Public Radio. He has been a regular television commentator and has been a political and legal analyst for MSNBC, CNN, Fox Cable, CNBC and network TV news programs. He has published numerous op-ed/analysis pieces in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and other national publications. Mr. Davis came to Washington, D.C. in 1970 after graduating from Yale Law School where he won the prestigious Thurmon Arnold Moot Court prize and served on the Yale Law Journal. A graduate of Yale College, Mr. Davis served as Chairman of the Yale Daily News. Mr. Davis started as an associate at Patton Boggs in 1975 and became a partner in 1978. In October 2003, Mr. Davis became a partner at Orrick and brought along with him the other members of his unique "Legal Crisis Communications" practice group. He has been featured in articles published in USA Today, Forbes and Fortune magazines, and numerous national and local newspapers.

Mari Frank Interviews Randy Sabett, Esq. CISSP

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Randy V. Sabett, CISSP, is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, where he is a member of the Information Security & Internet Enforcement and Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Groups. He counsels clients on information security, privacy, IT licensing, and patents, dealing with such issues as Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), digital and electronic signatures, federated identity, HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Sarbanes- Oxley, state and federal information security laws, identity theft, and security breaches. Mr. Sabett has helped companies develop strategies to protect their intellectual property, including preparing and prosecuting patents related to cryptography, authentication, security, certification and accreditation, and related areas of technology. He has also drafted and negotiated a wide variety of technology transaction agreements, including software licenses, OEM agreements, ASP agreements, technology development and licensing agreements, template agreements, and joint marketing and collaboration agreements. Having served previously as an in-house counsel to a Silicon Valley start up, Mr. Sabett employs a pragmatic approach when structuring and negotiating such agreements. Prior to joining Sonnenschein, Mr. Sabett was a Special Counsel at Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, where he founded the Information Security and Cybercrime practice group. He has also served as Senior Technology Counsel for a Silicon Valley information security company. He began his legal career as an associate at Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, LLP in Washington, DC. In addition, he has several years of engineering experience in the information security marketplace, including as a crypto engineer with the National Security Agency, and has worked in active noise cancellation. He holds two U.S. patents. www.sonnenschein.com

Mari Frank Interviews Privacy &Technology Experts at Data Protection Summit

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:00:00 -0800

In the information age where sensitive customer data is being stolen and privacy intrusions are vast, new technologies have arisen to protect companies, their employees and customers. Join Host Mari Frank, Esq. as she interviews the data protection experts and their new technologies to protect you and your private information at the Data Protection Conference that was held recently in Orange County California.

Mari Frank Interviews Shirin Sinnar, Esq. Attorney, Asian Law Caucus, Privacy Advocate

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Shirin Sinnar is a staff attorney with the Asian Law Caucus, where she works on racial and ethnic profiling, employment discrimination, and other civil rights and workers' rights issues with a particular focus on the South Asian community. Prior to joining the Caucus, she served as an Equal Justice Works fellow with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area on post-9/11 discrimination by employers, financial institutions, landlords, and other private businesses. She is the author of the 2007 Lawyers' Committee report entitled "The OFAC List: How a Treasury Department Terrorist Watchlist Ensnares Everyday Consumers." She served as a law clerk to Judge Warren J. Ferguson of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Santa Ana, California from 2003 to 2004. Sinnar is a co-founder and board member of the Bay Area Association of Muslim Lawyers, which received the State Bar President's Pro Bono Service Award for Distinguished Service in 2006. She is a graduate of Stanford Law School, Cambridge University (M.Phil. in International Relations), and Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges (A.B. in History). Her article, "Patriotic or Unconstitutional? The Mandatory Detention of Aliens under the USA Patriot Act," appeared in the Stanford Law Review in 2003. www.asianlawcaucus.org

Mari Frank Interviews Mike German, Former FBI Agent, Author, Thinking Like A Terrorist

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Mike German is a Policy Counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington Legislative Office. In this capacity German develops policy positions and pro-active strategies on pending legislation and executive branch actions concerning domestic surveillance, data mining, freedom to travel, medical and financial privacy, ID cards, immigration policy, whistleblower protection, military commissions, and law enforcement conduct. A sixteen-year veteran of federal law enforcement, German served as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he specialized in domestic terrorism and covert operations. As an undercover agent, German twice infiltrated violent neo-Nazi groups using constitutionally sound law enforcement techniques. These operations successfully prevented terrorist attacks by winning criminal convictions against terrorists. German's final assignment with the FBI was as a counter-terrorism instructor at the FBI National Academy. There, he taught courses on extremism in democratic societies and developed a graduate-level training program for state, local and international law enforcement officers. German left the FBI to make Congress and the public aware of continuing deficiencies in FBI counterterrorism operations. Prior to joining the Washington Legislative Office German frequently lectured on counter-terrorism and intelligence matters. His commentary has appeared in the National Law Journal, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Miami Herald. German is the author of "Squaring the Error," published by the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, and his first book, "Thinking Like a Terrorist," was published in January 2007. German currently serves as an adjunct professor for Law Enforcement and Terrorism at the National Defense University and is a Senior Fellow with GlobalSecurity.org. http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/staff/german.htm

Mari Frank, Esq. interviews Robert Rebhan, Financial Crimes and Credit Industry Expert

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Robert J. Rebhan is a nationally renowned expert and speaker on identity theft and financial crimes, and a former Detective Sergeant with the Los Angeles Police Department. During his exciting career with the LAPD, he served in many high profile assignments including the SWAT Team, Hollywood's Narcotics, Robbery, Homicide, and Vice Squads. As a detective, he was a master of disguise and during his 22 years of service he was personally involved in the arrest of thousands of criminals. Before leaving the department, Mr. Rebhan was selected by the Credit Card Industry to help develop and direct a fraud prevention program. He has traveled to Europe and Latin America on behalf of the industry, and for the last 18 years has personally done over 1000 presentations on the subject of financial crimes. As the Director of The American Express Company's Fraud Prevention Program, Western Region, he managed a team of twelve consultants, personally orchestrating over 150,000 business and consumer presentations. He brings a unique perspective to an audience, because he understands the vulnerabilities and responsibilities of consumers, the financial community, and law enforcement. And of course, he has great insight into the criminal mind. In his campaign against fraud, Mr. Rebhan has worked closely with the California State Assembly and the Los Angeles City Council. As an advocate for privacy and financial security, he has proposed municipal code and legislative changes regarding consumer and business fraud prevention efforts. He is a special consultant to Screen Actors Guild members and is a member of the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators, as well as the Electronic Crimes Task Force led by the United States Secret Service. Mr. Rebhan's extraordinary knowledge of the business world and his presentation style have made him one of the nation's most requested speakers on the subject of consumer and business fraud prevention, and from his viewpoint, he gives his powerfully candid opinion on who is to blame for the identity theft crisis. Using humor, fear, and logic, he challenges the status quo motivating his audiences to review passive lifestyles and business practices, joining him in the 21st Century technological and common sense fight against fraud. www.robertrebhan.com

Mari Frank, Interviews Shirley Durham, Director of Programs, the Ponemon Institute

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:00:00 -0800

n February 2007, Shirley Durham was named Director of Programs and Special Projects for Ponemon Institute, LLC, a research "think tank" dedicated to advancing privacy and data protection practices, which is located in Traverse City, Michigan. Ms. Durham joined Ponemon Institute after retiring from Ford Motor Company (Ford) with more than 30 years of service, during which she held a variety of management positions, including Director of Ford's Corporate Privacy Office. As Director of Ford's Corporate Privacy Office, she was responsible for providing strategic direction globally for Ford and its family of brands, products and services on privacy initiatives and for overseeing the development of corporate privacy policy related to personal information. In this capacity, she provided assistance to operations to meet legal and corporate compliance requirements and deliver optimal business solutions. Ms. Durham coordinated the Corporate Privacy Steering Committee, which provided executive oversight on privacy matters. Ms. Durham provided subject matter expertise to internal and external groups regarding privacy/data protection policy, reviewed and addressed privacy/data protection legislation, identified risk areas, and proposed/developed recommended solutions, tools and controls, new policies/procedures/processes, and employee training and awareness programs. Most recently, Ms. Durham served as the Executive Director of Ford Motor Company Fund (Ford Fund), which is Ford's charitable giving arm and a separate legal entity. Ms. Durham managed all operational and administrative aspects of Ford Fund, including financial reporting and analysis, banking, compliance with legal and corporate requirements, payment processing, purchasing/vendor relations, and legal/legislative matters. In addition, Ms. Durham developed giving strategies, approved grants, developed community relationships, and represented the company externally. She has served on various not-for-profit and business advisory boards and committees. She is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP). www.ponemon.org

Mari Frank Interviews Job Scam Victim and OC Sheriff Economic Crimes Investigator

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Investigator Gene Inouye is currently assigned to the Orange County Sheriff's Department's Economic Crimes Unit and is responsible for investigating various financial crimes including: identity theft, financial elder abuse, real estate fraud, credit/check fraud, and securities fraud. Over Investigator Inouye's 16 year law enforcement career, he has worked a variety of assignments including: court operations, jail operations, patrol, field training officer, narcotics/gangs/vice investigator, and drug education. He has many years of experience instructing students, educators, parents, business leaders, and communities on a variety of topics including: crime trends, crime prevention, drug education and financial crimes prevention. Investigator Inouye is currently a member of the Orange County Financial Crimes Investigators Association. http://www.ocsd.org Leslie Howard Leslie Howard graduated from University of Washington with a degree in Business Administration, with a focus on Finance /Marketing. She studied abroad at Lorenzo de Medici, Florence, Italy Following Graduation, she worked in Seattle as an Associate Financial Consultant for a litigation consulting firm, in the healthcare practice. She relocated to Southern California in September 2004 to begin a career in mortgage lending with upward mobility and sales opportunities. After working in the mortgage lending industry, she moved to San Diego to work directly with clients as a mortgage broker. Then she started a new mortgage company in Solana Beach, investing as partial owner, as a shareholder. She continued her work as a mortgage broker with the firm from Orange County satellite office. Then she pursued a new professional direction in the field of nutrition, health, and fitness, of which have always been an avid interest and passion by attending Clayton College of Natural Health, earning a degree in Holistic Health and Wellness, with a concentration in Lifestyles and Nutrition. She serves as an instructor of Bikram Yoga.

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Beth Given, Director, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Beth Givens is founder and director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC), a nonprofit advocacy, research, and consumer education program located in San Diego, California. The PRC was established in 1992 with funding from the California Public Utilities Commission's Telecommunications Education Trust. It is an independent program of the Utility Consumers' Action Network, a nonprofit organization that advocates for consumers' interests regarding telecommunications, energy and the Internet. The PRC maintains a complaint/information hotline on informational privacy issues, the only one of its kind in the country. It publishes a series of guides on informational privacy issues. Topics include Internet privacy, wireless communications, credit reporting, identity theft, telemarketing, medical records, workplace privacy, employment screening, unsolicited mail, government records, children's online privacy, among others. These are available at the PRC's web site, www.privacyrights.org. Givens frequently speaks and conducts workshops on the issue of privacy. She has participated in many media interviews including: The News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS), CBS Evening News, CNN, 60 Minutes, 48 Hours, Good Morning America, Court TV, NBC Evening News, CBS Weekend News, and major U.S. daily newspapers. She has testified on privacy public policy concerns before the U.S. Senate, the California Legislature, the California Public Utilities Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency. In addition, Givens has been a member of several task forces examining privacy-related public policy issues:: California Office of Privacy Protection Advisory Committee; Truste Wireless Privacy Committee; Justice Management Institute's Electronic Court Records Advisory Committee; Task Force on Criminal Records Identity Theft; California Legislature's Joint Task Force on Personal Information and Privacy; California Judicial Council Subcommittee on Privacy and Access; Internet Policy Committee of the San Diego Public Library; and the Mayor of San Diego's City of the Future Task Force. She has served on the U.S. Census Advisory Committee. Many of Givens' speeches and testimony are available on the PRC Web site under "Speeches&Testimony," www.privacyrights.org/ar. Givens was awarded a Pioneer Award in 2002 from the Electronic Frontier Foundations. The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse is a 2000 award recipient from The Foundation for Improvement of Justice for its work in assisting victims of identity theft. Givens is a recipient of the 2000 Privacy International Brandeis Award. Givens contributed articles on identity theft to two encyclopedias: World Book (2004) and Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment (2002). She is the author of The Privacy Rights Handbook: How to Take Control of Your Personal Information (Avon Books, 1997). She is co-author of Privacy Piracy: A Guide to Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft. Givens is also co-author and editor of the PRC's fact sheets, on the Web at www.privacyrights.org/fs. Givens holds a master's degree in communications management from the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California (1987). She has a background in library and information services, with experience in online research services and library network development (M.L.S., University of Denver, 1975). Beth Givens Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Director and Founder Web:www.privacyrights.org. 3100 - 5th Ave. Suite B, San Diego, CA 92103 Voice: 619-298-3396 Fax: 619-298-5681 Email: bgivens@privacyrights.org

Mari Frank, Esq Interviews Privacy and Technology Director and Lawyer, Robert Brownstone

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Robert D. Brownstone is the Law & Technology Director at Fenwick & West LL, a 250-attorney Silicon-Valley based law firm, specializing in providing comprehensive services to technology and life sciences clients of national and international prominence. Robert advises clients on electronic discovery, electronic information management, compliance and retention/destruction policies and protocols. He also regularly collaborates with clients and colleagues to assess and implement computer support solutions for litigations and transactions. A nationwide speaker and writer on many law and technology issues (including privacy law), Robert is frequently quoted in the press as an expert on electronic information. Last year he was named by Law & Politics magazine as a Northern California "Super Lawyer" and was featured in the cover story of the August issue of ABA Law Practice magazine. Mr. Brownstone is a member of four state bars (including California and New York), of the Information Systems Auditing and Control Association (ISACA) and of the executive committees of the State Bar of California's Law Practice Management and Technology (LPMT) Section and the Santa Clara County Bar Association's High Technology Section. Prior to joining Fenwick & West in 2000, Robert had a varied 13-year career as a litigator, law school administrator, law school teacher and consultant. He received his J.D. Magna Cum Laude from Brooklyn Law School in 1986 and his B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1982. www.fenwick.com

Mari Frank Interviews Chris Hoofnagle, Privacy ExpertAttorney, Samuelson Law, Technology U. of Ca. Berkeley

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Chris Jay Hoofnagle is senior staff attorney to the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic and senior fellow with the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. His focus is consumer privacy law. He is admitted to practice law in California and the District of Columbia. Mr. Hoofnagle was the former director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center's West Coast Office in San Francisco, California. He has testified before Congress on privacy and Social Security Numbers, identity theft, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Security Breaches and before the Judicial Conference of the U.S. on public records and privacy. Chris' past work has focused on financial services privacy, gender and privacy, commercial profiling and telemarketing, commercial data brokers, and the privacy implications of emerging technologies including invasive advertising and Digital Rights Management. He participated in the Amy Boyer case, where the New Hampshire Supreme Court held that information brokers and private investigators can be liable for the harms caused by selling personal information. His writings on the First Amendment and privacy have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Knight Ridder News Service, and in law journals at Columbia Law School, Notre Dame Law School, the University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill, and at the University of Illinois . Chris is a graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law and is a member of the California, Maryland, and District of Columbia Bars.During Summer 1999, Chris was a law fellow for the American Association of University Professors.

Mari Frank Interviews Ken Leonard, CEO Scan ALert, Technology Expert

Wed, 30 May 2007 17:00:00 -0800

During Ken's three decades of entrepreneurship, he has created a series of successful technology companies, including the Video Graphics Corporation, Spectrum Electronics, AEA, and MeetChina.com. In 1995, Ken launched TABNet, a web hosting pioneer that grew to more than 150 employees and 100,000 customers before NTT/Verio acquired it in 1998. He currently serves on the boards of directors of Meet World Trade, GameWorld Technologies, D-achieve, PeerPC and OnMap. He also serves on the advisory board of Global Internet Ventures, an international venture capital investment fund, and is a member of the Information Systems Security Association. Ken studied medicine at the University of Vienna, Austria, and radio astronomy at the University of Florida. www.scanalert.com

Mari Frank Interviews Attorney Phil Gordon, Privacy Expert for the Workplace

Wed, 23 May 2007 17:00:00 -0800

PHILIP L. GORDON is a shareholder in the Denver office of Littler Mendelson, P.C., the largest law firm practicing exclusively labor and employment law. Mr. Gordon chairs the Firm's Privacy and Data Protection Practice Group. He regularly counsels Fortune 500 companies, as well as medium-sized and small businesses, concerning compliance with recently enacted state data protection laws, the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules and the European data protection laws; security incident response, background checks, workplace monitoring of employee communications, and other privacy and information security issues. In addition, he has substantial experience representing employers in trade secret, wrongful termination, and privacy-related litigation. Mr. Gordon has taught privacy and data security law as an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado School of Law. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Privacy Officers Advisor, the monthly publication of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Mr. Gordon lectures and publishes extensively on privacy and data protection issues. He is co-author of the book "HIPAA Privacy For Employers."

mari Frank Inerviews Chief, California Office Of Privacy Protection

Wed, 16 May 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Matt Isaccson, Fraud Specialist, Cpp North America

Wed, 02 May 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Matt Isaacson is Director of Product Marketing with CPP North America, LLC a wholly owned subsidiary of CPP Group, an international provider of life assistance products and services. Its international headquarters is in York, England, but CPP has offices throughout the United Kingdom as well as in the United States, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Hong Kong and Singapore and maintains a worldwide base of over 10 million customers. CPP North American headquarters are located in Minneapolis, MN. In his role as Director of Product Marketing, Mr. Isaacson helps drive new opportunities for CPP's partnering with companies to help consumers meet their needs with a variety of products including privacy and identity theft.

Mari Frank Interviews Cyber Security Expert Neal O'Farrell

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Neal O'Farrell is one of the top 20 security experts in the world.

Mari Frank Interviews Robert Smith, Publisher Privacy Journal

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Robert Ellis Smith is a journalist who uses his training as an attorney to report on the individual's right to privacy. Since 1974, he has published Privacy Journal, a monthly newsletter on privacy in a computer age based in Providence, R.I. Smith is a frequent speaker, writer, and Congressional witness on privacy issues and has compiled a clearinghouse of information on the subject: computer data banks, credit and medical records, the Internet, electronic surveillance, the law of privacy, and physical and psychological privacy. Smith is the author of Ben Franklin's Web Site: Privacy and Curiosity from Plymouth Rock to the Internet (Spring 2000), the first and only published history of privacy in the U.S. He is also the author of Our Vanishing Privacy (1993), The Law of Privacy Explained (1993), Privacy: How to Protect What's Left of It; Workrights, a book describing individual rights in the work place; and The Big Brother Book of Lists. Privacy Journal also publishes Compilation of State and Federal Privacy Laws, Celebrities and Privacy, and War Stories, a collection of anecdotes on privacy invasions. The New York Times said Smith "sounds the alarm about maintaining freedom and privacy in the computer age" and called him "a principled critic." Privacy Journal is "a privacy watchdog," according to Time, and "the paper of record for lawyers and others interested in privacy rights," according to U.S. News and World Report. Smith, 64, has been asked to write the definitive statement on privacy in the last two editions of The World Book Encyclopedia. He has appeared on all three network morning news programs, as well as "Face the Nation," "Nightline," and "All Things Considered." He has been a regular commentator on "Marketplace" on American Public Radio. From 1970 to 1973, Smith was the assistant director of the Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Prior to that, he had nine years of experience as a news reporter and editor with the Detroit Free Press, Trenton Times, The Southern Courier, and Newsday. A 1962 graduate of Harvard College, Smith received his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1976. He served as a member of the District of Columbia Human Rights Commission until 1986. In 1997, Vice President Gore named him to the Civil Liberties Panel of the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security. From 1996 to 2002, he served as vice chair of the Coastal Resources Management Council, which protects the 400 miles of Rhode Island coastline. In 2004 he was elected to the Town Council of Block Island, R.I.

Mari Frank Interviews Computer and Privacy Expert Dr. Mike Willett

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Dr. Michael Willett received his BS degree from the US Air Force Academy and his Masters and PhD in mathematics from NC State University. After a career as a university professor of mathematics and computer science, Michael joined IBM as a design architect, moving into IBM's Cryptography Competency Center. Later, Dr Willett joined Fiderus, a security and privacy consulting practice; subsequently, accepting a position with Wave Systems, working on programmable cryptographic chips used in the deployment of smart card technologies. Currently, Michael is a Senior Director in Seagate Research, focusing on security functionality on hard drives. Dr Willett represents Seagate on the Trusted Computing Group Board of Directors, Technical Committee, and the Trusted Storage Work Group. Michael also chairs the Privacy Framework Project of the ISTPA, developing an operational framework for implementing fair information privacy practices. www.seagate.com

Mari Frank Interviews Scientists in Privacy and Security Scientists at University of California

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Chris Davison is the Technology Manager for the two National Science Foundation (NSF) funded research projects known as Responding to Crises and Unexpected Events (Rescue - www-itr-rescue.org) and Responsphere (www.responsphere.org). The research projects are housed at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). He has over 20 years of Information Technology (IT) experience and has been working and sometimes lecturing at UCI since 1996. Chris holds an A.S. in Computer Science, a B.S. in Information Systems, an MBA in Technology Management, and is currently a PhD student in Organization and Management (IT Management). His research interests are in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR), ethics, and privacy. He has presented and published extensively in those areas. As the Technology Manager for Rescue and Responsphere, Chris is involved with creating smart buildings and IT pervasive spaces. These technologies aid First Responders in saving lives and properties during a disaster. Additionally, Chris and the Rescue group, as one of their primary research thrusts, perform research on the privacy implications of IT and IT instrumented spaces.

Mari Frank Interviews Scientists in Privacy and Security Experts at Data Protection Summit

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews 6 Privacy and security experts in a field interview at the exhibit hall at the California Data Protection Summit. Find out the newest tecnologies and the problems they solve.

Mari Frank Interviews Chris Green, Esq. Credit Expert

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Christopher Green practices credit litigation in Seattle Washington. He has represented consumers from all over Washington State including King, Snohomish, Pierce, Kitsap, Whatcom, Thurston, Chelan and many other Washington Counties and has represented residents of Bellevue, Tacoma, Everett, Spokane, Kent, Auburn, Bremerton, Port Orchard, Oak Harbor etc. etc. He handles both individual and class actions. He does over 90% of his cases on a contingency fee basis and has represented hundreds of consumers against credit reporting agencies, banks, credit card companies and debt collectors regarding disputed credit errors. He is admitted to practice in Washington State and is also admitted to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington and the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He graduated from Washington State University with honors and attended the University of Puget Sound. He is a member of the United States Marine Corps Reserve, Washington State Bar Association, National Association of Consumer Advocates (Original Member), King County Bar Association and Federal Bar Association. Chris also teaches non-attorneys in his course "Correcting Your Credit", held four times a year at the University of Washington's Experimental University. Experimental College.

David Holtzman interview

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:00:00 -0800

David Holtzman is a former security analyst and military code-breaker, a futurist, activist, technologist, technology executive, and writer. Throughout his career, he has led initiatives that have radically changed the way people interact with technology. Holtzman is an Internet pioneer who helped oversee the Internet's growth from its infancy in the mid-1990s through the dot-com boom. As Chief Technology Officer of Network Solutions and the manager of the Internet's master root server, he ran the most critical network in the world - the domain name system - and oversaw the growth of the commercial Internet from 500,000 to over 20 million domain names

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Peter Kosmala, Training Director IAPP

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Peter Kosmala assists with IAPP operations, strategy and marketing. He oversees membership services and is responsible for all of the association's privacy credentialing programs. In 2004, Mr. Kosmala helped develop and launch the first-ever, broad-based certification in information privacy, the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP). He has since developed specialized credentialing programs in U.S. government privacy (CIPP/G) and Canadian privacy (CIPP/C). Today, he manages all three programs from course training and exam administration to continuing education. Prior to joining the IAPP, Mr. Kosmala worked successfully in a variety of consulting, entrepreneurial and corporate environments in business planning, strategic marketing and project management capacities. As Managing Director with strategic consulting firm Progress Partners, Mr. Kosmala advised corporate clients on Internet business strategy and marketing technology integration. As an Associate with online marketing consulting company Upstream Group, Mr. Kosmala authored and presented professional development programs for Internet marketing executives. He also spoke at national events on the topics of online marketing trends and emerging advertising platforms. Mr. Kosmala spent several years in software product management as Director of Product Syndication for MyWay.com and managed marketing technology operations for Planet Direct, both properties of CMGI, a leading Internet holding company in the 1990s. His roots are in the advertising and publishing businesses at agencies Wells Rich Greene BDDP and EURO RSCG/MVBMS Partners as well as technology publisher Wired Magazine. www.privacyassociation.org Previ

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews California State Senator Joe Simitian, Chair Senate Seclect Priacy Committee

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Joe Simitian was elected to the California State Senate in November 2004 to represent the 11th State Senate District, which includes parts of San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties. His public service over the years includes stints as a State Assemblymember, member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, Mayor of Palo Alto and President of the Palo Alto School Board. He has also served as an election observer/supervisor in El Salvador and Bosnia, and participated in refugee relief and resettlement efforts in Albania and Kosovo. In the Senate, Simitian chairs the Environmental Quality Committee and serves as a member of the following committees: Budget and Fiscal Review; Business, Professions and Economic Development; Education; Energy, Utilities and Communications; Environmental Quality; and Transportation and Housing. He is also one of two Democratic members on the Budget Subcommittee on Education. He also holds a Master of Arts degree in International Policy Studies from Stanford University, a Master in City Planning degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Juris Doctor law degree from the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall). The California Journal identified Simitian as among those at the "Top of the Class" during his first term in the Legislature. San Jose Magazine has repeatedly recognized him as one of the "Power 100 of Silicon Valley", and in 2003 Simitian was selected by Scientific American magazine as one of the "Scientific American 50" Leaders in Technology from around the world.Senator Simitian and his work have been quoted or noted in publications as diverse as the Atlantic Monthly, Conde Nast Traveller, Mother Jones, People Magazine, and Scientific American. His media appearances range from CNN to the "Dr. Phil Show", from CTV (Canadian Television) to ABC Radio National in Australia. Simitian brings to his work a unique perspective and background - service at all levels of local government; hands-on experience in the private sector as a public schools attorney, businessman, and certified city planner; a breadth of international interests and experience; as well as professional education and training particularly applicable to his work in the Legislature. http://www.senatorsimitian.com/

Mari Frank Interviews James Pyles, Esq. Health Care Privacy Lobbyist

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Jim Pyles has practiced health law for nearly 35 years, both with the federal government and in private practice. Mr. Pyles represents hospitals, physicians, psychotherapists, home health agencies, hospices, and companies providing durable medical equipment and infusion therapy in virtually every state and the District of Columbia. In representing these clients, Mr. Pyles has developed expertise in numerous health law subject areas, including the right to medical privacy and private communications as reflected in the U.S. and many state constitutions as well as federal and state law and traditional standards of medical ethics. As a registered lobbyist, Mr. Pyles has participated directly in issues relating to national health care reform with particular emphasis on medical privacy issues, medical ethics as well as payment and coverage reform.

Mari Frank Interviews Deborah Pierce, Executive Director of Privacy Activism

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Deborah is the Executive Director of PrivacyActivism. Her work focuses on consumer education campaigns, advocacy, and analysis of privacy issues, with particular emphasis on data flow, data matching, and privacy risks associated with data collection. In 2005, Deborah chaired the Association for Computing Machinery's Computers, Freedom, and Privacy (CFP) conference, bringing together attendees not only from government, business, education, and non-profits, but also from the community of computer professionals, hackers, crackers and engineers who work the code of cyberspace. Deborah is currently a member of the University of Washington's Shidler Center for Law, Commerce and Technology Advisory Committee. She was a committee member of the Washington State Bar Association's Access to Justice, a committee formed to develop more detailed guidelines addressing the issue of the technological impact on privacy within the justice system. In her previous role as a staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, she worked on issues related to electronic privacy, database information collection and personal identity. www.privacyactivism.org

Mari Frank Interviews Tom Coughlin, Computer Security Engineer

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Tom is the Founder and President of Coughlin Associates and Chairman of the 2007 Data Protection Summit. Tom has over 25 years of experience in the data storage industry as a working engineer and high level technical and corporate executive. For several years he has been collaborating with the Center for Magnetic Recording Research at the University of California, San Diego on the sanitization of disk drive data. In addition to regular technical and market consulting projects he is the publisher of several reports covering technology and applications for digital storage devices and systems including storage components, capital spending, storage technology trends, a series on storage and digital entertainment and a series on system storage. He has 6 patents on magnetic recording and related technologies. Tom is the founder and organizer of the annual Storage Visions Conference (which celebrated its sixth year in 2007). Tom is a senior member and officer of the Santa Clara Valley IEEE, as well as a member of APS, AVS, IDEMA, SNIA, AAAS, and SMPTE.

Mari Frank Interviews Emily Andrew, Chief Privacy Officer, USPS

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Emily Andrew was named Acting Chief Privacy Officer for the Postal Service in August 2006. In this role, she is responsible for reinforcing and increasing the value that privacy brings to the U.S. Postal Service's brand. Emily reports to the Consumer Advocate and Vice President, Consumer Affairs and is responsible for advising the Office of the Postmaster General and senior management on a wide variety of privacy-related issues and initiatives. She manages the development and implementation of privacy policies and processes including the organization's compliance with the Privacy Act and regulations, research of global privacy trends in government and industry; and the integration of privacy features into all Postal Service products, programs and services. She also chairs the USPS Privacy Board made up of key Postal Service executives. Emily Andrew has led the privacy program's team since 2003 and has a strong professional background in operations, consumer affairs, and marketing. Other responsibilities include the oversight, coordination, development and implementation of corporate policies, records management, technologies, and other initiatives that increase customer loyalty, satisfaction, and ultimately, trust in the Postal Service. Emily manages a staff of technical, professional and administrative employees as well as industry consultants supporting this function. She provides communications, training, and other outreach to internal and external audiences on USPS commitment to customers and privacy. Emily also served as Acting Chief Privacy Officer in the summer and fall of 2005. In this capacity, she managed the privacy effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Emily is a certified International Association of Privacy Professionals/Government (IAPP/G) member and a member of the Responsible Information Management Council (RIM).

Mari Frank Interviews Jim Jordan, Esq

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:00:00 -0800

James M. Jordan is the former Chief Privacy Leader and Senior Counsel for E-Commerce & Information Technology of General Electric Company, where he led GE's pioneering initiative to implement Binding Corporate Rules for the transfer of personal data from Europe. His law firm, Jordan Legal Counsel, P.C., serves as co-counsel to Crowell & Moring's Privacy and Data Protection Group, focusing on privacy and personal data protection issues. He teams with lawyers from the firm's European offices to assist clients in complying with the European Union Data Protection Directive, ePrivacy Directive and eCommerce Directive, implementation of global privacy programs, and cross-border transfers of personal data pertaining to employees, customers and suppliers. He also advises clients on compliance with U.S. laws pertaining to privacy, electronic marketing and e-commerce, including the FTC Act, CANSPAM Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Privacy Act of 1974, and state identity theft and security breach disclosure laws.

Mari Frank, Esq interviews David M. Smith, Victim of Criminal ID Theft

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:00:00 -0800

David M. Smith a former Naval Officer and current high level employee of Delta Airlines found out in 1998 that he was a victim of criminal ID theft when a felon with many outstanding warrants used David's good name to commit crimes. David was arrested and treated like a criminal and spent hundreds of hours trying to clear his name. He thought all was finally over untuil December 2006 when he was again arrested for crimes his impostor committed. Listen to this outrageous story of this hero who refuses to be defteated.

Mari Frank Interviews Professor Gene Tsudik

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Professor Gene Tsudik is the Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies at the University of California , Irvine in the Department of Computer Science. He was chosen as a Fullbright Scholar to teach and do research in Rome in the Spring of 2007 concerning computer privacy issues.

Mari Frank Interviews Professor Marc Racicot

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Marc-Aurele Racicot is a member of the Quebec Bar and is presently a staff lawyer with the Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada. He is a member of the Canadian Association of Professional Access and Privacy Administrators (CAPAPA) and of the Association sur l'acces a l'information et la protection de l'information (AAPI). He is currently a graduate student in the LLM Program at the Law Faculty, University of Alberta. His research centres on the open courts principle and access to information and protection of privacy. Mr. Racicot is co-author of the works Federal Access to Information and Privacy Legislation Annotated and Protection of Privacy in the Canadian Private Sector published by Thomson-Carswell. In 2003, Mr. Racicot began his work with the Faculty of Extension - University of Alberta Information Access and Protection of Privacy (IAPP) Certificate Program when he wrote two modules for the course Access in a Liberal Democracy. As part of a secondment, Mr. Racicot is entering his third year as Assistant Adjunct Professor and Manager of the IAPP Certificate Program. All IAPP Certificate Program courses are now offered in French and English.

Mari Frank interviews Alisa McDermott, ID Theft Victim

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:00:00 -0800

Alisa McDermott is a Colorado resident, Insurance Broker, and mother of 4 children, with 2 living still at home. She is President of the local Business Association, and a member of many local clubs and organizations. She has been a positive contributing member of her community. In the year 2000 she found out she was the victim of identity theft and what this would mean for her and her family. Her nightmare has lasted for six years - she is still trying to clear her name and credit from the horrible scene of Identity Theft.

Mari Frank Interviews Rob Douglas, CEO, Privacy Today, Security Expert

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Robert Dougls is CEO of Privacy Today. He consults on issues involving information security for private industry, law enforcement and governmetnal agencies. He served as an expert for the Federal Trade Commiission's design and execution of Operation Detect Pretext, a sting operation to catch and prosecute offenders participating in the illegal information broker industry. He has testified many times in Congress and has investigatted and helped with the HP pretexting scandal as well as high profile pretext cases involving murder. Visit www.privacytoday.com

Mari Frank Interviews Chicago Citizens on their views about privacy

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Chicago suburban residents at the famous "Russell's" restaurant. You'll hear the mid-west perspective on privacy issues from business persons, senior citizens, and even an eight year old!! What does the "person on the street" think about the privacy issues? Listen to how these interviewees deal with privacy challenges that we all face?

Mari Frank Interviews Jeffrey Chester, Director of the Center For Digital Democracy

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Dr. Larry Ponemon, CEO Ponemon Institute

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Dave Wiggins, law enforcement and security and tourism safety expert

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Dave is the past president of the Southern California Tourism Safety & Security Association, a non-profit collaboration of law enforcement, security professionals, attraction operators, travel professionals, tourism industry representatives and others dedicated to the exchange of tourist crime and safety information, education, and professional networking. Dave is an 18-year veteran of Southern California law enforcement, and currently works on community and tourist oriented policing projects. He has authored articles, and been interviewed for a variety of magazines and newspapers, regarding tourism security trends. Dave was honored by the Orange County Tourism Council with their Chairman's Award, the first time the Council has recognized a member of law enforcement. Dave received the 2005 Special Recognition Award from his agency, as well as a U.S. Congressional certificate of commendation for his initiatives in promoting improved visitor security.

Mari Frank Interviews Tammie Carroll, Reformed Identity Thief and Meth Addict

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Tammie Carroll, a Colorado resident, is a recovering drug addict and the mother of 4 children. Three of the children are living with her and the fourth was adopted out due to her drug addiction and the crimes she committed. She has been clean from drugs and crime since Jan 8, 2003. She became addicted to methamphetamine after an abusive relationship. The drug addictions led her to places and do things that she never thought she would go or do. She started stealing from others to provide for her children and to support her drug habit. She became involved with cashing counterfeit checks and stealing mail. She would create new check using the routing number and account number of checks she had stole in the mail. After she figured out just how easy it was that was to steal identities and money the identity theft became an addiction all in itself. Tammie was indicted by a grand jury with a group of people on many different charges and sentenced to Peer 1 where her life was saved. Tammie is currently still serving her sentence and paying back the money.

Mari Frank Interviews Attorney Christine Varney

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Christine Varney rejoined Hogan & Hartson in 1997, after five years in government service, to head the firm's Internet practice group. This practice provides full service assistance to companies doing business globally, including providing advice on antitrust, privacy, business planning and corporate governance, intellectual property, and general liability issues. Christine also provides antitrust, competition policy, and regulatory advice to a variety of companies. Her clients have included such companies as eBay, DoubleClick, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, Dow Jones & Company, AOL, Synopsys, Compaq Computer, Gateway, Netscape, The Liberty Alliance, and Real Networks. Prior to becoming a federal trade commissioner, Christine was an assistant to the president and secretary to the Cabinet. She was the primary point of contact for the 20-member Cabinet. She was responsible for the overall coordination of several major issues and initiatives between the White House and various agencies. Before joining the Clinton Administration, Christine practiced law with Hogan & Hartson. In addition, she served as chief counsel to the Clinton/Gore Campaign, general counsel to the 1992 Presidential Inaugural Committee, and general counsel to the Democratic National Committee from 1989 to 1992.

Mari Frank Interviews Janet Chapman, Chief Privacy Officer, Charles Schwab

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Janet Chapman, chief privacy officer for The Charles Schwab Corporation, serves as the primary privacy contact for the company. In this role, she oversees the creation of privacy strategy, policies and standards, and ensures that they are understood and maintained. She also coordinates the execution of privacy legislative and regulatory changes across the company and acts as liaison to various industry councils and professional groups, including the Privacy Committee of the Securities Industry Association (SIA) and International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Chapman is also Member of the Advisory Board of the Ponemon Institute's Responsible Information Management Council. She is a frequent speaker on privacy issues.

Mari Frank Interviews privacy experts in Toronto Canada

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Carole Meltzer, Interior Design with Privacy

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:00:00 -0800

When interior designer Carole Meltzer lived and worked in Hong Kong her life changed. After meeting with Master Leung (classic compass school Feng Shui) and training one-on-one with him, she received the prestigious title Feng Shui Master. This title is only given from one Master to the next. Upon her return to the United States, she continued her studies and became a Master of Black Hat Tantric school Feng Shui and has received two master titles for her Feng Shui Studies. Her training continued recently with Gurunam Joseph Levry in New York City, where she received his blessings to practice the ancient science of Kabbalah. Carole's unique "Echo Edge" design with an edge, is reflected in her green design home and business interiors and green products which support universal designs for a better environment.....Carole's jewelry and home accessories are sought after by her roster of celebrity clients, which include: Susan Sarandon, Sheryl Crow, Julie Chen, Patti D'Arbanville, Illeana Douglas and Annette Bening. Her collections have appeared on the hit television series Sex and the City. An expert on the use of color, and an authority on lifestyle designs privacy in the living and working environment, and personal style, Carole has appeared on The View, CBS Morning Show, CNN, MTV, The Style Channel, the Travel Channel. Her products have been featured in the NY Times Style Section, Vogue, Elle, People Magazine, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Allure, W, Bride's, Travel & Leisure and Celebrity Living.

Mari Frank Interviews Colin Bennett, Canadian Professor and Privacy Author

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Dr. Colin Bennett's research interests have focused on the comparative analysis of information privacy protection policies at the domestic and international levels. He has published Regulating Privacy: Data Protection and Public Policy in Europe and the United States (Cornell University Press, 1992). He is also co-editor or Visions of Privacy: Policy Choices for the Digital Age (University of Toronto Press, 1999), and co-author of The Governance of Privacy: Policy Instruments in Global Perspective (Ashgate Press, 2003). He has published articles in: Public Administration, International Review of Administrative Sciences, Policy Options, The Journal of Public Policy, Governance, Science, Technology and Human Values, Canadian Public Administration, the Information Society and the European Journal of Political Research, as well as in specialized journals such as Privacy Laws and Business. He has given addresses and papers on these subjects in Canada, the United States, Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Australia and New Zealand. He is an occasional contributor of articles on privacy to The Ottawa Citizen, The Vancouver Sun and the Victoria Times-Colonist.

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Joanne McNabb, Chief, California Office of Privacy Protection

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank Interviews Suzanne Stanford and Amber LindsayChild Internet Protection Experts

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Amber Lindsay is the Communications Coordinator for the NetSmartz Workshop. Ms. Lindsay works with educators, law enforcement, community leaders, and the media to implement NetSmartz into schools and communities across the country. Through presentations and trainings, Ms. Stanford has an extensive background in the Internet Safety Education business. From 1999 to 2004, Ms. Stanford focused her time raising awareness to Members of Congress of the need for Internet safety education in K-12 schools. Ms. Stanford catapulted a non-profit Internet safety education foundation, I-Safe America, into an $11.5M federally funded, nationally recognized entity.

Mari Frank Interviews L.A. Deputy DA, Jon Fairtlough, High Tech Crime

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Jonathon Fairtlough has been assigned to the Hight Tech Crime Unit and has prosecuted over 50 identity theft cases including the ChoicePoint Data Intrusion. He was selected as prosecutor of the year in 2006 by the Southern Chapter of the International Association of Financial Crime Investigators.

Mari Frank Interviews Tim Sparapani, Legislative Counsel for Privacy, ACLU Washington , DC

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Timothy D. Sparapani, a legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington Legislative Office, focuses on lobbying Congress and the executive branch to protect the right to privacy. Sparapani's efforts focus on preventing unnecessary intrusions into Americans' privacy by individuals, companies and federal, state and local governments.

Mari Frank interviews Peter Scheer, Director of the California First Amendment Coalition

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Since June 2004 Scheer has been Executive Director of the California First Amendment Coalition, a nonprofit public interest organization committed to free speech and open-government rights. A lawyer and journalist, Scheer was editor and publisher of The Recorder, a daily legal newspaper in San Francisco, and publisher of Legal Times, a Washington, DC-based weekly on law and lobbying. Scheer practiced appellate law in Washington, DC, both in the U.S. Justice Department and in private practice. A partner in the Washington, DC firm of Onek, Klein & Farr, and general counsel to the National Security Archive, Scheer has argued appellate cases in most of the federal courts of appeal and in the U.S. Supreme Court

Mari Frank Interviews David Bender, Esq, Susan Jayson and Larry Ponemon of the Ponemon Institute

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:00:00 -0800

David Bender has extensive experience in contracting, litigation and counseling. He co-chairs the Privacy Practice Group and has been active in counseling on matters regarding privacy and data protection. He and negotiates and drafts all types of agreements relating to Internet, computer software and hardware matters. He also litigates computer related disputes and directs privacy audits and intellectual property due diligence investigations. Susan Jayson is executive director and co-founder of Ponemon Institute, LLC. In this role, Susan is responsible for managing the Institute's operations, including research on privacy and information management issues. Susan's background includes marketing, investor relations and corporate communications for such leading organizations as KPMG Peat Marwick, Arthur Andersen and the Financial Relations Board. Dr. Lawrence A. Ponemon is the Chairman and Founder of the Ponemon Institute, a research think tank dedicated to advancing privacy and data protection practices. Dr. Ponemon is considered a pioneer in privacy risk management and the development of the Responsible Information Management or RIM framework.

Mari Frank Interviews Bo Holland, CEO Debix, Technology Start Up Veteran

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Bo Holland is a start-up veteran who has been delivering innovative technology solutions to financial institutions for over fifteen years. In 2004, Holland founded Debix and currently serves as CEO. Holland was previously founder and CEO of Works, Inc., which was acquired by Bank of America in 2005. Works develops commercial payment solutions for large organizations and distributes the product via Bank of America, Wells Fargo, PNC Bank, Sun Trust and Commerce Bank. Holland invented the patent-pending technology that enables large organizations to approve and control payments for operating expenses via credit cards. www.debix.com

Mari Frank Interviews Author and CIA Expert, Burton Hersh

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Burton Hersh has adroitly sidestepped regular employment and persevered throughout a long and frequently tumultuous career as an independent writer. Following a six-year stint as a Fulbright Scholar and military translator in Germany, he returned to New York in the sixties to more than a decade as a successful magazine article writer and afterwards became a prolific author. He has a colorful background, received many literary awards, and his many years of research gave him great insights into American society and privacy issues. Below are some of his published books. The Shadow President: Ted Kennedy in Opposition (Steerforth Press, 1997) The Old Boys: The American Elite and the Origins of the CIA (Scribners, 1992) (Tree Farm Books, 2001) The Mellon Family: A Fortune in History (Morrow, 1978) Book Of The Month Club, Fortune Book Club The Education of Edward Kennedy (Morrow, 1972) Book Find Club; paperback Dell, 1980 The Ski People (McGraw-Hill, 1968)

Mari Frank Interviews Tom Zeller, Technology Journalist, New York Times

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Tom Zeller Jr. writes about technology and society for The New York Times -- a beat he has covered since Aug. 2004. His most recent stories have looked at the crime from the streets of Phoenix, where identity theft complaints are highest nationally, and from a prison in upstate New York, where a young identity thief is serving time. They are part of a larger series of stories under the rubric "Stolen Lives," which focuses on the problem of identity theft.

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Trevor Hughs, Executive Director of the International Assoc. of Privacy Professionals, and Larry Ponemon CEO, The Ponemon Institute

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Trevor and Larry discuss the issues facing corporations and consumer customers with regard to various issues of security and privacy of customer information. You'll learn what a privacy officer is and what they do- and what is the ethics of privacy in the informaiton age.

Mari Frank Interviews Federal Trade Commission Attorney, Betsy Broder

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Betsy Broder is an Assistant Director in the Federal Trade Commission's Division of Privacy and Identity Protection. In this capacity she helps coordinate the agency's law enforcement and outreach efforts on privacy issues, including data security and identity theft. She also oversees the FTC's other identity theft initiatives such as coordination with criminal law enforcement agencies and consumer education. She has testified before Congress and has been interviewed in television, newspapers and radio reports focusing on identity theft.

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Beth Givens, Director, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse 8 2 05

Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Beth Givens, Director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghosue is one of the leading privacy professionals in the Country. Beth's interview will enlighten you as to the many privacy issues that you face in your everyday life Her website www.privacyrights.org has fact sheets for consumers regarding every aspect of privacy.

Mari Frank Interviews Steve Zamucen, CPA Protecting Yourself while Investing

Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Mr. Zamucen's areas of concentration include Business Valuation, Fraud Investigation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Consulting and Forensic Accounting. He is a recognized expert witness in this area. Mr. Zamucen received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara and his Masters of Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from Santa Clara University. He has achieved the American Institute of CPA's designation and Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV). He is also a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). Mr. Zamucen has been an instructor for the University of Irvine, Extension Program, California State University Long Beach, Extension Program and numerous Bar and CPA Programs throughout the past 15 years. Zamucen, Curren, Holmes & Hanzich 17848 Sky Park Circle Irvine, CA 92614 Tel: (949) 955-2522

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Robert Ellis Smith, Publish 7 26 05 - Privacy Journal

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Robert Ellis Smith, Esq. shares insights as to the many ways in which we have lost our privacy and what we can do to regain it.

Mari Frank interviews Professr Jeff Sovern, Consumer Privacy Law

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Professor Sovern served as law clerk to Chief Judge Frank A. Kaufman of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and practiced law in the litigation department of a major New York City law firm. He is currently working on the third edition of a casebook titled "Consumer Law: Cases and Materials," with Professors John A. Spanogle, Ralph J. Rohner, and Dee Pridgen. He has written for various publications including Advancing the Consumer Interest, Annual Review of Banking Law, The Business Lawyer, Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems, DePaul Law Review, Encyclopedia of Housing, Federal Rules Decisions, Fordham Law Review, Journal of Consumer Affairs, Missouri Law Review, The New York Times, Ohio State Law Journal, the University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Washington Law Review and Wisconsin Law Review. He also has an article forthcoming in the William and Mary Law Review. His writings have been referred to in numerous casebooks, treatises, law review articles, and court decisions

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Chris Hoofnagle, Esq. West Coast Director -Electronic Privacy Information Center 7 19 05

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Chris Hoofnagle, West Coast Director of the Electrronic Privacy Information Center has testifiEpic is especially concerned with the widespread sale of sensitive information of Americans by information brokers. Chris reveals this and other secrets of privacy invasion by the government and commercial companies..

Mari Frank interviews Law Professor Jeremy Miller, Expert on the 4th Amendment

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Professor of Law, Chapman University Jeremy M. Miller is professor of law at the Chapman University School of Law. Prior to returning to full-time teaching, he was Founding Dean. He has also been a law professor at Western State University. In addition, Professor Miller serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Orange County Lawyer magazine. Professor Miller earned his B.A. from Yale, J.D. cum laude from Tulane, and an LL.M. from the University of Pennsylvania, thesis in Legal Ethics. He has clerked for the Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, is a prolific author, and often lectures for continuing education of the Bar. He is an expert on 4th Amendment Rights and Search and Seizure.

Mari J. Frank, Esq. Interviews Charlene Zettle, Dir. Ca. Office of Consumer Affiars and Joannnne McNabb, Dir. Ca. Office of Privacy Protection 7 12 05

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Charlene Zettel, Director of the California Office of Consumer Affairs tells what Californians can expect from government to protect their privacy and identity. Joanne McNabb, Director of the Office of Privacy Protection, tells what you can do to protect your privacy and what her office is doing to support privacy laws and help consumers and businesses to protect the privacy of Californians and citizens of our country

Mari Frank interviews Michelle Jun, Staff Attorney Consumer's Union

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Michelle Jun is a Staff Attorney/Campaign organizer with the www.FinancialPrivacyNow.org campaign, a project of Consumers Union, the nonprofit independent publisher of Consumer Reports. The project's goal is to inform consumers about how sensitive information about their finances is being increasingly used without their permission and how consumers can take steps individually and collectively to regain control over this sensitive information. She has worked with individuals, groups and legislators on security freeze legislation in over half the nation's states.

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Jay and Linda Foley, Co-Directors - The Identity Theft Resource Center 7 5 05

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Linda Foley, former identity theft victim and her husband Jay Foley are the founders and Co-Directors of The Identity Theft Resource Center in San Diego California. They will tell you what they do to help consumers protect themselves and what to do if you become a victim on identity theft.

Mari Frank, Esq. interviews James Scurlock, Documentary, Film Director

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 17:00:00 -0800

James D. Scurlock is a Independent documentary film director and producer. He attended the prestigious Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania and has no formal film training. In 2002, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in filmmaking. His first film, Parents of the Year, has been featured in over 25 film festivals and won numerous awards. He is currently in post-production on his third film, Maxed Out, a study of Americans and debt. Stumped! is his first feature film. Tonight's show enlightens you to the truth about how our credit system works and doesn't work. You'l hear some of the outrageous real life stories that James ued in his award winning documentary that will be released soon. www.maxedoutmovie.com

Mari Frank interviews MSNBC Journalist, Bob Sullivan June 28 2005

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:00:00 -0800

BOB SULLIVAN is a technology writer for MSNBC who has concentrated on technology crime and consumer fraud. He is the nation's leading journalist covering identity fraud having written more than 100 articles on the subject since 1996. His work appears on several MSNBC partner sites including MSN.com, Wall Street Journal Interactive, and ZDNet.com. Sullivan also appears on air on MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Nightly News, the Today Show, and various local NBC affiliates. He is the winner of the prestigious 2002 Society of Professional Journalists Public Service Award for his series of articles about online fraud. He has spoken before trade and government groups including the National Association of Attorney Generals. He lives in Maltby, Washington with his golden retriever, Lucky.

Mari Frank interviews Dr. Larry Ponemon Privacy Researcher

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank interviews Security Expert and Author Bruce Shneier

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist and author. Described by The Economist as a "security guru," Schneier is best known as a refreshingly candid and lucid security critic and commentator. When people want to know how security really works, they turn to Schneier. His first bestseller, Applied Cryptography, explained how the arcane science of secret codes actually works, and was described by Wired as "the book the National Security Agency wanted never to be published." His book on computer and network security, Secrets and Lies, was called by Fortune "[a] jewel box of little surprises you can actually use." His current book, Beyond Fear, tackles the problems of security from the small to the large: personal safety, crime, corporate security, national security. Bruce Schneier is the founder and CTO of Counterpane Internet Security, Inc., a leading protector of networked information -- the inventor of outsourced security monitoring and the foremost authority on effective mitigation of emerging IT threats. Visit his website at: http://www.schneier.com/

Mari Frank, Esq interviews Mary Culnan, Professor of Management and Information Technology at Bentley College

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Mary Culnan is the Slade Professor of Management and Information Technology at Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts. Her current research interests include privacy, promoting security on home computers, and online communities. She is the author of more than ninety articles including publications in the MIS Quarterly, Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, The Information Society, Management Science, the New York Times and the Washington Post.

Mari Frank,Esq. interviews David Szwak, Esq. Consumer Credit Expert

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:00:00 -0800

David A. Szwak, a native of Baton Rouge, was admitted to the Louisiana Bar in 1991. He is a double LSU graduate having earned his Bachelor of Science in Quantitative Business Analysis at LSU and his law degree from LSU Law Center. He is a consumer credit attorney and partner with Bodenheimer, Jones, Szwak & Winchell, in Shreveport. Mr. Szwak is admitted to practice in Louisiana, as well as the federal courts of the Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana, the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, the Northern,Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas, the District of Arizona, the Eastern District of Michigan, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States. He also frequently practices pro hac vice in most other federal and state jurisdictions. He has authored many legal articles, frequently lectures, and regularly litigates consumer credit, privacy, defamation and fraud cases. He also provides expert witness services in Fair Credit Reporting Act cases and related issues. His services include consultation, evaluation, assistance in drafting pleadings and discovery, depositions, expert reports and analysis, and testimony. A listing of his expert witness cases is available on his law firm web site www.bjswlaw.com. www.myfaircredit.com

Mari Frank Interviews David McCain Detective- Cyber Crime

Wed, 31 May 2006 05:00:00 -0800

David Mc Cain is a Detective with the Huntington Beach Police Department. He has been assigned to the High Tech Crimes Unit since 2001. His assignment includes investigating high tech crimes and assisting other investigators with various other types of crimes where the Internet or when a computer was used. He also performs computer forensic examinations on various media containing digital evidence. In the year 2000, he was named Investigator of the Year by his department. He shares the inside information about cyber crime, cyber stalking and cyber identity theft.

Mari Frank interviews Claire Miller victim of Cyber Identity theft.

Wed, 24 May 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Claire Miller is a successful professional with 18 years' experience in the publishing industry, living and working in Manhattan for the past 11 years. In September 2005, she began receiving visits and telephone calls from strangers-men who claimed to have communicated with her online through e-mails, chat rooms, and instant messaging (IMing). Through some of these men, she discovered that a cyber stalker had put up information on websites pretending to be her. She thinks he hacked into a high school friend's e-mails, gathering personal information about her. This stalker has impersonated her not only in direct correspondence with men online, but also by posting at least three profiles on personals websites, some of which listed her full name, home address, and home telephone number.She was featured in the New York Times in April 2006.

Mari Frank interviews Lance James, Information Security Scientist

Wed, 17 May 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Lance James (author of Phishing Exposed) has been involved in information security for more than 10 years, providing consultation to governments, start-ups, Fortune 500 companies and America's top financial institutions. He has devised techniques to prevent, track, and detect online fraud as a chief scientist with Secure Science Corporation (www.securescience.net), a security software company that is busy tracking over 53 phishing groups.)

Mari Frank, Esq. interviews Canada Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian and Privacy Expert Peter Hope-Tindell

Wed, 10 May 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Dr. Cavoukian is Ontario's first Information and Privacy Commissioner to be reappointed for a second term. Initially appointed in 1997, her role in overseeing the operations of the freedom of information and privacy laws in Canada's most populous province was extended to 2009. Like the provincial auditor, she serves as an officer of the legislature, independent of the government of the day. Mr. Hope-Tindall is Technical Director and Chief Privacy Architect of dataPrivacy Partners Ltd., a Canadian based privacy consultancy. Formerly, he was special advisor to the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario for biometrics and cryptography where he conducted privacy audits and assessments and monitored the development of large government systems having a significant privacy component. Mr. Hope-Tindall also represented the province of Ontario at the 1998 Canadian encryption policy discussions from which the template for Canada's national encryption policy arose.

Mari Frank, Esq. interviews Lillie Coney, Assoc. Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center

Wed, 03 May 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Ms. Coney is Associate Director with the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). Her issue areas include nanotechnology, surveillance, children's privacy, civil rights and privacy, coalition development, spectrum, census, and electronic voting. Ms. Coney also serves as Coordinator of the recently established National Committee on Voting Integrity (NCVI). NCVI was created in 2003 in response to growing concerns about the reliability of electronic voting systems. Lillie will share the insidious nature of the lack of transparency in voter registration, voting machines and elections. Our liberty is dependent on our confidentiality and privacy in the voting process. She will also tell you the dangers in the myriad types of surveillance in our modern society.

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Kirk Herath, Chief Privacy Officer Nationwide Insurance Companies

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Kirk Herath is the Chief Privacy Officer for Nationwide Insurance Company and President of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Additionally he sits on the Privacy Advisory Board of the US Homeland Security. Kirk 's company recently did a survey to see the difference in impact upon identity theft victims among the general population versus the African American and Hispanic communities. Listen in and find out the surprising results and also find out what the Homeland Security Privacy Committee is doing to protect citizens from governmental privacy invasions.

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Ron Hemphill, reformed ID Thief, and Eric Drew, former ID theft victim

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Ron Hemphill, former convicted ID thief with a former career as a successful criminal, tells how he was able to pay employees in banks, credit reporting agencies and hospitals to give him sensitive information to steal the identities of his best prospects. He tells how the companies are facilitating this crime. Then in the 2nd 1/2 hour, Eric Drew shares his heartwrenching story of how he was on his deathbed with a rare form of cancer when a lab tech in the hospital stole his identity- like a vulture abusing it's dying prey. Eric's instpiring story reveals how he regained his health and his identity against all odds. Don't miss this show.

Mari Frank Interviewsd Carol DiBattiste, Privacy Officer, ChoicePont

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Carol DiBattiste attorney and Chief Privacy Officer of Choicepoint explains what happened with their security breach, the $15 million stiplation with the Federal Trade Commission as to what they must now do to be compliant, and how they are now offeing free public record reports on-line to consumers.

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Fran Maier Executive Director/President Truste.org April 5

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Fran Maier, Executive Director and President of Truste.org is nationally know for her expertise in on-line privacy and marketing best practices. She'll tell you what to look for in order to trust a company on-line and she'll tell you how to protect yourself from phising and spam. Don't miss htis show.

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews David Shenk,Award Winning Author March 29th, 2006

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:00:00 -0800

David Shenk national best selling author reveals the emotional, social, and political ramifications of the information revolution. He has also founded Technorealism, a movement encouraging balanced consideration of technology's effects on humanity. David reveals the impact of how the information age exposes us to constant surveillance and diminishes our privacy. He tells us that we must shine the light on the privacy invasions. Don't miss this interview.

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Trevor Hughes, Esq. Executive Director of Network Advertising Initiative, and E-mail Service Provider Coalition

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Trevor Hughes is an attorney specializing in e-commerce, privacy and technology law. He'll enlighten you as to what is happening with protecting your privacy with e-mail, what' s new with spam control, how to protect your kids and yourself with regard to e-mail, phishing, and the dangers of the "no-email list" which many states wish to enforce to protect kids. You won't want to miss this privacy expert's great advice.

Mari Frank Interviews Linda Foley, Director of the Identity Theft Resource Center

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Linda Foley discusses child identity theft, what it is, how it happens, and how you can protect yourself and your children.

Mari Frank, Esq interviews Deborah Peel, MD on Medical Privacy, March 8 2006

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Deborah Peel, MD is a psychiatrist and a leading privacy expert on medical privacy. Deborah shares with you the danger of the new federal pending legislation which will take away any of the limited privacy you hjave left with regard to your health care privacy. Listen to this frightening, yet informative interview and learn what you must do to protect yourself with regard to genetic privacy and othere types of privacy iissues which could prohibit you from getting a job, health insurance, or life insurance, or a house or apartment.

Mari Frank Interviews Lisa Dean, Senior Privacy Officer For the Transportation Security Administration

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Lisa Dean, Senior Privacy Office for the Transportation Secuity Administration in Washington,DC will enlighten you as to the Watch List, the No Fly list, the Secure Flight Program, the trusted traveler and Registered Traveler porgram. She'll tell you what to do to clear your name if you are on the watch list - it can happen to you- it happened to Senator Ed Kennedy. Don't miss this great interview.

Lloyd Boshaw interviews Mari J. Frank, Esq. Privacy Expert

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800

Lloyd Boshaw, engineer and co-host interviews Privacy Piracy Host Mari Frank, Es. about the hidden secrets of identity theft and how the financial industry facilitates this crime. You'll learn unique ways to protect yourself, and what to do if you become one of the 10 million new victims each year. Find out the truth about ID theft and what needs to change to eliminate this crime.

Mari Frank Interviews Susanna Montezemolo Policy Director Consumers Union

Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Susanna Montezemolo, Policy Director of Consumers Union shares insights into new privacy legislation pending at the federal level and what is needed to protect the privacy of consumers.

Mari Frank interviews Patricia Wenskunas, Founder of Crime Survivors

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Anyone could become a victim of crime and experience the nightmare of fear pain and loss of privacy. Patricia Wenskunas shares what victims must do and how their families and friends are affected. You'll learn what your rights are if you are hit by crime and what you can expect to happen in court and in your financial and emotional life. Whether you experience fraud or violent crime or whether you worry about it, you won't want to miss this show.

Mari Frank Interviews Jeremy Gruber, Esq. Workplace Privacy 1 25 06

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Jeremy Gruber reveal how little privacy you have in the workplace and the present state of the law and what you can do to protect yourself.

Mari Frank Interviews James Dempsey, Esq, Policy Director of the Center For Democracy and Technology 1 18 06

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Jim Dempsey reveals the truth about NSA spying on Americans and why it is illegal. The President has said NSA nees the power to spy on Americans wiithout a warrant- in reality the warrants are easy to get- in 20 years only 4 or 5 have been denied, No one would want the government to be limited in its duty to fight terrorism- but securing a warrant - which requires some judicial oversite keeps our democracy safe. Jim also discusses the civil liberty issues of the Patriot Act.

Mari Frank interviews Robert Brennan, Esq. re: Fair Credit Reporting Act 1 11 06

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Robert Brennan, Esq. Los Angeles lawyer tells you what you need to know about your credit reports and how to correct them and deal with the all powerful credit reorting agencies.

Mari Frank Interviews Alan Chapell, attorney, privacy expert-marketing 1 4 06

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 17:00:00 -0800

Alan Chapell, President of Alan Chapell and Associate talks about how companies access and use your personal informaton for marketing. He enlightens you as to spyware, cookies, behavioral marketing and more. He'll tell you about how to protect yourself when dealing with companies and using the internet. Don't miss this exciting interview

Mari Frank Interviews Violet Woodhouse, Divorce Attorney, Author

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:00:00 -0800

Vio9let Woodhouse, Esq. , the author of Divorce and Money shares her concerns about privacy and divorce. With one out of two marriages ending in divorce, and all the information you must provide to the court, beware of how your personal and confidential financial information is available for the world to see. Listen to find out ways to protect your privacy.

Mari Frank Interviews Dian Black, Director Calegislation 12 21 05

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 17:00:00 -0800

Dian Black , the Director of Calegislation is a privacy expert who has helped thousands of victims of domestic violence "hide" and retain their privacy from abusers. She tells you how to keep your personal information safe, secure and private. If you are concerned about identity theft and other privacy invasions, you won't want to miss this interview.

Mari Frank interviews Joseph Ansanelli CEO of Vontu 12 14 05

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 05:00:00 -0800

Joseph Ansanelli is CEO of Vontu, Inc, a company that provides information security software that guards against the loss of personal information of customers. With 60 million americans losing their personal information to criminals in securiy breaches in 2005, you'll want to hear what this expert has to say about protection your privacy and sensitive informaiton.

Mari Frank Interviews Ca. Senator Jackie Speier and lobbyist Lenny Goldberg 11 30 05

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:00:00 -0800

California Senator Jackie Speier, a leader in privacy legislation shares the many issues regarding financial privacy and health care privacy that affect your daily life. She has been a courageous leader in fighting for privacy rights for all Californians. Lenny Goldberg a Sacramento lobbyist who educates assembly members and senators about privacy concerns shares the inside stories on fostoring privacy protections in California and exposes the truth about what the big companies do to obstruct privacy protections.

Mari Frank, Esq. Interview with Katherine Albrecht, author of Spychips 11 23 05

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:00:00 -0800

Mari Frank interviews privacy expert and author Katherine Albrecht. Katherine is the author of the bestselling book, SPYCHIPS which tells you about the insidious uses of RFID -radio frequency identifiers. You'll learn how companies and government is already spying on you and what you should be doing to protect yourself. To learn more about Katherine and other guests go to www.kuci.org/privacypiracy.

Mari Frank Interviews Ray Lorenzo and Lori Campbell- both couragous viictims of criminal identity theft 11 16 05

Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:00:00 -0800

Ray Lorenzo found out that his ex-wife's ex-boyfriend stole his identity and committed felonies in New York- since he is a computer specialist, he is unable to get a job in his field because background checksshow him as a convicted felon. This has ruined his career and destroyed his marriage to his 2nd ex-spouse. Listen to thew fascinating story of what he is doing to get his life back.In the second half hour you will hear the heartbreaking story of Lori Campbell who was convicted of a felony that her imostor did. She is desperately trying to get a new trial to prove her abosolute inosense. When you hear these interviews, you will see how this mightmare could happen to you and you'll learn ways to deal with it if it does.

Mari Frank interviews Peter Swire, Esq. Chief Privacy Officer President Clinton 11 9 05

Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:00:00 -0800

From 1999 until January, 2001 Professor Swire served as the Clinton Administration's Chief Counselor for Privacy, in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. In that position, he coordinated Administration policy on the use of personal information in the public and private sectors. He was White House coordinator for the proposed and final HIPAA medical privacy rules, and played a leading role on topics including financial privacy, Internet privacy, encryption, public records and privacy, e-commerce policy, and computer security and privacy.

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Mari Frank interviews Stephen Echols, Victim of Criminal Identity Theft, 10/1/12

Mari Frank interviews Thomas Shaw, ESQ., 10/8/12

Mari Frank interviews Mark Schwanhausser, 10/15/12

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Mari Frank Interviews Joe Simitian, Senator 9/24/12

Mari Frank Interviews Chris Boudreaux, Global Social Media Architect for Accenture 9/17/12

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Mari Frank Interviews Thomas Martin, Private Investigator 8/27/12

Mari Frank Interviews Robert Ellis Smith, Journalist and Attorney

Mari Frank Interviews Troy D. Timmons, Licensed Counselor and Sex Offender Treatment Provider

Mari Frank Interviews Michelle Finneran Dennedy, Founder of The iDennedy Project

Mari Frank Interviews Anne Wallace, President of the Identity Theft Assistance Corporation

Mari Frank Interviews Susan Grant, Director of Consumer Protection

Mari Frank Interviews Bruce Schneier, Internationally Renowned Security Technologist

Mari Frank Interviews Christopher Wolf, Director of Hogan Lovells' Privacy and Information Management

Mari Frank Interviews Jeff Jarvis, Associate Professor and Director of The Tow-Knight Center For Entrepreneurial Journalism

Mari Frank Interviews Elizabeth Henderson, Orange County Assistant District Attorney

Mari Frank Interviews Brian Kabateck, Nationally-Recognized Expert on Consumer Protection

Mari Frank Interviews Mike "Duck" Proctor, Leading Experts on Stalking

Mari Frank Interviews Matthew Bailey, an Attorney and Author Regarding Internet Privacy

Mari Frank Interviews Alexandra Natapoff, a Nationally-Recognized Expert on Criminal Informants

Mari Frank Interviews Rainey Reitman, Leader of the Activism Team at the Electronic Frontier Foundation

Mari Frank Interviews Hassan Elahi, The Visible Man

Mari Frank Interviews Larry Ponemon, Founder of the Ponemon Institute, and Rick Kam, President and Co-­Founder of ID Experts

Mari Frank Interviews Keith G. Bremer, Civil Litigation Attorney

Mari Frank Interviews Kenneth P. Mortensen, Vice President, Assistant General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer at CVS Caremark Corporation

Mari Frank Interviews David Bender, Attorney and Professor of Privacy Law

Mari Frank Interviews Chi Chi Wu, Staff Attorney at the National Consumer Law Center

Mari Frank Interviews Barry Nadell, Industry Expert on Employment Background Screening

Mari Frank Interviews Joseph Weiss, an Industry Expert on Control Systems and Electronic Security of Control Systems

Mari Frank Interviews V. James DeSimone, Attorney Specializing in Defending Civil and Constitutional Rights

Mari Frank Interviews Jon Mills, Director of Center for Governmental Responsibility

Mari Frank Interviews J. J. (Jack) Luna, International Consultant Specializing in Personal Privacy and Security

Mari Frank Interviews Sharon Bradford Franklin, Senior Counsel at the Constitution Project

Mari Frank Interviews J. Trevor Hughes, President and CEO of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

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Mari Frank Interviews Samuel Jeff Carter, Chief Strategy Officer of EyeLock

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Mari Frank Interviews Malcolm Crompton, Managing Director of Information Integrity Solutions

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Mari Frank Interviews Debbie Laskey, Social Media Consultant

Mari Frank Interviews Evan Hendricks, Founder of Privacy Times

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Mari Frank Interviews Joanne McNabb, Chief of the California Office of Privacy Protection

Mari Frank Interviews Martha Bellinger, Retired Commissioner and Judge

Mari Frank Interviews Steve Posner, Author of the Legal Treatise Privacy Law and the US Patriot Act

Mari Frank Interviews Beth Givens, Founder and Director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

Mari Frank Interviews Robert Ellis Smith, Journalist and Publisher of Privacy Journal

Mari Frank Interviews Stephen Rohde, Attorney, Writer and Lecturer

Mari Frank Interviews Larry Ponemon, Founder of the Ponemon Institute, and Rick Kam, President and Co-Founder of ID Experts