Privacy Piracy

Protect Your Privacy in the Information Age
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Meet your hosts

Mari Frank

Mari Frank, attorney and privacy consultant, is the creator of The Identity Theft Survival Kit, the audiocassette series Identity Theft Prevention and Survival, co-author of Privacy Piracy (with Beth Givens), and the author of two new books published by Porpoise Press (January 2005): From Victim to Victor: A Step by Step Guide for Ending the Nightmare of Identity Theft (2nd Edition, with CD) and Safeguard Your Identity: Protect Yourself With a Personal Privacy Audit. Mari is also the co-host with Lloyd Boshaw of Privacy Piracy a one hour public affairs radio show at KUCI 88.9 FM and www.kuci.org (U. of Ca., Irvine) dealing with all issues of privacy in the information age.

Ms. Frank has testified many times on privacy and identity theft issues in the California legislature and in the US Congress. In May 1999, she was summoned to the White House to a press conference to speak on Consumer Privacy, and the speech was broadcast on C-SPAN. In December 2004, and March 2005, Mari's ninety-minute PBS Television special, "Identity Theft: Protecting Yourself in the Information Age," aired nationwide and aired again in June 2005. Both of her new books were featured as gifts for viewers who pledged support for local PBS stations.

Mari consults with corporations and government agencies and provides professional speaking programs. She serves on the identity theft task force of the LA County District Attorney, and California's DMV Task Force on privacy. She's an Orange County Sheriff Reserve on the High Tech Crime Unit, an Advisory Board Member of the Identity Theft Resource Center, the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, and she's a member of the Advisory Board of the State of California's Office of Privacy Protection. Mari is a certified trainer for the State Bar of California, a law professor, and currently teaches Conflict Management 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 and has been interviewed on more than 250 radio shows. She has been featured in major newspapers and magazines, and her articles have been published in legal journals and magazines. Please find out more at www.identitytheft.org.

Lloyd Boshaw

Lloyd D. Boshaw, Jr. is our radio engineer and sometimes co-host (when he isn't too busy running the board, he asks questions too!) Lloyd has been a General Contractor and Builder for almost 30 years. He also is very adept at fixing almost anything and quick to learn the radio engineering skills. Lloyd is also a qualified and experienced mediator and arbitrator of construction disputes, and he has helped resolved many complex cases to the parties' satisfaction. Lloyd and Mari have been friends since they met in Hawaii in1989 and after many years married in 2001. As a favor to Mari, and as a result of his strong belief that privacy is diminishing in our society, Lloyd agreed to learn the radio skills necessary to team with Mari for this show.

Upcoming Guests

Aug 30, Beth Givens, Director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

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

Sep 6, David Brin, Scientist, Inventor, and 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/

Sep 13, Chris Willis, Partner at the law firm of Rogers & Hardin LLP in Atlanta, Georgia, and a member of the Technology Committee

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.

Previous Guests

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Aug 23, David Roberts, PhD, Clinical Psychologist

David L. Roberts, Ph.D. is 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 invaluable insight into his own life lessons and accomplishments; and 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. The Roberts FLAGS Model and related components can easily be adapted into any number of parenting, professional, and youth workshops and seminars. As of August 2009 Dr. Roberts has been contracted by the Riverside County Office of the Public Defender in two capital murder cases, tentatively slated for trials in August through September 2010. The partnership with Riverside County is a direct result of Dr. Roberts work with Riverside County gang members between the years of 1996 and 2004.

Dr. Roberts is once again expanding his scope of service provision to include a more global effort to promote ethics, morals, and values for a generation of young people and adults worldwide who are morally bankrupt. This observation is visible through many people in positions of power and authority throughout all levels of society, politics and religion, frequently exposed for living by opposing sets of beliefs. Kids and adults nowadays often place more emphasis on not getting caught than on doing what is right. Evidence of these errors in judgment can be seen around the world with anyone who lives and sustains their social standing at the expense of others, and without and adherence even to basic principles of honor, honesty, and integrity. Dr. Roberts seeks openly to expose these kinds of misdeeds and outright deceptions by serving as an advocate for those who are the most vulnerable in societies, with little if any means to defend themselves from such injustices.

With a great deal of both vision and insight, Dr. Roberts seeks to address these travesties and injustices through both his private practice, www.ProKidsInc.org (PKI), and the planned expansion of the practice into Liberating Youth, Inc (LYI). PKI offers advocacy, counseling, redirection and support services. LYI will include: all of the services offered under PKI; an adult education component for transitional age kids; and an on-the-job training component supported by technology-based business ventures also serving as sources of revenue for the overall concept. From there Dr. Roberts is working diligently to create IAmWeAreCentral, Inc. to address all of these factors from a much more global perspective utilizing spiritual principles and standards common to all religions and cultures worldwide. LYI will work in conjunction with at least one outside group who shares this level of global perspective. Such efforts will teach all of the young people involved in LYI the importance of seeing all aspects of life and nature as being inextricably interlinked. The goal is to spread these concepts and this model worldwide for the benefit of increasing a global appreciation of equality, harmony, and justice.

www.DavidLRobertsPhD.org

Aug 16, David Thompson, General Counsel for Reputation Defender, Inc.

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

Aug 9, Robert Rebhan, Financial Crimes Expert

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

Aug 2, Max Factor III, Mediator and Arbitrator

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

Jul 26, Reverend Kirk Moore - Co-Minister and Music Director at the Center for Spiritual Living

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.

Jul 19, Mari Frank - Your Host, Is Interviewed by Engineer Lloyd Boshaw About Identify Theft

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 in the US 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 St. 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

Jul 12, Jay and Linda Foley - Directors of the Identity Theft Resource Center

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: itrc@idtheftcenter.org
Office Line: 858-693-7935

Jul 5, Leonard Szymczak - Psychotherapist and Educator

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.

Jun 28, Wendy Patrick - Deputy District Attorney, Sex Crimes and Stalking Division

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.

Jun 21, Rebecca Herold - Privacy Expert, "The Privacy Professor"

rebeccaherold@rebeccaherold.com
http://www.theprivacyprofessor.com
http://www.realtime-itcompliance.com
http://twitter.com/privacyprof
http://www.compliancehelper.com

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.

Jun 14, Chris Hoofnagle - Senior Staff Attorney, Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic and Senior Fellow with the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology

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

Jun 7, Maggie Jessup - Publicist, Marketing Strategist, and Author

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

May 31, IAPP Conference 2010 - Exhibitors

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-Sch�nberger, 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.

May 24, Deanna Collins - Paraplegic Advocate and TV Producer

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!

Visit Deanna's website at http://www.ultimateaccessmedia.com

May 17, Larry Ponemon - Chairman and Founder of the Ponemon Institute

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.

May 10, Fran Maier - President and Executive Chair of TRUSTe

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.

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TRUSTe

Thousands of Web sites rely on TRUSTe's leading privacy trustmark to drive higher registrations and transactions and comply with complex privacy practices. Consumers know that when they see a TRUSTe seal they can "Click with confidence" because the Web site respects their personal information. TRUSTe certifies half of the top fifty Web sites including leading retailers such as Apple, eBay, Cabela's, Best Buy, Audible, LeapFrog, Microsoft and Yahoo!. Learn more at www.truste.com.

May 3, Charles Doskow - Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law at the University of La Verne College of Law

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.

Apr 26, Michael Fertik - CEO of Reputation Defender

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

Apr 19, Mark Robert Waldman - Author, Researcher and Therapist

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.

Apr 12, Robert Brennan - Consumer Protection Attorney

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.

Apr 5, Major David Willson - Attorney, U.S. Army

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.

Mar 29, Zoe Strickland - Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer for Wal-Mart

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.

Mar 22, Senator Joe Simitian - 11th State Senate District

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:

Mar 15, Jeff Chester - Executive Director of the Center for Digital Democracy

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

Mar 8, James Grimmelmann - Attorney and Technologist

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/.

Mar 1, Robert Wood - Tax Attorney and Published Expert

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.

Feb 22, Robert Ellis Smith - Journalist and Publisher of the Privacy Journal

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.

Feb 15, Natalie Newman - Attorney and Privacy Expert

Natalie Newman is an Associate in the Corporate Department at the law firm of Proskauer in NYC and is a member of the Technology, Media and Communications and the Privacy & Data Security Groups. Natalie is a resident in the New York office of Proskauer. Natalie drafts and negotiates complex transactions in the areas of technology, the Internet, software, intellectual property, e-commerce, digital marketing, online advertising and new media, and regularly represents clients of all sizes and in all industries, counseling them in the areas of privacy, data security, new media, direct marketing, social media and Web 2.0, and in connection with such clients' compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the MMA Guidelines applicable to mobile marketing, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Communications Decency Act Safe Harbor, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards, state breach notification laws, and state data security and privacy laws.

www.proskauer.com
http://privacylaw.proskauer.com"

Feb 8, Helen Nissenbaum - Privacy Expert and Published NYU Professor

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.

Feb 1, Amy Alkon - Award-Winning Columnist

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.

Jan 25, Joe Campana - Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Expert

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.

Jan 18, David Johnson - Digital Media Expert

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.

David received his J.D., 1999, with honors, from The University of Texas at Austin and his B.S., 1978, magna cum laude, from Arizona State University.

Jan 11, Rebecca Herold - Privacy Expert

http://www.theprivacyprofessor.com
http://www.realtime-itcompliance.com
http://twitter.com/privacyprof
http://www.compliancehelper.com

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 www.theprivacyprofessor.com.

Jan 4, Dr. Deborah Peel - Medical Privacy Expert

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