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The Public Voice Conference

The Public Voice Conference:
"Privacy is Freedom"

31 October 2011
Mexico City, Mexico

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Hearings

Congressional Hearing on Employment Verification

The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on employment verification. Several hearings have be held by the committee on the proposal to create a mandatory national government employment eligibility system. The current private sector system is voluntary.

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Privacy Rulemaking

December 2011 Privacy Coalition Meeting


Guest speakers included Gail Hillebrand, Associate Director of Consumer Education and Engagement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau met with the Coalition. She was joined by Brett Kitt, Senior Counsel and Claire Stapleton, Chief Privacy Officer with the Consumer Financial Protection Agency. the agency is providing financial education to consumers and opportunities to register mortgage and credit card company complaints. The Consumer Financial Protection Agency also allow consumers to tell their stories regarding experiences with financial products. Kathleen Styles, Chief Privacy Officer for the U.S. Department of Education, updated the Coalition on topics discussed in May including new FERPA regulations, increasing privacy assistance to the education community, and student data release policy. Julian Sanchez, Research Fellow, with CATO, briefed the Coalition on the House Judiciary Committee Mark-up of the Managers Amendment to the Stop Online Piracy Act. Gilad Rosner, PhD Candidate, School of Computer Science University of Nottingham, will be discussing the Public Policy of Unlinkability just at the beginning of his work on a comparative study of the US and Germany.

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Privacy Legislation

FISA Reform Bill Introduced in the House

Representatives Conyers, Nadler, and Scott introduced two bills today that would amend the PATRIOT Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The Patriot Amendments Act of 2009 will enhance reporting and judicial oversight of law enforcement powers, including the National Security Letter process. The FISA Amendments Act of 2009 will place new limits on the government's ability to collect and store Americans' communications without a warrant and repeals retroactive immunity.

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DC Privacy Events

Monthly Privacy Coalition Meeting Hosts Julie Brill New FTC Commissioner

Julie Brill one of the two new members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) meet with the Privacy Coalition. She wanted to hear from members about their concerns regarding the work of the FTC and their expectations for the agency moving forward. The meeting also featured discussions regarding Congressman Markey's new bill the e-KNOW Act to allow electricity customers to have access to Smart Meter data.

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Campaigns

Coalition Members Promote Consumer Privacy Protection

Fifteen Privacy Coalition members representing millions of consumers and Internet users, sent a letter to the Senate Commerce Committee urging Congress to do more to protect consumer information. "Consumers today face an unfair choice: either stay offline and ignore the benefits of new technology, or plug in and run extraordinary risks to privacy and security," they wrote. "It shouldn't be this way. Consumers are more concerned about the privacy threat from big business than from big government," the letter continues. The coalition, which includes the American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Digital Democracy, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, Consumer Watchdog, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Electronic Privacy Information Center, National Consumers League, Privacy Activism, Patient Privacy Rights Foundation, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Privacy Times, U.S. PIRG, and World Privacy Forum, argues that current privacy laws are inadequate, and that industry self-regulation has failed, as evidenced by millions of records compromised in data breaches.

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Coalition Meetings

March 2012 Privacy Coalition Meeting

Danny Weitzner, Esq. White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Internet Policy with The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He briefed the Coalition on The White House Consumer Data Privacy in A Networked World: A Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the Global Digital Economy. President Obama's Forward to the report and the report's Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights articulate the importance of privacy in the digital information age. John Morris, head of the National Telecommunication and Information Administration's Office of Policy Analysis and Development (OPAD) spoke on the multi-stakeholder process outlined in the White House consumer privacy paper. The Coalition also received a briefing from Vernon Mosley a senior cybersecurity engineer at the Federal Communication Commission in their Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau's Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division. Naomi B. Lefkovitz with the National Program Office (NPO) at National Institute of Science and Technology. She briefed the Coalition on the NPO's efforts to establish a process to move forward with the administration's National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. She was joined by Jeremy Grant who leads the NPO.

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March 2012 Privacy Coalition Meeting

April 17, 2012

Danny Weitzner, Esq. White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Internet Policy with The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He briefed the Coalition on The White House Consumer Data Privacy in A Networked World: A Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the Global Digital Economy. President Obama's Forward to the report and the report's Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights articulate the importance of privacy in the digital information age. John Morris, head of the National Telecommunication and Information Administration's Office of Policy Analysis and Development (OPAD) spoke on the multi-stakeholder process outlined in the White House consumer privacy paper. The Coalition also received a briefing from Vernon Mosley a senior cybersecurity engineer at the Federal Communication Commission in their Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau's Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division. Naomi B. Lefkovitz with the National Program Office (NPO) at National Institute of Science and Technology. She briefed the Coalition on the NPO's efforts to establish a process to move forward with the administration's National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. She was joined by Jeremy Grant who leads the NPO.

Posted by Coney on April 17, 2012

February 2012 Privacy Coalition Meeting

March 26, 2012

Benjamin P. Peck, Senior Legislative and Policy Associate
Dēmos briefed the Coalition on HR. 321, the " Equal Employment for All Act" that would ban the practice of using credit checks for employment decisions. Among the reasons we believe credit checks should not be used in employment decisions is that this practice constitutes an invasion of job applicants' privacy. Introducing a person's credit history into the employment process means that potential employees are being forced to discuss their medical history and marital status as a condition of employment. Medical bills and divorce are among the most common sources of credit problems.

Posted by Coney on March 26, 2012

December 2011 Privacy Coalition Meeting

December 16, 2011


Guest speakers included Gail Hillebrand, Associate Director of Consumer Education and Engagement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau met with the Coalition. She was joined by Brett Kitt, Senior Counsel and Claire Stapleton, Chief Privacy Officer with the Consumer Financial Protection Agency. the agency is providing financial education to consumers and opportunities to register mortgage and credit card company complaints. The Consumer Financial Protection Agency also allow consumers to tell their stories regarding experiences with financial products. Kathleen Styles, Chief Privacy Officer for the U.S. Department of Education, updated the Coalition on topics discussed in May including new FERPA regulations, increasing privacy assistance to the education community, and student data release policy. Julian Sanchez, Research Fellow, with CATO, briefed the Coalition on the House Judiciary Committee Mark-up of the Managers Amendment to the Stop Online Piracy Act. Gilad Rosner, PhD Candidate, School of Computer Science University of Nottingham, will be discussing the Public Policy of Unlinkability just at the beginning of his work on a comparative study of the US and Germany.

Posted by Coney on December 16, 2011

November 2011 Privacy Coalition Meeting


Speakers included Lora Hubbel State Representative South Dakota on REAL ID rollout and privacy problems of US Citizens who are not able to get supporting documents that are required to receive an ID. Ed Mierzwinski, Director of Consumer Programs US PIRG, to talk about Consumer Protection and the Obama Administration. Briefing by Beth Rosenberg, Technology Fellow, EPIC, "Web Analytics and the Future of Behavioral Marketing."

Posted by Coney on December 16, 2011

October 2011 Privacy Coalition Meeting

Meeting speakers included Annie Wilcox Boyajian Legislative Assistant Congressman Tim Huelskamp (KS-01) who briefed the the Coalition on a proposed HHS Rule Change on Data Collection Related to Health Care Reform.
Zach Cafritz, Legislative Assistant, Congressman James P. Moran, briefed the coalition on abuse of a Deceased Child's SSN to receive a Child Tax Credit from the IRS refund. Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Deputy Director, Office for Intellectual Freedom American Library Association discussed ALA's Plans for Choose Privacy Week. Rainey Reitman, Activism Director EFF will provide an update on EFF's projects. Dave Moss Director of Development and Operations, for http://www.YouthRights.org, introduced the organization to the Privacy Coalition.

Posted by Coney on December 16, 2011

Privacy.org headlines

Help Fix Google Privacy Campaign: Submit Your Comments (Apr. 8, 2011)

Justice Department to Monitor Polls in 18 States on Election Day (Nov. 1, 2010)

EPIC releases 2010 E-Deceptive Campaign Practices Report (Oct. 27, 2010)

EPIC Launches Privacy 2010 Campaign (Oct. 13, 2010)

EPIC, Joined by 13 Organizations, Sends Statement on NSTIC (Oct. 1, 2010)

Tracking Children Online Intensifies (Sep. 20, 2010)

Georgia's Voter Verification Program Approved by DOJ (Sep. 17, 2010)

Ringleader Digital's Use of HTML5 Databases on Mobile Devices Leads to Class Action Lawsuit (Sep. 17, 2010)