tag:privacycoalition.org,2013://4 2013-05-14T20:27:08Z Movable Type 5.12 tag:privacycoalition.org,2013://4.5127 2013-05-10T20:23:43Z 2013-05-14T20:27:08Z

Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission, briefed the Coalition on the Commission's priorities during her term. Chairwoman Ramirez was joined by her senior legal advisor Janis Kestenbaum and the Commission's Chief Technologist, Steve Bellovin. The Commission is currently...

EPIC Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission, briefed the Coalition on the Commission's priorities during her term. Chairwoman Ramirez was joined by her senior legal advisor Janis Kestenbaum and the Commission's Chief Technologist, Steve Bellovin. The Commission is currently conducting an investigation into the data broker industry. The Commission is also accepting comments regarding the privacy and security implications of the Internet of Things, and will hold a public workshop on November 21.]]> tag:privacycoalition.org,2013://4.5028 2013-02-27T15:51:59Z 2013-03-20T16:35:51Z

Helen Goff Foster, Director for Privacy Civil Liberties with the National Security Staff of the White House briefed the Coalition on the Cyber-security Executive Order and Public Policy Director recently adopted by the Administration. Prior to the meeting Jay Stanley...

GTan http://www.epic.org Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IDESG) provided a briefing on the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyber Space and the need for civil society organizations to register as official members of the committee. Stephen Buckner, Director and Steve Jost, Associate Director for Communications Census provided a briefing on how the agency is working to make data more usable and available to the public. Peter Pietra, Privacy Officer, Transportation Security Administration Department of Homeland Security spoke on the topic Secure Flight and TSA Risk Based Screening. Malavika Jayaram, Visiting Scholar at the Annenberg School for Communication University of Pennsylvania discussed India's Identity Crisis: Biometrics or Bust? Dr. Katherine Albrecht with CASPIAN outlined the Campaign Against RFID Chips on Student IDs.]]> tag:privacycoalition.org,2012://4.4944 2012-12-16T16:44:25Z 2012-12-16T16:45:16Z

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has proposed that, beginning September 1, 2014, all new cars will be required to have Event Data Recorders. The devices record detailed information about drivers, which can be made available to insurance companies, the...

GTan http://www.epic.org National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has proposed that, beginning September 1, 2014, all new cars will be required to have Event Data Recorders. The devices record detailed information about drivers, which can be made available to insurance companies, the police, and others. Currently, there are minimal privacy protections in the draft regulation. The public will have until February 11, 2013 to provide comments to the agency. EPIC recommends that commentators urge the agency to "Strengthen privacy safeguards." For more information see EPIC - Event Data Recorders and Privacy and EPIC - Driver Privacy Protection Act.]]> tag:privacycoalition.org,2012://4.4937 2012-12-13T00:11:07Z 2013-03-20T16:35:04Z

Jonathan Cantor, Acting Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security was the guest speaker. The Coalition received a briefing from Justin Rood, Senior Investigator for the Minority Homeland Security and Government Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations' regarding the committee's Fusion...

GTan http://www.epic.org Jonathan Cantor, Acting Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security was the guest speaker. The Coalition received a briefing from Justin Rood, Senior Investigator for the Minority Homeland Security and Government Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations' regarding the committee's Fusion Center Report. Hemant Pathak, Assistant General Counsels for Microsoft spoke about the company's Privacy Projects on HIPAA and FERPA. J. Bradley Jansen, Director Financial Privacy and Human Rights briefed the coalition on a sign-on letter calling for Reform of the Electronic Communication Privacy Act and why changes were needed because of its relevance to online Genealogy research and the SSDI Death Master File. tag:privacycoalition.org,2012://4.4936 2012-12-13T00:06:31Z 2013-03-20T16:33:59Z

Michael E. Reheuser Director, DOD, Defense Privacy and Civil Liberties Office was the guest speaker at the October meeting of the Privacy Coalition. Members of the Privacy Coalition provided input on the "Lame Duck" Congress regarding legislation and activity that...

GTan http://www.epic.org Michael E. Reheuser Director, DOD, Defense Privacy and Civil Liberties Office was the guest speaker at the October meeting of the Privacy Coalition. Members of the Privacy Coalition provided input on the "Lame Duck" Congress regarding legislation and activity that would impact privacy issues. tag:privacycoalition.org,2012://4.4869 2012-10-09T18:37:56Z 2012-10-09T18:49:23Z

Our speaker was William (Bill) Binney is a National Security Agency (NSA)whistleblowers who worked at the agency for decades. He worked at the for almost forty years and along with J. Kirk Wiebe developed a revolutionary information processing system called...

GTan http://www.epic.org William (Bill) Binney is a National Security Agency (NSA)whistleblowers who worked at the agency for decades. He worked at the for almost forty years and along with J. Kirk Wiebe developed a revolutionary information processing system called ThinThread that they believe could have detected and prevented the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But NSA officials ignored ThinThread in favor of Trailblazer a much more expensive program that not only ended in total failure, but cost taxpayers billions of dollars. Post-9/11, about a decade ago, he and Mr. Wiebe retired from the NSA and began to speak out about the NSA wrongfully applying a component of the ThinThread system to illegally spy on the private communications of U.S. citizens. We also heard from Edward Hasbrouck who gave an update on the State Department's revival of its proposed passport forms. ]]> tag:privacycoalition.org,2012://4.4868 2012-10-09T18:26:23Z 2012-10-09T18:50:00Z

Our guest speaker was Beckwith Burr, Deputy General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer with Neustar, Inc. who discussed a recent news report that warrantless Law Enforcement cell-phone Records requests from providers were increasing. This trend is of particular interest because...

GTan http://www.epic.org Our guest speaker was Beckwith Burr, Deputy General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer with Neustar, Inc. who discussed a recent news report that warrantless Law Enforcement cell-phone Records requests from providers were increasing. This trend is of particular interest because of the dramatic shift from land line phone services to cell and smart phone users who may not be receiving 4th Amendment protections. We also heard from Josh Harris, Associate Director, Office of Technology and Electronic Commerce, United States Department of Commerce, on the topic of the Asian Pacific Economic Council and their data privacy regime. Bob Gellman, a leading Privacy Consultant, moderated a discussion on the many Federal Multi-stakeholder meetings taking place on topics related to privacy and consumer protection. The meeting ended with a briefing by Slade Bond, Technology Policy Fellow Congressman Hank Johnsonon on a campaign called AppRights. tag:privacycoalition.org,2012://4.4867 2012-10-09T18:09:59Z 2012-10-09T18:47:06Z

Our guest speaker was Maneesha Mithal, FTC Associate Director of the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, Bureau of Consumer Protection Ed Felten FTC Technology Director (by phone) to discuss the agency's work on Do-Not-Track. We also had a briefing...

GTan http://www.epic.org Our guest speaker was Maneesha Mithal, FTC Associate Director of the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, Bureau of Consumer Protection Ed Felten FTC Technology Director (by phone) to discuss the agency's work on Do-Not-Track. We also had a briefing from Jeff Chester, President of Center for Digital Democracy, Lee Tien with EFF and John Simpson with Consumer Watchdog on the work of the W3C on Do-Not-Track. David Bruggeman, Senior Public Policy Analyst with the Association for Computing Machinery provided an update on the NTIA's First Privacy Multi-Stakeholder Meeting. The Coalition also heard from Nicole M. Austin-Hillery, Director and Counsel for the Washington Office The Brennan Center for Justice New York University School of Law on the status of Strict Voter ID and Election Protection efforts. There were updates from Robert Ellis Smith, Publisher of Privacy Journal on Rhode Island Senate bill 2386 on the SSN, Credit Bureau and ID Theft bill's passage, and Sharon Bradford Franklin, Senior Counsel, The Constitution Project on the status of Senate confirmation of the Chair for the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Protection Board. The members of the Board have been confirmed, but the Chair is the only full time Board member and is essential to the Board becoming operational. The meeting wrapped up with a presentation by John Villasenor visiting the Brookings Institution and a faculty member at UCLA on the topic of data storage trends and Ubiquitous Surveillance. tag:privacycoalition.org,2012://4.4720 2012-05-30T19:45:19Z 2012-05-30T19:52:26Z

Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler who in June will begin his term as the next President of the National Association of Attorneys General spoke about his consumer Privacy Agenda. Maryland's Governor Martin O'Malley signed Senate Bill 433 making it the...

GTan http://www.epic.org Doug Gansler who in June will begin his term as the next President of the National Association of Attorneys General spoke about his consumer Privacy Agenda. Maryland's Governor Martin O'Malley signed Senate Bill 433 making it the first state law "[p]rohibiting an employer from requesting or requiring that an employee or applicant disclose any user name, password, or other means for accessing a personal account or service." The law would protect the privacy of Facebook and private e-mail users by blocking employers from threatening employees with disciplinary actions for refusing to disclose access information. We will also hear from Elizabeth R Withnell, who is with the Chief, Privacy and Civil Liberties Unit Office of the General Counsel Federal Bureau of Investigation.]]> tag:privacycoalition.org,2012://4.4719 2012-04-30T19:29:47Z 2012-05-30T19:45:04Z

Laura K. Donohue, Associate Professor of Law at Georgetown Law spoke on the topic of biometrics and surveillance in public spaces. The amount of data individuals are sharing through social networking applications and platforms is finding it way to secondary...

GTan http://www.epic.org Laura K. Donohue, Associate Professor of Law at Georgetown Law spoke on the topic of biometrics and surveillance in public spaces. The amount of data individuals are sharing through social networking applications and platforms is finding it way to secondary uses such as facial recognition. How the use of this data may change the dynamics between citizens and government is not clear, what is understood is that consumers are sharing information under one set of expectations while their information is being used much more broadly. Robert Ellis Smith, publisher of the Privacy Journal, provided a report on credit reports and their influence on hiring practices, as well as brief the Coalition on State privacy legislative trends. Aaron Titus Introduced Identity Finder. Tom Kowalick, IEEE Committee on Automobile Black Box Recorders: Seeking support for a White House Petition. Currently a bill pending in Congress (MAP-21 Section 31406) and a regulation (49 CFR 563) pending at the Office of Budget and Management would mandate that "beginning with model year 2015, new passenger vehicles sold in the United States [will] be equipped with an event data recorder(EDR)." ]]> tag:privacycoalition.org,2012://4.4668 2012-04-17T20:35:03Z 2012-04-17T21:05:27Z

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...

GTan http://www.epic.org 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.]]> tag:privacycoalition.org,2012://4.4643 2012-03-26T16:19:33Z 2012-03-26T16:22:40Z

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...

GTan http://www.epic.org 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. tag:privacycoalition.org,2011://4.4479 2011-12-16T21:17:04Z 2011-12-16T21:34:30Z

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...

GTan http://www.epic.org 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. ]]> tag:privacycoalition.org,2011://4.4478 2011-12-16T21:11:45Z 2011-12-16T21:16:30Z

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...

GTan http://www.epic.org 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."]]> tag:privacycoalition.org,2011://4.4477 2011-12-16T20:58:32Z 2011-12-16T21:11:29Z

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...

GTan http://www.epic.org http://www.YouthRights.org, introduced the organization to the Privacy Coalition. ]]>