KUCI: Privacy Piracy

Matt Isaacson is Director of Product Marketing with CPP North America, LLC a wholly owned subsidiary of CPP Group, an international provider of life assistance products and services. Its international headquarters is in York, England, but CPP has offices throughout the United Kingdom as well as in the United States, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Hong Kong and Singapore and maintains a w...

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

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...

Chris Davison is the Technology Manager for the two National Science Foundation (NSF) funded research projects known as Responding to Crises and Unexpected Events (Rescue - www-itr-rescue.org) and Responsphere (www.responsphere.org). The research projects are housed at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI)....

Dr. Michael Willett received his BS degree from the US Air Force Academy and his Masters and PhD in mathematics from NC State University. After a career as a university professor of mathematics and computer science, Michael joined IBM as a design architect, moving into IBM's Cryptography Competency Center. Later, Dr Willett joined Fiderus, a security and privacy consulting practice; subsequently,...

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

Christopher Green practices credit litigation in Seattle Washington. He has represented consumers from all over Washington State including King, Snohomish, Pierce, Kitsap, Whatcom, Thurston, Chelan and many other Washington Counties and has represented residents of Bellevue, Tacoma, Everett, Spokane, Kent, Auburn, Bremerton, Port Orchard, Oak Harbor etc. etc. He handles both individual and class a...

David Holtzman is a former security analyst and military code-breaker, a futurist, activist, technologist, technology executive, and writer. Throughout his career, he has led initiatives that have radically changed the way people interact with technology. Holtzman is an Internet pioneer who helped oversee the Internet's growth from its infancy in the mid-1990s through the dot-com boom. As Chief Te...

Peter Kosmala assists with IAPP operations, strategy and marketing. He oversees membership services and is responsible for all of the association's privacy credentialing programs. In 2004, Mr. Kosmala helped develop and launch the first-ever, broad-based certification in information privacy, the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP). He has since developed specialized credentialing pro...

Joe Simitian was elected to the California State Senate in November 2004 to represent the 11th State Senate District, which includes parts of San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties. His public service over the years includes stints as a State Assemblymember, member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, Mayor of Palo Alto and President of the Palo Alto School Board. He has also se...

Jim Pyles has practiced health law for nearly 35 years, both with the federal government and in private practice. Mr. Pyles represents hospitals, physicians, psychotherapists, home health agencies, hospices, and companies providing durable medical equipment and infusion therapy in virtually every state and the District of Columbia. In representing these clients, Mr. Pyles has developed expertise i...

Deborah is the Executive Director of PrivacyActivism. Her work focuses on consumer education campaigns, advocacy, and analysis of privacy issues, with particular emphasis on data flow, data matching, and privacy risks associated with data collection. In 2005, Deborah chaired the Association for Computing Machinery's Computers, Freedom, and Privacy (CFP) conference, bringing together attendees not...

Tom is the Founder and President of Coughlin Associates and Chairman of the 2007 Data Protection Summit. Tom has over 25 years of experience in the data storage industry as a working engineer and high level technical and corporate executive. For several years he has been collaborating with the Center for Magnetic Recording Research at the University of California, San Diego on the sanitization of...

Emily Andrew was named Acting Chief Privacy Officer for the Postal Service in August 2006. In this role, she is responsible for reinforcing and increasing the value that privacy brings to the U.S. Postal Service's brand. Emily reports to the Consumer Advocate and Vice President, Consumer Affairs and is responsible for advising the Office of the Postmaster General and senior management on a wide va...

James M. Jordan is the former Chief Privacy Leader and Senior Counsel for E-Commerce & Information Technology of General Electric Company, where he led GE's pioneering initiative to implement Binding Corporate Rules for the transfer of personal data from Europe. His law firm, Jordan Legal Counsel, P.C., serves as co-counsel to Crowell & Moring's Privacy and Data Protection Group, focusing...

David M. Smith a former Naval Officer and current high level employee of Delta Airlines found out in 1998 that he was a victim of criminal ID theft when a felon with many outstanding warrants used David's good name to commit crimes. David was arrested and treated like a criminal and spent hundreds of hours trying to clear his name. He thought all was finally over untuil December 2006 when he was a...

Professor Gene Tsudik is the Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies at the University of California , Irvine in the Department of Computer Science. He was chosen as a Fullbright Scholar to teach and do research in Rome in the Spring of 2007 concerning computer privacy issues.

Marc-Aurele Racicot is a member of the Quebec Bar and is presently a staff lawyer with the Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada. He is a member of the Canadian Association of Professional Access and Privacy Administrators (CAPAPA) and of the Association sur l'acces a l'information et la protection de l'information (AAPI). He is currently a graduate student in the LLM Program at the Law...

Alisa McDermott is a Colorado resident, Insurance Broker, and mother of 4 children, with 2 living still at home. She is President of the local Business Association, and a member of many local clubs and organizations. She has been a positive contributing member of her community. In the year 2000 she found out she was the victim of identity theft and what this would mean for her and her family. Her...

Robert Dougls is CEO of Privacy Today. He consults on issues involving information security for private industry, law enforcement and governmetnal agencies. He served as an expert for the Federal Trade Commiission's design and execution of Operation Detect Pretext, a sting operation to catch and prosecute offenders participating in the illegal information broker industry. He has testified many tim...

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Chicago suburban residents at the famous "Russell's" restaurant. You'll hear the mid-west perspective on privacy issues from business persons, senior citizens, and even an eight year old!! What does the "person on the street" think about the privacy issues? Listen to how these interviewees deal with privacy challenges that we all face?

Dr. Lawrence A. Ponemon is the Chairman and Founder of the Ponemon Institute, a research think tank dedicated to advancing privacy and data protection practices. Dr. Ponemon is considered a pioneer in privacy risk management and the development of the Responsible Information Management or RIM framework. Ponemon Institute conducts independent research, educates leaders from the private and public s...

Dave is the past president of the Southern California Tourism Safety & Security Association, a non-profit collaboration of law enforcement, security professionals, attraction operators, travel professionals, tourism industry representatives and others dedicated to the exchange of tourist crime and safety information, education, and professional networking. Dave is an 18-year veteran of Souther...

Tammie Carroll, a Colorado resident, is a recovering drug addict and the mother of 4 children. Three of the children are living with her and the fourth was adopted out due to her drug addiction and the crimes she committed. She has been clean from drugs and crime since Jan 8, 2003. She became addicted to methamphetamine after an abusive relationship. The drug addictions led her to places and do th...

Christine Varney rejoined Hogan & Hartson in 1997, after five years in government service, to head the firm's Internet practice group. This practice provides full service assistance to companies doing business globally, including providing advice on antitrust, privacy, business planning and corporate governance, intellectual property, and general liability issues. Christine also provides antit...