KUCI: Privacy Piracy

Ms. Coney is Associate Director with the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). Her issue areas include nanotechnology, surveillance, children's privacy, civil rights and privacy, coalition development, spectrum, census, and electronic voting. Ms. Coney also serves as Coordinator of the recently established National Committee on Voting Integrity (NCVI). NCVI was created in 2003 in response...

Kirk Herath is the Chief Privacy Officer for Nationwide Insurance Company and President of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Additionally he sits on the Privacy Advisory Board of the US Homeland Security. Kirk 's company recently did a survey to see the difference in impact upon identity theft victims among the general population versus the African American and Hispanic commu...

Ron Hemphill, former convicted ID thief with a former career as a successful criminal, tells how he was able to pay employees in banks, credit reporting agencies and hospitals to give him sensitive information to steal the identities of his best prospects. He tells how the companies are facilitating this crime. Then in the 2nd 1/2 hour, Eric Drew shares his heartwrenching story of how he was on hi...

Carol DiBattiste attorney and Chief Privacy Officer of Choicepoint explains what happened with their security breach, the $15 million stiplation with the Federal Trade Commission as to what they must now do to be compliant, and how they are now offeing free public record reports on-line to consumers.

Fran Maier, Executive Director and President of Truste.org is nationally know for her expertise in on-line privacy and marketing best practices. She'll tell you what to look for in order to trust a company on-line and she'll tell you how to protect yourself from phising and spam. Don't miss htis show.

David Shenk national best selling author reveals the emotional, social, and political ramifications of the information revolution. He has also founded Technorealism, a movement encouraging balanced consideration of technology's effects on humanity. David reveals the impact of how the information age exposes us to constant surveillance and diminishes our privacy. He tells us that we must shine the...

Trevor Hughes is an attorney specializing in e-commerce, privacy and technology law. He'll enlighten you as to what is happening with protecting your privacy with e-mail, what' s new with spam control, how to protect your kids and yourself with regard to e-mail, phishing, and the dangers of the "no-email list" which many states wish to enforce to protect kids. You won't want to miss this privacy e...

Linda Foley discusses child identity theft, what it is, how it happens, and how you can protect yourself and your children.

Deborah Peel, MD is a psychiatrist and a leading privacy expert on medical privacy. Deborah shares with you the danger of the new federal pending legislation which will take away any of the limited privacy you hjave left with regard to your health care privacy. Listen to this frightening, yet informative interview and learn what you must do to protect yourself with regard to genetic privacy and ot...

Lisa Dean, Senior Privacy Office for the Transportation Secuity Administration in Washington,DC will enlighten you as to the Watch List, the No Fly list, the Secure Flight Program, the trusted traveler and Registered Traveler porgram. She'll tell you what to do to clear your name if you are on the watch list - it can happen to you- it happened to Senator Ed Kennedy. Don't miss this great interview...

Lloyd Boshaw, engineer and co-host interviews Privacy Piracy Host Mari Frank, Es. about the hidden secrets of identity theft and how the financial industry facilitates this crime. You'll learn unique ways to protect yourself, and what to do if you become one of the 10 million new victims each year. Find out the truth about ID theft and what needs to change to eliminate this crime.

Susanna Montezemolo, Policy Director of Consumers Union shares insights into new privacy legislation pending at the federal level and what is needed to protect the privacy of consumers.

Jeremy Gruber reveal how little privacy you have in the workplace and the present state of the law and what you can do to protect yourself.

Jim Dempsey reveals the truth about NSA spying on Americans and why it is illegal. The President has said NSA nees the power to spy on Americans wiithout a warrant- in reality the warrants are easy to get- in 20 years only 4 or 5 have been denied, No one would want the government to be limited in its duty to fight terrorism- but securing a warrant - which requires some judicial oversite keeps our...

Alan Chapell, President of Alan Chapell and Associate talks about how companies access and use your personal informaton for marketing. He enlightens you as to spyware, cookies, behavioral marketing and more. He'll tell you about how to protect yourself when dealing with companies and using the internet. Don't miss this exciting interview

Vio9let Woodhouse, Esq. , the author of Divorce and Money shares her concerns about privacy and divorce. With one out of two marriages ending in divorce, and all the information you must provide to the court, beware of how your personal and confidential financial information is available for the world to see. Listen to find out ways to protect your privacy.

Dian Black , the Director of Calegislation is a privacy expert who has helped thousands of victims of domestic violence "hide" and retain their privacy from abusers. She tells you how to keep your personal information safe, secure and private. If you are concerned about identity theft and other privacy invasions, you won't want to miss this interview.

Joseph Ansanelli is CEO of Vontu, Inc, a company that provides information security software that guards against the loss of personal information of customers. With 60 million americans losing their personal information to criminals in securiy breaches in 2005, you'll want to hear what this expert has to say about protection your privacy and sensitive informaiton.

California Senator Jackie Speier, a leader in privacy legislation shares the many issues regarding financial privacy and health care privacy that affect your daily life. She has been a courageous leader in fighting for privacy rights for all Californians. Lenny Goldberg a Sacramento lobbyist who educates assembly members and senators about privacy concerns shares the inside stories on fostoring pr...

Mari Frank interviews privacy expert and author Katherine Albrecht. Katherine is the author of the bestselling book, SPYCHIPS which tells you about the insidious uses of RFID -radio frequency identifiers. You'll learn how companies and government is already spying on you and what you should be doing to protect yourself. To learn more about Katherine and other guests go to www.kuci.org/privacypirac...

Ray Lorenzo found out that his ex-wife's ex-boyfriend stole his identity and committed felonies in New York- since he is a computer specialist, he is unable to get a job in his field because background checksshow him as a convicted felon. This has ruined his career and destroyed his marriage to his 2nd ex-spouse. Listen to thew fascinating story of what he is doing to get his life back. In the sec...

From 1999 until January, 2001 Professor Swire served as the Clinton Administration's Chief Counselor for Privacy, in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. In that position, he coordinated Administration policy on the use of personal information in the public and private sectors. He was White House coordinator for the proposed and final HIPAA medical privacy rules, and played a leading role on...