Kuci: Privacy Piracy

Dan Solve, Privacy Law Professor, Author of TheFuture of Reputation Professor Solove is an associate professor of law at the George Washington University Law School. He received his A.B. in English Literature from Washington University, where he was an early selection for Phi Beta Kappa, and his J.D. from Yale Law School. At Yale, Professor Solove won the university-wide scholarly writing Field Prize and served as symposium editor of the Yale Law Journal and as an editor of the Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities. Following law school, Professor Solove clerked for The Honorable Stanley Sporkin, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. After practicing law as an associate at the firm of Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C., Professor Solove began a second clerkship with The Honorable Pamela Ann Rymer, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Professor Solove began teaching at Seton Hall Law School in 2000. In the fall semester of 2003, he was a visiting professor at the George Washingto

Thomas A Preston, M.D., graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and was for more than 20 years a professor of medicine (cardiology) at the University of Washington. He is the author of numerous medical articles, and his articles for the public media have appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, among others. His appearances on national television programs include Good Morning America, Sixty Minutes, and the McNeil-Lehrer Show. He was a plaintiff in Washington v. Glucksberg, U. S. Supreme Court, 1997. Patient-Directed Dying is his fourth book. In his new book, Dr. Preston gives compelling reasons why aid in dying is not suicide when used by terminally ill patients, and why physicians who help them die are not assisting suicide. He shows how outdated cultural attitudes impede understanding of how we die, why many physicians withdraw from their dying patients, and how the sanctity-of-life principle has become distorted to obstruct aid in dying. Pat

Mr. Devine joined the firm of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn in March 2007 and is a Partner in the Litigation Department. He represents a variety of clients in state and federal court litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Tim also advises clients on record retention and information management issues, including the challenges posed by recent developments in e-Discovery. Prior to joining the Firm, Tim served as Managing Counsel in Ford Motor Company's Office of General Counsel. Tim's practice at Ford included significant litigation and client counseling responsibilities. Most recently, he led Ford's response to discovery in government inquiries and class actions. He has handled a variety of litigation, including product liability and class actions and provided legal counsel to Ford's Human Resources Department. Tim launched Ford's Privacy Office and counseled its e-commerce business portfolio, including numerous websites and new ventures. He directed legal and regulatory investigations of major ind

Mr. Lisimaque is one of the leading US experts on Smart Cards and application of Smart Cards, working on various US government projects as technical advisor and smart card standard expert. Prior to joining IDTP Mr. Lisimaque worked at Gemplus, a company he founded with four other co-founders, and was part of the Business Development Group, responsible for special projects in North America. In this position, he contributed to various groups including prospects and customers, providing technical and business guidance for the design and application of Gemplus smart cards, hardware and systems, and customized services. Prior to joining the Gemplus team, Mr. Lisimaque was technical marketing director in SGS-Thomson's research and development group. He was the architect of the company's family of smart card components and helped develop the first chip operating system for smart cards. Additionally, he was MIS manager of the SGS-Thomson MOS facility called Eurotechnique, a joint venture between Saint-Gobain and Nati

Kevin Mitnick is a security consultant to corporations worldwide and cofounder of Defensive Thinking, a Los Angeles-based consulting firm (defensivethinking.com). He has testified before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on the need for legislation to ensure the security of the government's information systems. His articles have appeared in major news magazines and trade journals, and he has appeared on Court TV, Good Morning America, 60 Minutes, CNN's Burden of Proof and Headline News. Mitnick has also been a keynote speaker at numerous industry events and has hosted a weekly radio show on KFI-AM 640 Los Angeles. GO TO TOP Dec 28, Gilles M. Lisimaque - Expert on Smart Cards and the Future of Authentication Mr. Lisimaque is one of the leading US experts on Smart Cards and application of Smart Cards, working on various US government projects as technical advisor and smart card standard expert. Prior to joining IDTP Mr. Lisimaque worked at Gemplus, a company he founded with four other co-founders, a

Joanna Crane is the Identity Theft Program Manager at the Federal Trade Commission. She is responsible for coordinating the FTC=s implementation of its responsibilities under the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998. The FTC's program focuses on assisting victims of identity theft, supporting law enforcement investigations and training, outreach to private industry, developing regulatory and policy responses, and bringing civil enforcement actions against entities that fail to comply with data security laws. Ms. Crane also participates in a variety of governmental councils and workshops, public-private partnerships, and training and research initiatives involving identity theft. Ms. Crane served as Law Clerk to the Hon. Diane Gilbert Weinstein of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Ms. Crane holds a B.A. and an M.P.A. from Syracuse University and a J.D. from the George Mason University School of Law. www.consumer.gov/idtheft; www.FTC.gov

Mr. Manly is the principal of Manly, McGuire & Stewart. He specializes in representing victims of sexual abuse by clergy and has become famous after representing many of the victims of sexual abuse by priests in the Catholic Church. Mr. Manly has appeared on numerous television news programs including ABC Nightline, CBS Evening News, Fox News, NBC Today Show, MSNBC, and many appearances on CNN. In addition, Mr. Manly has also been featured on National Public Radio and other radio outlets throughout the country. He has also been featured in hundreds of newspaper interviews across the county, including the New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. Mr. Manly was named one of the Top 100 California Lawyers by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals, the leading legal newspapers John C. Manly, Esq. Partner, Manly, McGuire & Stewart 4220 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 200 Newport Beach, CA 92660 www. manlymcguire.com

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

Richard Holober has served as Executive Director of the Consumer Federation of California since 2001. In 2002, he co-founded Californians for Privacy Now, which was instrumental in winning the nation's strongest Financial Privacy Law (Senate Bill 1 of 2003). In his work with the Consumer Federation, he has advocated for legislation to expand health care patient rights, to protect the public from defective products, for food safety laws, and for stronger protections against fraudulent sales practices. Prior to joining the Consumer Federation of California, Richard served for over 20 years in leadership positions in the labor movement He served as a Legislative Advocate for the California Labor Federation for 13 years. In 1995 he founded the Liveable Wage Coalition and served as full time manager of the Proposition 210 campaign, which raised California's minimum wage by 35%. He has served as Political Director for the California Nurses Association and Southern California Director for US Senator Alan Cranston.

David Lazarus is a business columnist at the Los Angeles Times, focusing on consumer affairs. His work has resulted in a variety of laws protecting Californians, including a ban on sending voter information abroad and limits on how frequently banks can recycle former customers' checking account numbers. He is a two-time winner of the prestigious National Headliner Award and, among other honors, has been named Journalist of the Year by both the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists and the Consumer Federation of California. He previously worked as a columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle and a talk-show host at KGO Radio, and has been published in a variety of newspapers and magazines, including Fortune, Newsweek and National Geographic. He is the author of two books about Japan- one is "Japan, Seriously" and the other is a collection of short stories called "The Secret Sushi Society." He resides in Los Angeles with his wife and son. www.LATimes.com

Nov 7, Richard Purcell - CEO Corporate Privacy Group, Former Chief Privacy Officer, Microsoft. Richard Purcell is a leading voice in addressing consumer privacy and data protection challenges, domestically and internationally. In 2003, Mr. Purcell formed Corporate Privacy Group, an independent consulting firm focused on establishing sustainable, affordable privacy programs. Mr. Purcell advises Fortune 100 corporations and government agencies about achieving the twin goals of respecting and protecting personal information. Through seminars, lectures and writings, he promotes leading practices for consumer data protection and security. In addition to CPG?s program reviews and advice, their Web-based education curriculum, Privacy Directions?, has become a landmark offering. Designed to support corporations institutionalize privacy awareness, practices, and compliance throughout their employee base, Privacy Directions? is widely deployed in the United States. As Microsoft?s original privacy officer, Mr. Purce

Stephany Alexander is the CEO/Founder of WomanSavers.com which is home to the "World's Largest Database Rating Men" targeting abusive and cheating men with over 20,000 men entered by women worldwide. WomanSavers receives over 1 million hits per month, is in the top 5% most popular women's website in the world and has been featured on CNN, MSNBC, Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Chicago Tribune, Esquire Magazine, Sirius and hundreds of radio shows. Ms. Alexander is an abuse and infidelity survivor and that is one of the reasons she created WomanSavers in 2002. She is also the author of the book, "Sex, Lies and the Internet," an Online Dating Survival Guide which teaches women how to avoid being scammed, used and abused by men. To learn more, visit www.WomanSavers.com

Oct 24, Micki Krause - Chief Information Security Officer, Pacific Life Insurance Co. Micki Krause has held positions in the Information Security profession for the past 20 years. She is currently the Chief Information Security Officer at Pacific Life Insurance Company in Newport Beach, California, where she is accountable for directing the Information Protection and Security Program for the enterprise. Pacific Life is the 15th largest life insurance company in the nation and provides life and health insurance products, individual annuities, mutual funds, group employee benefits, and a variety of investment products and services. Krause was named one of the 25 most influential women in the field of information security by industry peers and Information Security magazine as part of their recognition of Women of Vision in the IT Security field and was awarded the Harold F. Tipton Award in recognition of sustained career excellence and outstanding contributions to the profession. Micki has held several leader

Sean Hoar, a US Attorney with the Department of Justice handles white collar crime and high tech crimes including identity theft, cyber crime and pornography crimes. H coordinates the CyberSafe Initiative, and coordinates and annual regional financial conference as well as a national seminar on identity theft.

Joanne McNabb is Chief of the California Office of Privacy Protection. Created by legislation in 2001, the first-in-the-nation Office is a resource and advocate on identity theft and other privacy issues. In addition to providing information and education for consumers, the Office also publishes privacy practice recommendations for business and other organizations. McNabb is co-chair of the International Association of Privacy Professionals' Government Working Group and a member of the Privacy Advisory Committee to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Before starting up the Office of Privacy Protection, McNabb had over 20 years experience in public affairs and marketing, in both the public and private sectors, including five years with an international marketing company in France. Her marketing background gives her an understanding of the commercial uses of personal information that have become a significant privacy concern. McNabb attended Occidental College and holds a master's degree in Medieval Li

Ghazal Omid, Iranian expatriate author of Living in Hell, an autobiography and political memoir has caused quite a controversial stir in ultra-conservative Iranian society. Omid is possibly the first Muslim woman to challenge a traditional taboo in speaking out publicly against child abuse and incest among some Iranian families and to challenge Iranian society which prefers to hush up rather than address this greatly ignored problem and looks down upon the women who have been victimized. A disturbing truth about Ghazal Omid's life is that it is also the story of millions of Muslim women. As a result of standing up for herself she was shunned by her family which she in turn divorced. Surviving a lonely life was as hard as surviving the Islamic revolution, the Iran/Iraq war and the US embassy hostage crisis, all of which she witnessed up close and personal. Throughout the Iran/Iraq war, with her home in a prime Iraqi target area, she and her mother went to bed at night expecting to be killed in bombing raids.

Katherine Bryant, Vice President of Consumer Advocacy for ChoicePoint tells how consumers can get free background information about themselves and also what ChoicePoint does when it collects sensitive information. Visit www.choicetrust.com

Sr. Vice President, Marketing at RedCannon, John brings a decade of security marketing experience to RedCannon. Mr. Jefferies joins us from Teros, where he drove marketing for the leader in Web application firewalls until it was acquired by Citrix. Prior to Teros he was VP of Marketing at Silicon Defense at where he raised the visibility of the worm threat and defined the Worm defense space. He has launched and managed major network security and Internet products for both start-up and Fortune 500 organizations, including Receipt.com (acquired by ValiCert), Pario Software (acquired by Lucent), Dascom (acquired by IBM) and Hewlett Packard. John obtained his MBA from the Ivy School of Business in London, Ontario and his BA in Business for Michigan State University. www.redcannon.com

Daniel C. Tsang is UCI's Asian American Studies, politics and economics bibliographer. He runs the Social Science Data Archives at the University of California, Irvine. Since 1993, he has hosted "Subversity", a public affairs interview show at KUCI, and for many years covered "civil unliberties" for OC Weekly. He has written op eds for the Los Angeles Times on First Amendment issues. He co-founded Asian Americans United (Philadelphia) and Alliance Working for AsianRights & Empowerment (Orange County, Calif.). He successfully sued the CIA for spying on him. The case, Tsang v. CIA, was settled out of court with a promise from the CIA has promised not to spy on him again. He studied government at the University of Redlands and political science and library science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He was a Fulbright research scholar in Vietnam in 2004. http://kuci.org/~dtsang/subversity Kate Martin has been Director of the Center for National Security Studies, a non-profit human rights and civil libe

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 sectors and verifies the privacy and data protection practices of organizations in a various industries. In addition to Institute activities, Dr. Ponemon is an adjunct professor for information ethics and privacy at Carnegie Mellon University's CIO Institute and is faculty of CyLab. He serves on the Unisys Corporation?s Security Leadership Institute Board and the IBM Privacy Management Council. Dr. Ponemon is a member of the National Board of Advisors of the Eller College of Business and Public Administration, University of Arizona. He serves on the Government Policy Advisory Committee and Co-Chair of the Internet T