Kuci: Privacy Piracy

Janet Chapman, chief privacy officer for The Charles Schwab Corporation, serves as the primary privacy contact for the company. In this role, she oversees the creation of privacy strategy, policies and standards, and ensures that they are understood and maintained. She also coordinates the execution of privacy legislative and regulatory changes across the company and acts as liaison to various industry councils and professional groups, including the Privacy Committee of the Securities Industry Association (SIA) and International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Chapman is also Member of the Advisory Board of the Ponemon Institute's Responsible Information Management Council. She is a frequent speaker on privacy issues.

When interior designer Carole Meltzer lived and worked in Hong Kong her life changed. After meeting with Master Leung (classic compass school Feng Shui) and training one-on-one with him, she received the prestigious title Feng Shui Master. This title is only given from one Master to the next. Upon her return to the United States, she continued her studies and became a Master of Black Hat Tantric school Feng Shui and has received two master titles for her Feng Shui Studies. Her training continued recently with Gurunam Joseph Levry in New York City, where she received his blessings to practice the ancient science of Kabbalah. Carole's unique "Echo Edge" design with an edge, is reflected in her green design home and business interiors and green products which support universal designs for a better environment.....Carole's jewelry and home accessories are sought after by her roster of celebrity clients, which include: Susan Sarandon, Sheryl Crow, Julie Chen, Patti D'Arbanville, Illeana Douglas and Annette Bening

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

Dr. Colin Bennett's research interests have focused on the comparative analysis of information privacy protection policies at the domestic and international levels. He has published Regulating Privacy: Data Protection and Public Policy in Europe and the United States (Cornell University Press, 1992). He is also co-editor or Visions of Privacy: Policy Choices for the Digital Age (University of Toronto Press, 1999), and co-author of The Governance of Privacy: Policy Instruments in Global Perspective (Ashgate Press, 2003). He has published articles in: Public Administration, International Review of Administrative Sciences, Policy Options, The Journal of Public Policy, Governance, Science, Technology and Human Values, Canadian Public Administration, the Information Society and the European Journal of Political Research, as well as in specialized journals such as Privacy Laws and Business. He has given addresses and papers on these subjects in Canada, the United States, Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Au

Amber Lindsay is the Communications Coordinator for the NetSmartz Workshop. Ms. Lindsay works with educators, law enforcement, community leaders, and the media to implement NetSmartz into schools and communities across the country. Through presentations and trainings, Ms. Stanford has an extensive background in the Internet Safety Education business. From 1999 to 2004, Ms. Stanford focused her time raising awareness to Members of Congress of the need for Internet safety education in K-12 schools. Ms. Stanford catapulted a non-profit Internet safety education foundation, I-Safe America, into an $11.5M federally funded, nationally recognized entity.

Jonathon Fairtlough has been assigned to the Hight Tech Crime Unit and has prosecuted over 50 identity theft cases including the ChoicePoint Data Intrusion. He was selected as prosecutor of the year in 2006 by the Southern Chapter of the International Association of Financial Crime Investigators.

Timothy D. Sparapani, a legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington Legislative Office, focuses on lobbying Congress and the executive branch to protect the right to privacy. Sparapani's efforts focus on preventing unnecessary intrusions into Americans' privacy by individuals, companies and federal, state and local governments.

Since June 2004 Scheer has been Executive Director of the California First Amendment Coalition, a nonprofit public interest organization committed to free speech and open-government rights. A lawyer and journalist, Scheer was editor and publisher of The Recorder, a daily legal newspaper in San Francisco, and publisher of Legal Times, a Washington, DC-based weekly on law and lobbying. Scheer practiced appellate law in Washington, DC, both in the U.S. Justice Department and in private practice. A partner in the Washington, DC firm of Onek, Klein & Farr, and general counsel to the National Security Archive, Scheer has argued appellate cases in most of the federal courts of appeal and in the U.S. Supreme Court

David Bender has extensive experience in contracting, litigation and counseling. He co-chairs the Privacy Practice Group and has been active in counseling on matters regarding privacy and data protection. He and negotiates and drafts all types of agreements relating to Internet, computer software and hardware matters. He also litigates computer related disputes and directs privacy audits and intellectual property due diligence investigations. Susan Jayson is executive director and co-founder of Ponemon Institute, LLC. In this role, Susan is responsible for managing the Institute's operations, including research on privacy and information management issues. Susan's background includes marketing, investor relations and corporate communications for such leading organizations as KPMG Peat Marwick, Arthur Andersen and the Financial Relations Board. 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

Bo Holland is a start-up veteran who has been delivering innovative technology solutions to financial institutions for over fifteen years. In 2004, Holland founded Debix and currently serves as CEO. Holland was previously founder and CEO of Works, Inc., which was acquired by Bank of America in 2005. Works develops commercial payment solutions for large organizations and distributes the product via Bank of America, Wells Fargo, PNC Bank, Sun Trust and Commerce Bank. Holland invented the patent-pending technology that enables large organizations to approve and control payments for operating expenses via credit cards. www.debix.com

Burton Hersh has adroitly sidestepped regular employment and persevered throughout a long and frequently tumultuous career as an independent writer. Following a six-year stint as a Fulbright Scholar and military translator in Germany, he returned to New York in the sixties to more than a decade as a successful magazine article writer and afterwards became a prolific author. He has a colorful background, received many literary awards, and his many years of research gave him great insights into American society and privacy issues. Below are some of his published books. The Shadow President: Ted Kennedy in Opposition (Steerforth Press, 1997) The Old Boys: The American Elite and the Origins of the CIA (Scribners, 1992) (Tree Farm Books, 2001) The Mellon Family: A Fortune in History (Morrow, 1978) Book Of The Month Club, Fortune Book Club The Education of Edward Kennedy (Morrow, 1972) Book Find Club; paperback Dell, 1980 The Ski People (McGraw-Hill, 1968)

Tom Zeller Jr. writes about technology and society for The New York Times -- a beat he has covered since Aug. 2004. His most recent stories have looked at the crime from the streets of Phoenix, where identity theft complaints are highest nationally, and from a prison in upstate New York, where a young identity thief is serving time. They are part of a larger series of stories under the rubric "Stolen Lives," which focuses on the problem of identity theft.

Betsy Broder is an Assistant Director in the Federal Trade Commission's Division of Privacy and Identity Protection. In this capacity she helps coordinate the agency's law enforcement and outreach efforts on privacy issues, including data security and identity theft. She also oversees the FTC's other identity theft initiatives such as coordination with criminal law enforcement agencies and consumer education. She has testified before Congress and has been interviewed in television, newspapers and radio reports focusing on identity theft.

Mr. Zamucen's areas of concentration include Business Valuation, Fraud Investigation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Consulting and Forensic Accounting. He is a recognized expert witness in this area. Mr. Zamucen received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara and his Masters of Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from Santa Clara University. He has achieved the American Institute of CPA's designation and Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV). He is also a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). Mr. Zamucen has been an instructor for the University of Irvine, Extension Program, California State University Long Beach, Extension Program and numerous Bar and CPA Programs throughout the past 15 years. Zamucen, Curren, Holmes & Hanzich 17848 Sky Park Circle Irvine, CA 92614 Tel: (949) 955-2522

Professor Sovern served as law clerk to Chief Judge Frank A. Kaufman of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and practiced law in the litigation department of a major New York City law firm. He is currently working on the third edition of a casebook titled "Consumer Law: Cases and Materials," with Professors John A. Spanogle, Ralph J. Rohner, and Dee Pridgen. He has written for various publications including Advancing the Consumer Interest, Annual Review of Banking Law, The Business Lawyer, Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems, DePaul Law Review, Encyclopedia of Housing, Federal Rules Decisions, Fordham Law Review, Journal of Consumer Affairs, Missouri Law Review, The New York Times, Ohio State Law Journal, the University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Washington Law Review and Wisconsin Law Review. He also has an article forthcoming in the William and Mary Law Review. His writings have been referred to in numerous casebooks, treatises, law review articles, and court decisions

Professor of Law, Chapman University Jeremy M. Miller is professor of law at the Chapman University School of Law. Prior to returning to full-time teaching, he was Founding Dean. He has also been a law professor at Western State University. In addition, Professor Miller serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Orange County Lawyer magazine. Professor Miller earned his B.A. from Yale, J.D. cum laude from Tulane, and an LL.M. from the University of Pennsylvania, thesis in Legal Ethics. He has clerked for the Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, is a prolific author, and often lectures for continuing education of the Bar. He is an expert on 4th Amendment Rights and Search and Seizure.

James D. Scurlock is a Independent documentary film director and producer. He attended the prestigious Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania and has no formal film training. In 2002, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in filmmaking. His first film, Parents of the Year, has been featured in over 25 film festivals and won numerous awards. He is currently in post-production on his third film, Maxed Out, a study of Americans and debt. Stumped! is his first feature film. Tonight's show enlightens you to the truth about how our credit system works and doesn't work. You'l hear some of the outrageous real life stories that James ued in his award winning documentary that will be released soon. www.maxedoutmovie.com

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. This interview focuses on recent surveys of Americans' perceptions of surveillance, outsourcing, and workplace privacy.

Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist and author. Described by The Economist as a "security guru," Schneier is best known as a refreshingly candid and lucid security critic and commentator. When people want to know how security really works, they turn to Schneier. His first bestseller, Applied Cryptography, explained how the arcane science of secret codes actually works, and was described by Wired as "the book the National Security Agency wanted never to be published." His book on computer and network security, Secrets and Lies, was called by Fortune "[a] jewel box of little surprises you can actually use." His current book, Beyond Fear, tackles the problems of security from the small to the large: personal safety, crime, corporate security, national security. Bruce Schneier is the founder and CTO of Counterpane Internet Security, Inc., a leading protector of networked information -- the inventor of outsourced security monitoring and the foremost authority on effective mitiga

Mary Culnan is the Slade Professor of Management and Information Technology at Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts. Her current research interests include privacy, promoting security on home computers, and online communities. She is the author of more than ninety articles including publications in the MIS Quarterly, Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, The Information Society, Management Science, the New York Times and the Washington Post.