KUCI: Privacy Piracy

Mari Frank Interviews Robert Rebhan, Financial Crimes Expert

ROBERT J. REBHAN FINANCIAL CRIMES EXPERT
is a nationally renowned expert and speaker on identity theft and financial crimes, and a former Detective Sergeant with the Los Angeles Police Department. During his exciting career with the LAPD, he served in many high profile assignments including the SWAT Team, Hollywood's Narcotics, Robbery, Homicide, and Vice Squads. As a detective, he was a master of disguise and during his 22 years of service he was personally involved in the arrest of thousands of criminals. Before leaving the department, Mr. Rebhan was selected by the Credit Card Industry to help develop and direct a fraud prevention program. He has traveled to Australia, Europe and Latin America as a consultant and for the last 18 years has personally done over 1000 speeches on the subject of financial crimes. As the Director of The American Express Company's Fraud Prevention Program, Western Region, he managed a team of twelve consultants, personally orchestrating over 150,000 business and consumer presentations.
He brings a unique perspective to an audience, because he understands the vulnerabilities and responsibilities of consumers, the financial community, and law enforcement. And of course, he has great insight into the criminal mind.
In his campaign against fraud, Mr. Rebhan has worked closely with the California State Assembly and the Los Angeles City Council. As an advocate for privacy and financial security, he has proposed municipal code and legislative changes regarding consumer and business fraud prevention efforts. He is a special consultant to Screen Actors Guild members and is a member of the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators.
www.robertrebhan.com

Mari Frank Interviews Max Factor III, Mediator and Arbitrator

Mari Frank Interviews Kirk Moore, Co-Minister and Music Director for the Center for Spiritual Living

Lloyd Boshaw Interviews Mari Frank, Attorney and Privacy Expert

Mari Frank Interviews Linda and Jay Foley, Directors of the Identity Theft Resource Center

Jay Foley is the co-founder/director of the Identity Theft Resource Center, a nationwide, nonprofit identity theft program located in San Diego, California. The ITRC was established in 1999 in response to the growing need for victim assistance and public empowerment caused by the explosive rise in identity theft crime rate.
As the spouse of an identity theft victim, Foley understands the practical and emotional complexities of this crime. Since 1999, he has assisted thousands of victims via email and telephone.
As ITRC's primary criminal justice contact, he has received great support and accolades from members of law enforcement across the country who frequently refer victims to him for assistance. Foley currently sits numerous law enforcement, governmental and legislative taskforces, including JAG and has testified at legislative hearings in various states and in front of Congress.
Foley is also a popular presenter and trainer. He has also appeared on many major television news shows, quoted in most major newspapers and radio stations around the country.
Jay Foley's background includes over 20 years in project management, customer service training, sales and database management. His experience in the US Navy and study for his MCSE and MCDBA certificates has proven to be invaluable in understanding the computer's role in this crime, possible solutions and in anticipating future trends.
He is a recipient of the 2004 Crime Victims Service Award presented by the U. S. Attorney General for the Department of Justice and commendations by Senator Dianne Feinstein and former CA Governor Gray Davis.
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 quoted by major newspapers, radio stations and magazines.
Besides her work in the community, Foley forges partnerships with companies to create better document handling procedures. She has created a workplace ID theft self-assessment inventory for use by businesses that might not want outside consultants to evaluate their company.
She has been honored as the 10Leadership Program (San Diego's ABC affiliate) Individual Leader for 2001, is a recipient of the prestigious Foundation for Improvement of Justice Award (Sept 2000), the 2004 National Crime Victim Service Award presented by U. S. Attorney General for the Department of Justice and commendations by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein and former CA Governor Gray Davis.
Identity Theft Resource Center
PO Box 26833, San Diego CA 92196
www.idtheftcenter.org
email: itrc@idtheftcenter.org
Office Line: 858-693-7935

Mari Frank Interviews Leonard Szymczak, Psychotherapist and Educator

Leonard Szymczak, MSW, LCSW, has been a psychotherapist and educator for over 35 years, both in Australia and America, working with individuals, couples, families and groups. He was Director of the Family Therapy Program at the Marriage and Family Centre in Sydney, Australia and later served as a senior affiliate therapist with the Family Institute at Northwestern University. His new book is The Roadmap Home: Your GPS to Inner Peace. He is also the author of the novel Cuckoo Forevermore, a light-hearted satire on psychotherapy, and its sequel, Kookaburra's Last Laugh, due out in 2010.
Leonard has conducted countless seminars and presentations and has written numerous articles on mental health, personal development, stress management, and relationship building. Throughout his life, Leonard has been committed to ongoing personal growth and believes firmly in the power of the individual to overcome adversity and transform one's life.
Like the mythologist Joseph Campbell, he utilizes the concept of the hero's journey to help individuals reshape their stories into amazing adventures. He firmly believes that when connected to the Guiding Power of Spirit, individuals can shift problems and pain into opportunities for healing and growth and return Home to love and inner peace.
A licensed clinical social worker, Leonard lives near the beach in Southern California where he writes, conducts seminars, and maintains a private practice. He is the proud father of two adult children.

Mari Frank Interviews Wendy Patrick, Deputy District Attorney, Sex Crimes and Stalking Division

Mari Frank Interviews Rebecca Herold, The Privacy Professor

Rebecca Herold, CIPP, CISSP, CISM, CISM, FLMI, "The Privacy Professor," has over two decades of information security, privacy and compliance experience. She's been named as a Computerworld "Best Privacy Advisor" multiple times, and also as a "Top 59 Influencers in IT Security" by IT Security magazine. The program Rebecca created was awarded the 1998 CSI Information Security Program of the Year Award. She is currently leading the NIST Smart Grid standards committee privacy impact assessment.
In 2008 Rebecca's blog was named one of the "Top 50 Internet Security Blogs" by the Daily Netizen and in September 2009 her blog was named a "Top 100 Science Professor Blog."
Rebecca assists organizations of all sizes and industries throughout the world. Rebecca has created a wide range of information security, privacy and compliance tools, products and services. She also offers a range of standard and customized one and two-day workshops including one addressing how individuals across disciplines can work together to most effectively assure privacy and regulatory compliance while efficiently implementing security controls.
Rebecca is working on her 14th book, writes multiple monthly columns, creates the quarterly "Protecting Information" multi-media information security and privacy awareness subscription news journal and provides effective information security and privacy tools and online training courses. She also has served as an Adjunct Professor for the Norwich University Master of Science in Information Assurance (MSIA) program since 2004.
rebeccaherold@rebeccaherold.com or www.theprivacyprofessor.com.

Mari Frank Interviews Chris Hoofnagle, Senior Staff Attorney and Privacy Law Expert

Chris Jay Hoofnagle is senior staff attorney to the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic and senior fellow with the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. His focus is consumer privacy law.
From 2000 to 2006, he was senior counsel to the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and director of the organization's West Coast office. At EPIC, he concentrated on financial services privacy, telemarketing regulation and consumer profiling. He was also a non-residential fellow with Stanford University's Center for Internet and Society for the 2005 academic year.
Hoofnagle is a nationally recognized expert in information privacy law. He has testified before the U.S. Congress and the California Senate and Assembly numerous times on social security number privacy and credit transactions. The text of his written testimony is online at http://epic.org/.
Hoofnagle was the author of an amicus brief in Remsburg v. Docusearch, a case in which the Supreme Court of New Hampshire held that private investigators have a duty to exercise reasonable care towards individuals being investigated, and that individuals may bring common law privacy claims against investigators who acquire personal information through deception. He also authored an amicus brief in Kehoe v. Fidelity Federal Bank and Trust, in which the 11th Circuit held that individuals do not need to demonstrate harm to collect monetary damages from invasions of privacy. The decision makes it economically viable for individuals to vindicate privacy rights in court, and resulted in a $50 million settlement including direct payments to thousands of affected plaintiffs.
Chris is a regular contributor to print, radio and television articles, Hoofnagle has provided commentary for over 1,000 news stories in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, National Public Radio, ABC News and other major media outlets. (2004). http://www.law.berkeley.edu/samuelsonclinic

Mari Frank Interviews Maggie Jessup, Publicist, Marketing Strategist, and Author

Welcome to Maggie Jessup's world: Celebrity scientists, compelling charities, successful in die films, rock star political candidates, chart topping bands, visible royals, best selling authors, elite professionals, fundable startups, and other powerful brands.
She creates Alpha Celebrities in every field using a proprietary mix of next generation publicity, personal brand strategy, and Brand You marketing. Maggie's pioneering study of publicity and personal branding secrets of society's power elite developed into her Fame Formula which catapults her clients into the top one percent of their professions.
Maggie Jessup co-founded Platform Strategy, a boutique publicity and brand strategy firm, in 2002. Often referenced as a Fame Machine, Platform Strategy is a team of publicists, social media gurus, web technology experts, graphic artists, publishing professionals, content writers, media & speech trainers, and experienced marketing people.
Maggie focuses these resources with her proprietary fame tools, entertainment industry technology, and somewhat radical publicity techniques on people who want the amazing life and career that a recognized personal brand can deliver. Her pioneering work in personal brand strategy has made her a leading voice of the field and one of the country's most in-demand consultants. She travels across the United States speaking at professional events and conferences captivating audiences of every sort with her Fame Formula.
Prior to founding Platform Strategy, Maggie was an investigative journalist at the Atlanta Journal Constitution and the Houston Chronicle. Earlier in her career she worked as a marketing and publicity advisor to companies ranging from multi-nationals to nightclubs and early stage entrepreneurial ventures.
In her new book FAME 101, Maggie shares behind-the-scenes strategies of entertainment industry notables, evangelists, celebrity lawyers, winning politicians and others. From these personal branding and publicity secrets, FAME 101 creates a success blueprint for anyone to quickly make it to the top of their field.
Maggie knows what Martha Stewart, Barrack Obama, Billy Graham, Suze Orman, America's best known gardener, and the leading voice of every profession have in common. The understand fame: how to get it, how to keep it, and how to capitalize on it.
Anyone can have Fame - Maggie Jessup knows how. She has the Fame Formula. With it she helps people become the leading voice and media darling of any industry. Her clients appear regularly on CNN, MSNBC, Fox & Friends, ABC News, and other outlets as well as in the pages of USA Today, Forbes, Seventeen, InTouch Weekly, and scores of similarly varied publications.
She lives in Vancouver, Washington and serves geographically and industry-diverse clients from Brisbane, Australia to Los Angeles, California to Atlanta, Georgia.
To connect with Maggie or to book an interview or appearance: information@maggiejessup.com or Jay at 360.909.0527