KUCI: Privacy Piracy

Mari Frank Interviews Kevin Connell - President & Chief Executive Officer of Accu-Screen, Inc.

Kevin G. Connell is President & Chief Executive Officer of Accu-Screen, Inc. (1994-Present), and is responsible for the overall growth, development, and management of the organization. The company was founded on his belief that corporations and governmental organizations are in dire need of accurate employment screening and cost containment programs, especially in light of the ever escalating costs of negligent hiring lawsuits, employee theft and worker?s compensation fraud. Accu-Screen, Inc. specializes in pre-employment background screening and drug testing services.
Mr. Connell recently served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS); where he was elected by his peers to serve on the board from 2003-2005. NAPBS exists to promote ethical business practices, promote compliance with the fair Credit reporting Act and foster awareness of issues related to consumer protection and privacy rights within the background screening industry. The association provides relevant programs and training aimed at empowering members to better serve clients and to maintain standards of excellence in the background screening industry.
Mr. Connell is a nationally known speaker, author and consultant, and is recognized as an expert on effective employment screening practices that prevent negligent hiring and resume fraud in the workplace. He has been on the adjunct faculty of the University of South Florida for the past decade, where he teaches the course Effective Employee Screening. Mr. Connell also conducts keynotes and seminars for companies, his keynotes and seminars educates and motivates business owners, managers and human resource professionals on the most effective pre-employment screening techniques available today and how companies may legally obtain the information they need to make informed hiring decisions. His expertise extends to the development of policies and procedures to assure a more productive and safe workplace.
He received his Bachelor?s Degree in Economics Management from Ohio Wesleyan University, graduating Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He was a First-Team selection to GTE?s Academic All-American Football Team. After graduation, the Procter and Gamble Company employed Mr. Connell as a Regional Manager, where he worked in both the Food Service and Commercial Products Division. At P&G, he won the prestigious Five-Star Award three consecutive years. This National Award recognizes Procter and Gamble?s Top Sales Managers throughout North America.
www.accuscreen.com

Mari Frank Interviews Therese Stewart, Chief Deputy City Attorney, San Francisco

Since 2002, Ms. Stewart has served as Chief Deputy City Attorney under San Francisco City Attorney, Dennis J. Herrera, overseeing the City and County's civil litigation and representing San Francisco and its officials in key cases. Previously, she was a partner at Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, where she handled complex business litigation in state and federal courts.
From February 2004 through May 2008, Ms. Stewart headed a team of deputy city attorneys and private firm lawyers representing Plaintiff City and County of San Francisco in the Marriage Cases, which were litigated in the state trial and appellate courts. She presented oral argument to the California Supreme Court on March 4, 2008, and the high court decision was issued on May 15, 2008. The Marriage Cases consisted of six coordinated cases involving state constitutional challenges to California's laws excluding same-sex couples from marriage. These cases are the first in the nation in which a local government body has joined with lesbian and gay couples to challenge a state's marriage laws. The City and the couples raised claims under the California Constitution's equal protection, liberty, privacy and free association clauses. They prevailed in the Superior Court, lost on appeal, and ultimately won in the California Supreme Court. The May 15, 2008 decision held that the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage unjustifiably discriminates against lesbians and gay men and denies them of fundamental liberty and autonomy privacy interests in entering into a state-sanctioned family relationship equal in dignity to other state-sanctioned family relationships.
Ms. Stewart and the City Attorney team also defended Mayor Newsom when his decision to issue marriage licenses to thousands of same-sex couples was challenged in 2004. The California Supreme Court ruled that the Mayor and other City officials lacked the power to refuse to enforce the limitation of marriage to opposite sex couples based on their belief that such limitation violated the Constitution.
To learn more about the San Francisco City Attorney's Office go to www.sfgov.org.
Ms. Stewart has long represented parties and amicus curiae in LGBT civil rights cases, including the airlines' challenge to San Francisco's Equal Benefits Ordinance, a lesbian police officer discrimination suit against the City of Sacramento, an early equal protection challenge to the State's denial of equal benefits to partners of lesbian and gay employees, and a case challenging the Defense Department's denial of security clearances to lesbians and gay men.
In the 1990's, Ms. Stewart served as the first Co-Chair of the Bar Association of San Francisco's Committee on Sexual Orientation, which developed guidelines for legal employers on eliminating sexual orientation discrimination. In the 1980's, she served on the Board of the Lesbian Rights Project (currently known as the National Center for Lesbian Rights), and her firm later assisted NCLR in changing its name and obtaining non-profit status. She also served on the Board of Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom, San Francisco's lesbian and gay bar association.
In 1999, Ms. Stewart served as the first openly gay President of the Bar Association of San Francisco. In that capacity, she co-founded BASF's School-To-College Program, which provides mentoring and guidance to inner city high school students to help them prepare for, select, and apply to college.
Ms. Stewart currently serves on a Task Force of the California Judicial Council's Commission on Judicial Independence, and the Boards of the Northern District of California Historical Society and the Legal Aid Society/Employment Law Center. She is also a member of the American Bar Association's recently established Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Commission. She has previously been a lawyer delegate for Northern District of California to the Ninth Circuit and a State Bar delegate to the American Bar Association.
Ms. Stewart was recognized as a California Superlawyer in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Ms. Stewart received her B.A. with Distinction from Cornell University in 1978 and her J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Law in 1981, where she was awarded Order of the Coif and received Am Jur awards in Constitutional and Criminal Law. Ms. Stewart was Editor-in-Chief of Ecology Law Quarterly and a research assistant to Professors Paul Mishkin and William Fletcher. From 1981-1982, she was a law clerk to Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Mari Frank Interviews Michael Ford, Author and Expert: Buying from Internet Sites

Michael Ford is a seven time author including the following recently published books and video programs:
Don't Bid On It: Until I tell you How eBay really works ?2007, Publisher Elite Minds Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0977476015 You can find more information at www.DontBidOnIt.com
Scams and Scoundrels: Protect yourself from the dark side of eBay and PayPal ?2007, Publisher Elite Minds Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0977476022
Don't Bid On It: Video Classroom ?2007, Publisher Elite Minds Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0977476039
Michael Ford began his eBay career in 1998 and first became an eBay Power Seller in 2001. His software business has expanded beyond eBay, but he still enjoys buying and selling on eBay as a collector of antique arcade games. Michael has authored a number of books on antique arcade games, game restoration, and computer security as well as two eBay books and an eBay video. He is a regular contributor to collector magazines and he is a well known business writer.
Michael has always been an entrepreneur and eBay has helped develop those independent business drives into several full-fledged commercial ventures.
Michael is known for 'telling it like it is' and has a no nonsense approach to business and writing. He focuses on details which led him to document and analyze eBay auctions in a hard hitting way in order to determine what works and what does not. Michael's continued his quest for knowledge by monitoring the unsavory side of eBay which resulted in protection measures that are commonly used to identify fraudulent buyers and sellers.
Michael knows both the good and bad sides of eBay and has shared his experiences and techniques to help eBay members gain the most from eBay without losing their shirt to scammers.
Michael is also a widely known collector of antique arcade games, mostly from the 1940's to the 1970's. He regularly uses eBay to fill out his collection and always looks for an opportunity to promote the arcade game restoration hobby.
Michael has founded a number of companies including Elite Minds Inc, a software development firm specializing in educational and game software, an arcade game restoration company which has published a number of books on antique arcade games, produced specialized circuit boards and other restoration items, and he has created various other specialty companies.

Mari Frank Interviews Amy Alkon, Author and Syndicated Columnist

Amy Alkon is an award-winning syndicated columnist whose funny but reason and data-based weekly advice column, The Advice Goddess, appears in over 100 newspapers. Alkon has made numerous TV and radio appearances, including Good Morning America, CNN, MTV, Nightline, Politically Incorrect and Dennis Miller. She is completing a book for McGraw-Hill on the collapse of public manners, called REVENGERELLA: One woman's battle to beat some manners into impolite society. Alkon considers identity theft the height of bad manners, and sees financial institutions with apparently lax security measures in a similar light.

Mari Frank Interviews Fran Maier, CEO of TRUSTe

Fran Maier is the CEO of TRUSTe, the leading brand in online privacy. Fran brings 15+ years of experience building consumer brands and enhancing consumer trust. She is known for her expertise in online privacy, online marketing best practices, and marketing to women. As a co-founder of Match.com she established credibility, safety and trust in online dating, making Match.com the favorite dating site for single women. In executive marketing roles at Women.com and Kmart's BlueLight.com subsidiary Fran has both established new start-up online brands and brought blue-chip offline brands onto the Internet.
Since Fran joined TRUSTe in 2001, the company has evolved to expand consumer choice from Web sites to downloadable software. Under Maier's leadership TRUSTe launched new trust services for businesses starting with development of the Sender Score Certified Program, formerly called the Bonded Sender Program, which is widely viewed as the leading legitimate sender program on the market. TRUSTe's latest network reputation service is the Trusted Download Program, which promotes ethical behavior by adware and other software companies by publishing a "whitelist" of certified applications. It is the first downloadable software standards program backed by industry leaders Yahoo! Search Marketing, CNET's Download.com, CA, AOL, and Verizon.
During that time TRUSTe has strengthened its monitoring and dispute resolution platforms while growing in influence and certifying more than 2,000 websites. Fran speaks widely on the issues of privacy, security, and trust, has appeared before the Federal Trade Commission and the US Department of Commerce, and has testified before the United States House of Representative's Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection.
Fran holds a BA and MBA from Stanford University.

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

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.
Jay Foley
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.
Identity Theft Resource Center
PO Box 26833, San Diego CA 92196
www.idtheftcenter.org
email:voices123@sbcglobal.net
Office Line: 858-693-7935

Mari Frank Interviews Van Allen, CEO of TimeLine Recruiting

Mari Frank Interviews Dave Jevans, CEO of IronKey, Inc.

David Jevans' career in Internet security spans more than 10 years, having held senior management positions at Tumbleweed Communications (NASDAQ: TMWD), Valicert (NASDAQ: VLCT), Teros (acquired by Citrix, NASDAQ: CTXS) and Differential. Serving on the CEO's technology council at Apple Computer, Mr. Jevans helped to develop the company's Internet strategy. He also worked in the advanced technology group at Apple, and ran an engineering project involving advanced operating systems. Currently, he serves as the chairman of the Anti-Phishing Working Group (www.antiphishing.org), a consortium of over 1,500 financial services companies, ISPs, law enforcement agencies and technology vendors dedicated to fighting email fraud and identity theft online. The group's sponsors and research partners include the American Bankers Association, eBay, PayPal, Verisign, and Entrust. Mr. Jevans has also testified before congress on Internet security and continues to advise the U.S. Department of Homeland security. He holds numerous U.S. patents, and has a Master of Science degree from University of Calgary, Canada.
www.ironkey.com

Mari Frank Interviews Stephen Wu, Lucy Thomson, and Hoyt Kesterson II

Stephen Wu
Stephen Wu is a partner in the Silicon Valley law firm Cooke Kobrick & Wu LLP. He advises clients concerning data security and privacy, electronic commerce, e-discovery, electronic records retention, and digital evidence. His practice also includes technology transactions, intellectual property litigation, and commercial litigation. Before forming CKW, Mr. Wu was VeriSign, Inc.'s second in-house attorney where he was in charge of the company's worldwide policies and practices governing its digital certification secure ecommerce services. Prior to joining VeriSign, Mr. Wu practiced with Jones Day Reavis & Pogue and Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP in the areas of computer law, intellectual property, general litigation, and technology transactions. He clerked with a U.S. District Judge in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Wu was co-chair of the ABA Information Security Committee from 2001 to 2004. He is currently Secretary of the ABA Section of Science & Technology Law.
Mr. Wu is a frequent speaker on secure electronic commerce and information security topics, as well as e-discovery, digital evidence, and electronic records retention. He has written or co-written five books on information security, including Guide to HIPAA Security and the Law (ABA 2007), Information Security: A Legal, Business, and Technical Handbook (ABA 2004), Risk Management for Consumer Internet Payments (NACHA 2002) and Digital Signatures (RSA Press 2002). Mr. Wu received a B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh in 1985, and received his law degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1988.
Lucy Thomson
Lucy L. Thomson, J.D., M.S., CIPP/G, has extensive experience as a litigator in complex federal civil and criminal cases and as an expert in information security, privacy, and new technologies. At Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), a global technology company, she has addressed a wide range of legal, technical, and policy issues in major IT and information sharing programs. This past year, she was appointed Consumer Privacy Ombudsman for three U.S. Bankruptcy Courts to oversee the sale of electronic consumer records. A career U.S. Department of Justice attorney from 1977-2000, Ms. Thomson served in senior positions in the Criminal and Civil Rights Divisions. Ms. Thomson is an ABA Fellow, and represents the D.C. Bar in the ABA House of Delegates. She is a member of the Council of the ABA Section of Science & Technology Law and chairs its Homeland Security Committee. She served on the D.C. Bar Board of Governors, as Bar Secretary and President of the Women's Bar Association and its Foundation. She was the guest editor of the Symposium on Homeland Security in JURIMETRICS: THE JOURNAL OF LAW SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (2007), and is a frequent contributor to the IAPP Privacy Advisor.
In recognition of long-time public service, she received the Heroines in Technology Award. Ms. Thomson is a past Alumni Trustee of Andover. She earned a master's degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in 2001, and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.
Hoyt Kesterson II
Hoyt L. Kesterson II is an Arizona-based technology expert with more than 30 years of experience in the field of information security and related technologies. For 20 years he chaired the international standards group that created the X.509 certificate, a fundamental component in digital signature and securing web transactions. He has been working with the ABA's Information Security Committee for nearly 20 years on the effects of digital data and electronic signature.

Mari Frank Interviews Sandy Hughes, Global Ethics, Compliance and Privacy Executive at the Procter & Gamble Company