KUCI: Privacy Piracy

Mari Frank Interviews Scientists in Privacy and Security Experts at Data Protection Summit

Mari Frank Interviews 6 Privacy and security experts in a field interview at the exhibit hall at the California Data Protection Summit. Find out the newest tecnologies and the problems they solve.

Mari Frank Interviews Chris Green, Esq. Credit Expert

Christopher Green practices credit litigation in Seattle Washington. He has represented consumers from all over Washington State including King, Snohomish, Pierce, Kitsap, Whatcom, Thurston, Chelan and many other Washington Counties and has represented residents of Bellevue, Tacoma, Everett, Spokane, Kent, Auburn, Bremerton, Port Orchard, Oak Harbor etc. etc. He handles both individual and class actions. He does over 90% of his cases on a contingency fee basis and has represented hundreds of consumers against credit reporting agencies, banks, credit card companies and debt collectors regarding disputed credit errors. He is admitted to practice in Washington State and is also admitted to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington and the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
He graduated from Washington State University with honors and attended the University of Puget Sound. He is a member of the United States Marine Corps Reserve, Washington State Bar Association, National Association of Consumer Advocates (Original Member), King County Bar Association and Federal Bar Association.
Chris also teaches non-attorneys in his course "Correcting Your Credit", held four times a year at the University of Washington's Experimental University. Experimental College.

David Holtzman interview

David Holtzman is a former security analyst and military code-breaker, a futurist, activist, technologist, technology executive, and writer. Throughout his career, he has led initiatives that have radically changed the way people interact with technology.
Holtzman is an Internet pioneer who helped oversee the Internet's growth from its infancy in the mid-1990s through the dot-com boom. As Chief Technology Officer of Network Solutions and the manager of the Internet's master root server, he ran the most critical network in the world - the domain name system - and oversaw the growth of the commercial Internet from 500,000 to over 20 million domain names

Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Peter Kosmala, Training Director IAPP

Peter Kosmala assists with IAPP operations, strategy and marketing. He oversees membership services and is responsible for all of the association's privacy credentialing programs.
In 2004, Mr. Kosmala helped develop and launch the first-ever, broad-based certification in information privacy, the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP). He has since developed specialized credentialing programs in U.S. government privacy (CIPP/G) and Canadian privacy (CIPP/C). Today, he manages all three programs from course training and exam administration to continuing education.
Prior to joining the IAPP, Mr. Kosmala worked successfully in a variety of consulting, entrepreneurial and corporate environments in business planning, strategic marketing and project management capacities. As Managing Director with strategic consulting firm Progress Partners, Mr. Kosmala advised corporate clients on Internet business strategy and marketing technology integration. As an Associate with online marketing consulting company Upstream Group, Mr. Kosmala authored and presented professional development programs for Internet marketing executives. He also spoke at national events on the topics of online marketing trends and emerging advertising platforms.
Mr. Kosmala spent several years in software product management as Director of Product Syndication for MyWay.com and managed marketing technology operations for Planet Direct, both properties of CMGI, a leading Internet holding company in the 1990s. His roots are in the advertising and publishing businesses at agencies Wells Rich Greene BDDP and EURO RSCG/MVBMS Partners as well as technology publisher Wired Magazine.
www.privacyassociation.org
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Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews California State Senator Joe Simitian, Chair Senate Seclect Priacy Committee

Joe Simitian was elected to the California State Senate in November 2004 to represent the 11th State Senate District, which includes parts of San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties. His public service over the years includes stints as a State Assemblymember, member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, Mayor of Palo Alto and President of the Palo Alto School Board. He has also served as an election observer/supervisor in El Salvador and Bosnia, and participated in refugee relief and resettlement efforts in Albania and Kosovo.
In the Senate, Simitian chairs the Environmental Quality Committee and serves as a member of the following committees: Budget and Fiscal Review; Business, Professions and Economic Development; Education; Energy, Utilities and Communications; Environmental Quality; and Transportation and Housing. He is also one of two Democratic members on the Budget Subcommittee on Education.
He also holds a Master of Arts degree in International Policy Studies from Stanford University, a Master in City Planning degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Juris Doctor law degree from the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall).
The California Journal identified Simitian as among those at the "Top of the Class" during his first term in the Legislature. San Jose Magazine has repeatedly recognized him as one of the "Power 100 of Silicon Valley", and in 2003 Simitian was selected by Scientific American magazine as one of the "Scientific American 50" Leaders in Technology from around the world.Senator Simitian and his work have been quoted or noted in publications as diverse as the Atlantic Monthly, Conde Nast Traveller, Mother Jones, People Magazine, and Scientific American. His media appearances range from CNN to the "Dr. Phil Show", from CTV (Canadian Television) to ABC Radio National in Australia.
Simitian brings to his work a unique perspective and background - service at all levels of local government; hands-on experience in the private sector as a public schools attorney, businessman, and certified city planner; a breadth of international interests and experience; as well as professional education and training particularly applicable to his work in the Legislature.
http://www.senatorsimitian.com/

Mari Frank Interviews James Pyles, Esq. Health Care Privacy Lobbyist

Jim Pyles has practiced health law for nearly 35 years, both with the federal government and in private practice. Mr. Pyles represents hospitals, physicians, psychotherapists, home health agencies, hospices, and companies providing durable medical equipment and infusion therapy in virtually every state and the District of Columbia.
In representing these clients, Mr. Pyles has developed expertise in numerous health law subject areas, including the right to medical privacy and private communications as reflected in the U.S. and many state constitutions as well as federal and state law and traditional standards of medical ethics. As a registered lobbyist, Mr. Pyles has participated directly in issues relating to national health care reform with particular emphasis on medical privacy issues, medical ethics as well as payment and coverage reform.

Mari Frank Interviews Deborah Pierce, Executive Director of Privacy Activism

Deborah is the Executive Director of PrivacyActivism. Her work focuses on consumer education campaigns, advocacy, and analysis of privacy issues, with particular emphasis on data flow, data matching, and privacy risks associated with data collection.
In 2005, Deborah chaired the Association for Computing Machinery's Computers, Freedom, and Privacy (CFP) conference, bringing together attendees not only from government, business, education, and non-profits, but also from the community of computer professionals, hackers, crackers and engineers who work the code of cyberspace.
Deborah is currently a member of the University of Washington's Shidler Center for Law, Commerce and Technology Advisory Committee. She was a committee member of the Washington State Bar Association's Access to Justice, a committee formed to develop more detailed guidelines addressing the issue of the technological impact on privacy within the justice system.
In her previous role as a staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, she worked on issues related to electronic privacy, database information collection and personal identity.
www.privacyactivism.org

Mari Frank Interviews Tom Coughlin, Computer Security Engineer

Tom is the Founder and President of Coughlin Associates and Chairman of the 2007 Data Protection Summit. Tom has over 25 years of experience in the data storage industry as a working engineer and high level technical and corporate executive. For several years he has been collaborating with the Center for Magnetic Recording Research at the University of California, San Diego on the sanitization of disk drive data. In addition to regular technical and market consulting projects he is the publisher of several reports covering technology and applications for digital storage devices and systems including storage components, capital spending, storage technology trends, a series on storage and digital entertainment and a series on system storage. He has 6 patents on magnetic recording and related technologies. Tom is the founder and organizer of the annual Storage Visions Conference (which celebrated its sixth year in 2007). Tom is a senior member and officer of the Santa Clara Valley IEEE, as well as a member of APS, AVS, IDEMA, SNIA, AAAS, and SMPTE.

Mari Frank Interviews Emily Andrew, Chief Privacy Officer, USPS

Emily Andrew was named Acting Chief Privacy Officer for the Postal Service in August 2006. In this role, she is responsible for reinforcing and increasing the value that privacy brings to the U.S. Postal Service's brand.
Emily reports to the Consumer Advocate and Vice President, Consumer Affairs and is responsible for advising the Office of the Postmaster General and senior management on a wide variety of privacy-related issues and initiatives. She manages the development and implementation of privacy policies and processes including the organization's compliance with the Privacy Act and regulations, research of global privacy trends in government and industry; and the integration of privacy features into all Postal Service products, programs and services. She also chairs the USPS Privacy Board made up of key Postal Service executives.
Emily Andrew has led the privacy program's team since 2003 and has a strong professional background in operations, consumer affairs, and marketing. Other responsibilities include the oversight, coordination, development and implementation of corporate policies, records management, technologies, and other initiatives that increase customer loyalty, satisfaction, and ultimately, trust in the Postal Service. Emily manages a staff of technical, professional and administrative employees as well as industry consultants supporting this function. She provides communications, training, and other outreach to internal and external audiences on USPS commitment to customers and privacy. Emily also served as Acting Chief Privacy Officer in the summer and fall of 2005. In this capacity, she managed the privacy effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Emily is a certified International Association of Privacy Professionals/Government (IAPP/G) member and a member of the Responsible Information Management Council (RIM).

Mari Frank Interviews Jim Jordan, Esq

James M. Jordan is the former Chief Privacy Leader and Senior Counsel for E-Commerce & Information Technology of General Electric Company, where he led GE's pioneering initiative to implement Binding Corporate Rules for the transfer of personal data from Europe. His law firm, Jordan Legal Counsel, P.C., serves as co-counsel to Crowell & Moring's Privacy and Data Protection Group, focusing on privacy and personal data protection issues. He teams with lawyers from the firm's European offices to assist clients in complying with the European Union Data Protection Directive, ePrivacy Directive and eCommerce Directive, implementation of global privacy programs, and cross-border transfers of personal data pertaining to employees, customers and suppliers. He also advises clients on compliance with U.S. laws pertaining to privacy, electronic marketing and e-commerce, including the FTC Act, CANSPAM Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Privacy Act of 1974, and state identity theft and security breach disclosure laws.