The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) will conduct a public hearing to continue the PCLOB’s study of the federal government’s surveillance program. The meeting is open to the public. Date: March 19, 2014, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Location: Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. Matters to Be Considered: The Privacy and…
Category: Announcements
February 11: the day we fight back
On February 11, thousands of websites, including PogoWasRight.org, are protesting online as part of the The Day We Fight Back against mass surveillance. Events are planned in cities worldwide, including in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Copenhagen, Stockholm and more. Find an event near you And do let your voice be heard.
Live Q&A with Edward Snowden: Thursday 23rd January, 8pm GMT, 3pm EST
From Free Snowden: Edward Snowden will be answering questions submitted by the public on his official support site, freesnowden.is, this Thursday 23 January at 8pm GMT, 3pm EST. The support site is run by The Courage Foundation and is the only endorsed Snowden Defence Fund. This is the first Snowden live chat since June 2013 and will…
Computers, Privacy & Data Protection Conference
You are kindly invited to the seventh edition of the ‘Computers, Privacy & Data Protection’ (CPDP) conference, to be held on 22-24 January 2014 in Brussels, Belgium. The conference will include panels covering all current debates in the field: the data protection reform in the European Union, PRISM, big data, privacy by design, cloud computing,…