This sounds like a not-to-be-missed event. Wish I could get there to attend, but I’ll have to console myself with watching the live stream. Friday, January 17, 2014; 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM @ University of Colorado Law School, Room 101 Live Stream: to view, click here What harms are privacy laws designed to prevent? How are…
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FTC Names Latanya Sweeney as Chief Technologist; Andrea Matwyshyn as Policy Advisor
From the FTC: Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez announced the appointments of Latanya Sweeney as the agency’s Chief Technologist and Andrea Matwyshyn as a Senior Policy Advisor on privacy and data security issues. Dr. Sweeney is a professor of government and technology at Harvard University and the founder and director of Harvard’s data privacy…
PCLOB to meet Monday on Section 215 of PATRIOT Act and Section 702 of FISA
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board will be holding a public hearing on Monday, November 4: Consideration of Recommendations for Change: The Surveillance Programs Operated Pursuant to Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act and Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act All sessions will be streamed live on www.c-span.org and live on…