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Froomkin, Kaplan, "Spaf," and Wu Join EPIC Advisory Board
EPIC has announced the 2013 members of the EPIC Advisory Board. They are Michael Froomkin, Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Miami School of Law; Sheila Kaplan, student privacy advocate and founder of Education New York; Eugene Spafford,...
Bennett, Calo, Donohue, Dwork, Kerr, and Pasquale Join EPIC Advisory Board
EPIC has announced the 2012 members of the EPIC Advisory Board. They are Colin Bennett, Professor of Political Science at University of Victoria; Ryan Calo, Director of Privacy and Robotics, Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School; Laura...
Reps. Chaffetz and Holt, Susie Castillo, and Wall Street Journal Receive EPIC Champion of Freedom Awards
At the 2011 EPIC awards dinner, Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ), The Wall Street Journal, and TV actress and former Miss USA, Susie Castillo received the EPIC awards for the defense of civil liberties and human rights,...
Anderson, Balkin, boyd, Crawford, Kahle, and Turkle Join EPIC Advisory Board
EPIC has announced the 2011 members of the EPIC Advisory Board.They are Ross Anderson, Professor of Security Engineering at Cambridge University, Jack Balkin, Knight Professor at Yale, danah boyd, Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research, Susan Crawford, professor at Cardozo Law...
Canada's Privacy Commissioner Awards $500,000 to 13 Projects to Advance Frontiers of Privacy Research
Canadian Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart announced the recipients of her Office’s 2010-11 Contributions Program, which funds privacy research and public education initiatives. This year’s projects involve research initiatives that focus on the Office’s four key privacy priority areas: national security,...
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Text Messaging Privacy Case
The Supreme Court will hold oral arguments on Monday, April 19 in City of Ontario v. Quon, a case in which the Court will determine whether a government employer can search the content of text messages sent from an employee's...
Acquisti, Gasser, Harbour, Irion, Jonas, and Kirby Join EPIC Advisory Board
EPIC has announced the 2010 members of the EPIC Advisory Board.They are Alessandro Acquisti, Associate Professor Information Technology and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University; Urs Gasser, Executive Director, Berkman Center for Internet and Society; Pamela Jones Harbour, Former Commissioner, FTC;...
PRIVACY.ORG Relaunches with New Features
PRIVACY.ORG, the first web site devoted exclusively to privacy issues, has a new look and new tools. PRIVACY.ORG provides daily updates on privacy stories in the news. PRIVACY.ORG features a Twitter news feed with all #privacy tweets. And PRIVACY.ORG highlights...
GridWise Alliance and Future of Privacy Forum
GridWise Alliance and Future of Privacy Forum Privacy Panel Lillie Coney, EPIC Associate Director Canadian Embassy Washington, DC March 2, 2010...
Smart Grid Policy Summit
Smart Grid Policy Summit Lillie Coney EPIC Associate Director Washington DC April 8, 2010...
EPIC Sues NSA to Force Disclosure of Cyber Security Authority
EPIC has filed a lawsuit against the National Security Agency and the National Security Council, seeking a key document governing national cybersecurity policy. The document, National Security Presidential Directive 54 grants the NSA broad authority over the security of American...
IGF 2010 First Round Meeting
IGF 2010 First Round Meeting Katitza Rodriguez, EPIC International Privacy Program Director UN Internet Governance Forum Geneva, Switzerland February 9-11, 2010...
Presidential Initiative Summit: "Virtual World-Real Crime"
Presidential Initiative Summit: "Virtual World-Real Crime" Ginger McCall,EPIC Staff Counsel National Association of Attorneys General Fort Lauderdale, FL February 8-10, 2010...
EPIC Honors US Privacy Advocate Beth Givens
EPIC has given the 2010 US Privacy Champion Award to Beth Givens, the founder and director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse in San Diego, California. Established in 1992 to provide information to consumers about privacy issues and to advocate on...
Experts to Speak at National Press Club about Body Scanners
Leading privacy law scholars Anita Allen and Jeffrey Rosen, acclaimed author and surveillance authority James Bamford, world renowned security technologist Bruce Schneier, and EPIC President Marc Rotenberg will be at the National Press Club, on Monday, January 25 at 8:30...
FTC Privacy Roundtable: Exploring Existing Regulatory Frameworks
Exploring Privacy: A Roundtable Series Lillie Coney, EPIC Associate Director University of California, Berkeley, School of Law Booth Auditorium, Boalt Hall Berkeley, CA January 28, 2010...
Constitutional amendments: Challenges and legal views
Katitza Rodriguez, EPIC International Privacy Program Director IFAI Mexican House of Representatives Mexico DF January 28, 2010...
"Body Scanners and Privacy"
EPIC Panel Discussion Prof. Anita Allen James Bamford Prof. Jeffrey Rosen Marc Rotenberg Bruce Schneier National Press Club Washington, DC January 25, 2010...
"Invasion of the Body Scanners"
Marc Rotenberg, EPIC Executive Director PKN11::Pecha Kucha Night Brussels Brussels, Belgium January 28, 2010...
EPIC's Lillie Coney Appointed to Election Advisory Committee
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed EPIC Associate Director and leading election reform advocate, Lillie Coney to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Board of Advisors. EAC is an independent, bipartisan commission charged with developing guidance to meet Help America Vote Act...
