IP: Privacy events in DC and SF on Jan 24: PRI and Cato Institute

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 03:06:12 -0800 (PST)
> From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
> ---
>
> From: "Lucas Mast" <lmast () cato org>
> To: <declan () well com>
> Subject: Biometrics event
> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 09:00:01 -0500
>
> Declan--
>
> Enjoy your travels.  If you have not left yet, could you send the link below
> to your list?  We are having an event at Cato on Biometrics Jan. 24th
> (11-12:30) with Dorothy Denning of Georgetown University, Visionics's Dr.
> Joseph Atick, Marc Rotenberg of EPIC, and John Woodward of Rand.  Entitled
> "Eye in the Sky--and Everywhere Else" it promises to be an interesting
> discussion of the issues surrounding biometric technologies.  Like all Cato
> events it is free, with lunch to follow.
>
> http://www.cato.org/events/020124pf.html
>
> Thanks,
> Lucas
>
> ---
>
> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 12:36:46 -0800
> From: Sonia Arrison <sarrison () pacificresearch org>
> To: declan () well com
> Subject: FTC Director, Howard Beales, to keynote privacy law conference
>
>
>
> FTC Director of Consumer Protection,
> Howard Beales,
> to keynote San Francisco Conference on Controversial California Privacy
> Law
>
> Proposed state legislation that would impose opt-in and other
> regulatory requirements on the use of consumer information has become
> one of the hottest issues in Sacramento. The proposals could have
> dramatic implications for consumers and businesses in California and
> nationwide. Mr. Beales will present the federal government's view of
> regulating commercial information, followed by a panel of experts that
> will discuss the economic and legal perspectives of new regulation.
>
> Who:  Howard Beales, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, FTC
>            Sonia Arrison, Director, Center for Technology Studies,
> Pacific Research Institute, PRI
>            Jeffrey Eisenach, President, Progress and Freedom Foundation,
> PFF
>            Peter Johnson, Columbia University
>            Michael Turner, Information Services Executive Council
>
> When: Thursday, January 24, 2002
>              12 pm - luncheon
>               3 pm - wrap-up
>
> Where: Carnelian Room, Bank of America Building
>               555 California Street, 52nd Floor, San Francisco
>
> Cost: $30
>
> RSVP required
> call (415) 955-6123
> fax (415) 989-2411
> e-mail > events () pacificresearch org
>
> This event is being sponsored by Pacific Research Institute and The
> Progress & Freedom Foundation.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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