FC: Broadband, privacy events this month: Cato Institute, EFF, NYNMA

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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From: "Lucas Mast" <lmast () cato org>
To: "Declan McCullagh" <declan () well com>
Subject: Could you send this to your list(s)?
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 10:16:38 -0500

The event is being held at Cato (not as clear as one might like on the 
invite).  Thought it would be of interest to some of the folks on your list.

Thanks in advance,
Lucas

                                                 The Cato Institute

featuring





George Bell

Chairman and CEO

Excite@Home



The Death of Dial-Up, The Birth of Broadband,

and the Revolution in Our Living Rooms



As the CEO of Excite@Home, a recognized leader in the broadband 
marketplace, George Bell is launching an effort to engage public policy 
leaders, the press, and government officials.  Bell will outline his 
company s vision for a broadband future and discuss what role Congress and 
the FCC should play in determining how the rules of the road are 
established for this sector, including controversial issues such as the 
extension of open-access mandates to the broadband marketplace.

Bell started with Excite in 1996 as its 23rd employee and oversaw the 
company's merger with @Home Network in January 1999.  Before joining 
Excite, Inc, Mr. Bell was senior vice president of Times Mirror Magazines 
and chairman of the California Privacy Committee, formed to establish 
privacy standards on the Internet.





Tuesday, March 6, 2001

12:00 p.m.

(Luncheon to follow)





To register, call Megan Brumleve by 12:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 5, at 
(202) 789-5229, fax her at (202) 371-0841, or email to mbrumleve () cato org


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From: "Katina Bishop" <katina () eff org>
To: <declan () well com>
Subject: The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Monthly Forum - March19th, 2001
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 11:13:49 -0800
Organization: EFF

Declan-
Please post this to your list.
Thanks!
-Katina
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Media Advisory

BayFF On Mar. 19, 2001   - Come Check It Out!

Join EFF in a discussion about the future of current products and services
that aim to protect your privacy for you.

WHAT: "BayFF" Panel Discussion: "Infomediaries: Protectors of
Your Personal Information Online, or Evolutionary Dead Ends?"

WHEN: Monday March 19th, 2001 at 7PM Pacific Time

WHERE: Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
University of California
School of Law (Boalt Hall)
Room 110
Berkeley, California 94720-7200
Tel: (510) 642 -8073 or contact Katina at EFF (415) 436-9333
ex 101

This event is free and open to the general public. Food and beverages will
be served.

Infomediaries blazed onto the scene a couple of years ago as a market
solution to protecting privacy. Over the last year we have seen the demise
of many "dot com" companies, including many infomediaries. This panel will
discuss the future of infomediaries, focusing on such questions as:

Can an infomediary/privacy escrow idea can help individuals protect
privacy? What are the risks of such a system? What are the market realities
facing infomediaries? What happens to personal information stored on their
servers
when they run out of cash? How viable is the existing business model?

BayFF is first and foremost a real-space event, meant to serve as an
educational forum for the local community, as well as a catalyst for
like-minded activists. Locals, please show your support in person! BayFF
fans and followers that are scattered across the country and around the
world can access this month's BayFF WebCast at:
http://www.eclipsnow.com

February's BayFF will be Webcast by Eclipsnow! which has kindly donated its
services to EFF. Eclipsnow! has been Webcasting corporate events, public
affairs music and entertainment since 1996. It requires Windows Media Player
as far as we know (though RealPlayer 8 might also work.)

For directions to the event, you can use free services like
http://www.mapquest.com or http://maps.yahoo.com to generate driving
directions or maps. For CalTrain and Muni directions, please call their
information lines.  You can subscribe to receive future BayFF annoucements.
To subscribe, email majordomo () eff org and put this in the text (not the
subject line): subscribe bayff.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading civil liberties
organization working to protect rights in the digital world. Founded in
1990, EFF actively encourages and challenges industry and government to
support free expression, privacy, and openness in the information society.
EFF is a member-supported organization and maintains one of the
most-linked-to Web sites in the world: http://www.eff.org

Continuing over 10 years of defending civil liberties online, EFF presents a
series of regular meetings to address important issues where technology and
policy collide. These meetings, entitled "BayFF" Bay-area Friends of
Freedom), kicked off on July 10, 2000, and will continue on a monthly basis.

For more information, see:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation:
http://www.eff.org

BayFF Meetings Info Page:
http://www.eff.org/bayff

Contact:
Katina Bishop
Director of Education & Offline Activism
Electronic Frontier Foundation
+1 415 436 9333 x101
katina () eff org

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> Privacy is not only a political hot button.  This year, it affects your
> business.  Over a dozen federal privacy bills are pending, ready to change
> the way business is conducted on the Internet.  Join NYNMA as the Evening
> Panel Series presents
> "None of Your Business: The Politics and Business Implications of
Privacy":
> Tuesday, Mar. 6, The Equitable Building, 787 7th Ave. Reg: 5:30pm. Panel:
> 6:30pm.
>
> Our star-studded panel of experts will discuss:
> -If opt-in is the law of the land, does the Internet still work as a
> marketing medium?  Are privacy issues an investment in brand equity?
> -Is creating and posting a privacy policy enough?   What else is involved
> and what will it cost?
> -Has the offline world ducked the punch of privacy regulation, leaving the
> Internet to take it?  Do the online marketers really know more about you
> than the offline ones?
> -Does Congress know enough to write a workable privacy bill?  How do you
> distinguish good legislation from bad?
>
> Panelists William Safire, Columnist, The New York Times; Jules Polonetsky,
> Chief Privacy Officer, DoubleClick Inc.; Larry Ponemon, President,
Guardent,
> Inc.; Ari Schwartz, Policy Analyst, Center for Democracy and Technology,
> Barbara Wellbery, Chief Architect of Safe Harbor Privacy Accord with EU &
> Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP, and moderator Roger Cossack of CNN's
> "Burden of Proof", will answer these questions and more on March 6.
> Register Now Online at www.nynma.org <http://www.nynma.org>
> Pre-registration online ends 3/2/01.

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