Ana Viseu on Tue, 30 Oct 2001 14:04:07 +0100 (CET) |
[Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]
[nettime-lat] Privacy Lecture Series - EXTRA SESSION!!! |
[Hi, David Banisar will be in Toronto this week and we have asked him to speak at the Privacy Lecture Series. David has agreed to do so on WEDNESDAY, Oct 31st at 4pm-5,30pm. David Banisar is the deputy director of Privacy International, a human rights group formed in 1990 as a watchdog on surveillance by governments and corporations, and is one of the founders of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). This lecture will focus on international developments in the field of privacy. David will speak about the changes that have been happening in the field of privacy accross the world, and will identify trends, discuss their origins and implications for Privacy. Hope you can make it! Best. Ana] PRIVACY LECTURE SERIES <http://privacy.openflows.org> WEDNESDAY, October 31, 2001 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. "International Developments in Privacy: A Look at Current Trends" David Banisar Deputy Director Privacy International 140 St. George, Room 728 Faculty of Information Studies (building adjacent to Robarts Library) University of Toronto Bio: David Banisar is a Research Fellow at the Harvard Information Infrastructure Project at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and is also Deputy Director of Privacy International, an international human rights group based in London, UK. He also does consulting for various NGOs such as Consumers International, the Center for Media Education, and the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse. Mr. Banisar works on freedom of information and privacy related issues including international developments, encryption, wiretapping, and new surveillance technologies. He was one of the founders of EPIC and was a Staff Counsel and Policy Director from 1994 until April 1999. Previously, David Banisar worked for USACM, the ACM US Public Policy Office, Computer Professional for Socal Responsibility as a policy analyst and the Prince George's County, MD Public Defenders' Office as a law clerk. To register for the Privacy Lecture Series announcement email list please go to <http://privacy.openflows.org> For more info contact: Ana Viseu <aviseu@oise.utoronto.ca> Robert Guerra <rguerra@cpsr.org> _______________________________________________ Nettime-lat mailing list Nettime-lat@nettime.org http://amsterdam.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-lat