KUCI: Privacy Piracy

Dr. Cavoukian is Ontario's first Information and Privacy Commissioner to be reappointed for a second term. Initially appointed in 1997, her role in overseeing the operations of the freedom of information and privacy laws in Canada's most populous province was extended to 2009. Like the provincial auditor, she serves as an officer of the legislature, independent of the government of the day. Mr. Hope-Tindall is Technical Director and Chief Privacy Architect of dataPrivacy Partners Ltd., a Canadian based privacy consultancy.

Formerly, he was special advisor to the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario for biometrics and cryptography where he conducted privacy audits and assessments and monitored the development of large government systems having a significant privacy component. Mr. Hope-Tindall also represented the province of Ontario at the 1998 Canadian encryption policy discussions from which the template for Canada's national encryption policy arose.

Ms. Coney is Associate Director with the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). Her issue areas include nanotechnology, surveillance, children's privacy, civil rights and privacy, coalition development, spectrum, census, and electronic voting. Ms. Coney also serves as Coordinator of the recently established National Committee on Voting Integrity (NCVI). NCVI was created in 2003 in response to growing concerns about the reliability of electronic voting systems. Lillie will share the insidious nature of the lack of transparency in voter registration, voting machines and elections. Our liberty is dependent on our confidentiality and privacy in the voting process. She will also tell you the dangers in the myriad types of surveillance in our modern society.

Kirk Herath is the Chief Privacy Officer for Nationwide Insurance Company and President of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Additionally he sits on the Privacy Advisory Board of the US Homeland Security. Kirk 's company recently did a survey to see the difference in impact upon identity theft victims among the general population versus the African American and Hispanic communities. Listen in and find out the surprising results and also find out what the Homeland Security Privacy Committee is doing to protect citizens from governmental privacy invasions.

Ron Hemphill, former convicted ID thief with a former career as a successful criminal, tells how he was able to pay employees in banks, credit reporting agencies and hospitals to give him sensitive information to steal the identities of his best prospects. He tells how the companies are facilitating this crime. Then in the 2nd 1/2 hour, Eric Drew shares his heartwrenching story of how he was on his deathbed with a rare form of cancer when a lab tech in the hospital stole his identity- like a vulture abusing it's dying prey. Eric's instpiring story reveals how he regained his health and his identity against all odds. Don't miss this show.

Carol DiBattiste attorney and Chief Privacy Officer of Choicepoint explains what happened with their security breach, the $15 million stiplation with the Federal Trade Commission as to what they must now do to be compliant, and how they are now offeing free public record reports on-line to consumers.

Fran Maier, Executive Director and President of Truste.org is nationally know for her expertise in on-line privacy and marketing best practices. She'll tell you what to look for in order to trust a company on-line and she'll tell you how to protect yourself from phising and spam. Don't miss htis show.

David Shenk national best selling author reveals the emotional, social, and political ramifications of the information revolution. He has also founded Technorealism, a movement encouraging balanced consideration of technology's effects on humanity. David reveals the impact of how the information age exposes us to constant surveillance and diminishes our privacy. He tells us that we must shine the light on the privacy invasions. Don't miss this interview.

Trevor Hughes is an attorney specializing in e-commerce, privacy and technology law. He'll enlighten you as to what is happening with protecting your privacy with e-mail, what' s new with spam control, how to protect your kids and yourself with regard to e-mail, phishing, and the dangers of the "no-email list" which many states wish to enforce to protect kids. You won't want to miss this privacy expert's great advice.

Linda Foley discusses child identity theft, what it is, how it happens, and how you can protect yourself and your children.

Deborah Peel, MD is a psychiatrist and a leading privacy expert on medical privacy. Deborah shares with you the danger of the new federal pending legislation which will take away any of the limited privacy you hjave left with regard to your health care privacy. Listen to this frightening, yet informative interview and learn what you must do to protect yourself with regard to genetic privacy and othere types of privacy iissues which could prohibit you from getting a job, health insurance, or life insurance, or a house or apartment.