By Beth Givens
EFF Pioneer Award
Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference
San Francisco CA
I thank you - the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the judges. It is truly an honor to receive a Pioneer Award and to join the other Pioneers whom I've admired and revered for years.
I want to say a few words of thanks - and then briefly describe our work in terms of the larger issue of "transparency." But first - my thanks.
Robert Gellman has released a paper on the costs of NOT protecting privacy. The March 26, 2002, white paper is titled "Privacy, Consumers, and Costs: How The Lack of Privacy Costs Consumers and Why Business Studies of Privacy Costs Are Biased and Incomplete."
San Francisco - The ceremony for the Electronic Frontier Foundation's 11th Annual Pioneer Awards will take place at the Cathedral Hill Hotel on April 17, 2002, in conjunction with the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference in San Francisco.
March 11, 2002 Comments
June 13, 2002, Comments
March 11, 2002
The Honorable Bill Lockyer, Attorney General
P.O. Box 989056
West Sacramento, CA 95798-9056
RE: Comments on Implementation of California's Do Not Call Registry
http://www.ag.ca.gov/donotcall/index.htm
Dear Mr. Lockyer:
December 4, 2001
Interagency Public Workshop
"Get Noticed: Effective Financial Privacy Notices"
Federal Trade Commission
Comments By:
Tena Friery, Research Director
and Beth Givens, Director
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Table of Contents
Presented at Twenty Third Annual Conference of International Data Protection Commissioners
By Beth Givens, Director
Paris, France
[NOTE: A shorter version of this paper was presented at the Paris Conference of the Data Protection Commissioners]
Esteemed Data Commissioners and fellow conference participants:
Updated: April 21, 2005
An unknown individual has broadcast an electronic mail message that has reached tens of thousands of consumers, confusing them with information that is only half correct.
The message explains, erroneously, that as of July 1, 2003, "the four major credit bureaus in the US will be allowed . to release your credit info, mailing addresses, phone numbers..... to anyone who requests it." This is not correct.
Financial institutions have until July 1, 2001, to send privacy notices to their customers. The notices are required by the Financial Services Modernization Act, also known as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act or GLB.
Presentation by Beth Givens, Director
NACUA 41st Annual Conference
National Association of College and University Attorneys
San Diego, California
Outline of Presentation:
1. Overview: There are many privacy issues facing colleges and universities today. This presentation covers only the first two below:
"Because we value your privacy.. we may sell your personal financial information." Does this make sense? Of course, not. But, that is precisely the message many banks and other financial companies are now sending to their customers. However, this message -- blurred by fine print, big words, long sentences and marketing jargon -- is far from clear.