Hey, folks. Electronic Frontier on Campus is hosting a panel discussion on privacy in the information age tomorrow night on the UCSD campus.
May 11th, 7pm, Great Hall (ERC). And the event is free. Looks interesting! Cheers, Patrick Begin forwarded message: > From: "J. Brandt Buckley" <[email protected]> > Date: May 10, 2011 3:48:27 am PDT > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: Event Wednesday: Notes from the Digital Underground: Privacy's > Electronic Frontier > > Hi Patrick and Rob, > > My group, the Electronic Frontier on Campus, is hosting an event this > Wednesday evening at UCSD that you and the members of the SD Ruby group might > be interested in. > > In the past month we've seen two of the largest breaches of personal > information, the discovery that the world's most popular smartphone has been > recording users' locations for nearly a year, and a major increase in > targeted advertising. These events have brought new attention to the > complicated issue of privacy in the information age. > > This Wednesday (May 11th @ 7:00 PM), we are hosting a discussion panel with > noted privacy experts from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, ACLU San > Diego, and Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. The event is free and open to the > public, so feel free to pass this on to anyone you think might be interested. > > Best, > > Brandt > > What: Notes from the Digital Underground: Privacy's Electronic Frontier > When: This Wednesday (May 11th) at 7:00 PM > Where: Great Hall (ERC) - This event is free and open to the public. > > Rainey Reitman > Activism Director > Electronic Frontier Foundation > > Kevin Keenan > Executive Director > San Diego ACLU > Author of Invasion of Privacy: A Reference Handbook > > Beth Givens > Director and Founder > Privacy Rights Clearinghouse > Author of The Privacy Rights Handbook > > Synopsis: > > This Wednesday, join the Electronic Frontier on Campus, the ACLU of San > Diego, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation > for a panel discussion with noted privacy experts on how technology is > changing our relationship with privacy. > > Wherever you stand on these issues, join us in starting the conversation. -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby
