Privacy Lecture Series - Stephanie Perrin
05/04/2002
April 16, 2002
Privacy Lecture Series
http://privacy.openflows.org
Practical Problems in Privacy Work:
From the Sublime to the Ridiculous
Stephanie Perrin
Chief Privacy Officer
Zero-Knowledge Systems, Inc.
Tuesday, April 16, 2002
6pm-7,30:00PM
140 St. George, Room 728
Faculty of Information Studies (building adjacent to Robarts Library)
University of Toronto
The lectures are free of charge and you do NOT have to register.
Abstract
This lecture will bridge the sphere of privacy advocacy and its practical implementation in a networked, global and corporate world. Stephanie Perrin, Chief Privacy Officer of Zero-Knowledge Systems, will discuss the fundamental threat to privacy in a world that has said "yes" to surveillance. She will then provide the audience with a first hand account of the pragmatics of being a CPO, and will discuss some of the problems CPOs face daily. Stephanie will finalize by describing her work on international standards, and the common privacy problems that are being felt worldwide.
Bio
Formerly the Director of Privacy Policy for Industry Canada's Electronic Commerce Task Force, Stephanie Perrin manages Zero-Knowledge's public affairs activities and acts as the company's primary liaison to government and non-governmental organizations.
An internationally recognized expert in freedom of information and privacy issues, Stephanie was instrumental in developing Canada's privacy and cryptography policies for over fifteen years. For the past five years she led the legislative initiative at Industry Canada that resulted in the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, the electronic commerce privacy legislation that received Royal Assent on April 13, 2000. She represented Canada internationally at the OECD Security and Privacy Committee and was responsible for developing domestic privacy policies in the context of new technologies, legislation, standards and public education.
To sign-up for the Privacy Lecture Series announcement email list please go to: http://privacy.openflows.org/
The Privacy Lecture Series is organized by Ana Viseu, a researcher currently working at the University of Toronto on her Ph.D. dissertation which focuses on the development and implementation of wearable computers. Her research interests include questions of privacy, social dimensions of technology, and the mutual adaptation processes between individuals and technology. Ana holds a Master's Degree in Interactive Communication from the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.
http://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~aviseu
The Privacy Lecture Series is co-sponsored by the Knowledge Media Design Institute (KMDI) http://www.kmdi.utoronto.ca/ and the Information Policy Research Program (IPRP) http://www.fis.utoronto.ca/research/iprp/
For more info contact Ana Viseu
ana.viseu@utoronto.ca
