********** Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 18:28:56 -0700 From: Sonia Arrison <sarrisonat_private> Organization: Pacific Research Institute To: declanat_private Subject: PRI's Privacy Press Conference Dear Declan, Your Politech readers might be interested in our upcoming privacy press conference for the release of our new privacy paper: "Consumer Privacy: A Free Choice Approach." The event is this Wednesday, Sept. 5th, at the National Press Club in D.C. (see below). -Sonia **************************************** Sonia Arrison Director, Center for Freedom and Technology Pacific Research Institute 755 Sansome Street, Suite 450 San Francisco, CA 94111 415-989-0833 x107 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: DAWN DINGWELL August 30, 2001 (415) 989-0833, ext. 136 MEDIA ADVISORY Government Privacy Regulations will Harm Consumers, Innovation, and Free Speech, Study Says Press Conference: Wednesday, September 5, 2001 9:30 A.M. National Press Club Lisagor Room -- 13th Floor 529 14th Street, NW Washington, DC WHO: Sally C. Pipes, President, Pacific Research Institute (PRI) Sonia Arrison, Director, Center for Freedom and Technology (PRI); Author, Consumer Privacy: A Free Choice Approach Eugene Volokh, Fellow in Legal Studies (PRI); Constitutional & Copyright Law Professor, UCLA Law School WHAT: Press conference releasing Consumer Privacy: A Free Choice Approach, a new study from the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute. The speakers will discuss the study's findings, including: · Why self-regulation, contract law, and new technologies available to the public are the best way to protect consumer privacy · How federal privacy proposals will harm consumer interests, and threaten to impede tech innovation and free speech · An overview of more than a dozen technologies available to consumers that allow them to protect their own privacy, as well as emerging technologies WHEN: Wednesday, September 5, 2001 9:30 A.M. WHERE: National Press Club Lisagor Room -- 13th Floor 529 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20045 WHY: Dozens of bills addressing consumer privacy are pending in Congress and state legislatures nationwide. In response, PRI will release its latest study, Consumer Privacy: A Free Choice Approach, demonstrating why expanding consumer choice through free-market alternatives is the best policy for protecting consumer privacy, including protection from government intrusion. www.pacificresearch.org ### ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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