--- Subject: Spam panel Wednesday at Cato. -wayne Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 12:15:50 -0500 From: "Wayne Crews" <wcrewsat_private> To: <declanat_private> Hi Declan, I send this to you in case you'd like to forward to Politech. We're having a free panel discussion on email spam Wednesday at 11:00. Free lunch for registrants (not spam I promise). Thanks!! Best, Wayne The Cato Institute invites you to a Policy Forum The Spam Wars What Can Be Done about the Annoying, Unsolicited E-mail That Is Driving Us Crazy? featuring Howard Beales Federal Trade Commission Chris Hoofnagle Electronic Privacy Information Center Rebecca Richards TRUSTe Jerry Cerasale Direct Marketing Association Unsolicited e-mail, or "spam," clogs our in boxes with come-ons for everything from the mundane to the outrageous-from toner cartridges to sex aids to "work at home" pitches. The Federal Trade Commission has announced new initiatives to target fraudulent e-mail spam, and private groups have unveiled programs requiring standards of behavior to which online merchants must adhere. Are such programs and other tools enough, or is legislation needed to combat unsolicited e-mail? Might such legislation have unintended consequences? Join us for an engaging discussion on "canning spam." Wednesday, March 27, 2002 11:00 a.m. (Luncheon to follow) Cato Policy Forums and luncheons are free of charge. To register, call Julie Johnson by 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 26, at (202) 789-5229, fax her at (202) 371-0841, or e-mail jjohnsonat_private If you can't make it to the Cato Institute, watch this Forum live online at www.cato.org. ----------- Wayne Crews Director of Technology Studies Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 ph: 202.218.4602 fax: 202.842.3490 wcrewsat_private Cato Tech: www.cato.org/tech Cato Home: www.cato.org --- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 17:04:05 -0800 To: declanat_private From: Katina Bishop <katinaat_private> Subject: Please Post to the List Thanks Declan.... Exchange Ideas with EFF Founders Mitch Kapor and John Perry Barlow at April 16th Benefit Dinner You are invited to join an intimate group of fifteen for a lively evening of fine food, history and conversation with the original EFF co-founders, Mitch Kapor and John Perry Barlow. This exchange of ideas will take place on Tuesday, April 16th at 7:30 p.m. and will benefit EFF's work to protect rights in the digital age. Mitch and Barlow founded EFF in July of 1990 to protect civil liberties where law and technology collide. (See Barlow's fascinating account from that time at http://www.eff.org/Misc/Publications/John_Perry_Barlow/electronic_frontier.eff.) In its 11-1/2 year history, EFF has been on the forefront of high tech issues, fighting to ensure that reading email requires a warrant, software is recognized as speech, restrictions on encryption export are illegal, and fair use survives in the digital age. The dinner will take place at the classic Waterfront restaurant in the North Room. While looking out over the San Francisco Bay, you will have the chance to take part in an in-depth conversation about EFF's fascinating role in the universe. You will You will also be contributing to an important cause, as the money raised from this unusual evening will go to furthering our work. The evening includes the full cost of your dinner and drinks, the opportunity to talk with Mitch and Barlow, a vintage EFF t-shirt, and other surprises. The cost is $500. As there are only 15 available seats, space will fill up quickly. Please contact Katina Bishop, katinaat_private, for more information and to RSVP at +1 415-436-9333 x101. ~~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Shari Steele Executive Director ssteeleat_private Electronic Frontier Foundation +1 415 436 9333 x103 (voice) 454 Shotwell Street +1 415 436 9993 (fax) San Francisco, CA 94110 http://www.eff.org "The protections of the Fourth Amendment are clear. The right to protection from unlawful searches is an indivisible American value. Two hundred years of court decisions have stood in defense of this fundamental right. The state's interest in effective crime-fighting should never vitiate the citizens' Bill of Rights." Senator John Ashcroft (now U.S. Attorney General) USIA Electronic Journal, Vol. 2, No. 4, October 1997 --- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 09:13:30 -0500 To: Declan McCullagh <declanat_private> From: Chris Hoofnagle <souvarineat_private> Subject: Big Brother Awards 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CALL FOR NOMINATIONS THE 2002 U.S. BIG BROTHER AWARDS =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On April 18, 2002, Privacy International will hold the fourth U.S. "Big Brother Awards" to name and shame the public and private sector individuals and organizations which have done the most to invade personal privacy in the United States in the past year. Three distinctive "Orwell" statutes of a golden boot stomping a head will be presented to the government agencies and officials, companies and initiatives which have done most to invade personal privacy in the previous year. A "lifetime achievement" award will also be presented to the organization that has systematically invaded privacy over a long period of time. Previous "winners" include The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Security Agency, DoubleClick, ChoicePoint, The FAA's BodyScan system, the Department of Commerce and Microsoft. The judging panel, consisting of lawyers, academics, consultants, journalists and civil rights activists, are inviting nominations from members of the public. Nominations can be made directly from the site: http://www.privacyinternational.org/bigbrother/us2002/ Privacy International will post the 'most popular' current nominations on its' site. "Brandeis" awards will be also be given out to champions of privacy. The Brandeis Award is named after US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, who is considered the father of American privacy law, describing privacy as "the right to be left alone." The awards are given to those have done exemplary work to protect and enhance privacy. Previous winner include Phil Zimmermann, creator of PGP, Beth Givens, founder of the Privacy Rights Clearing House and Robert Ellis Smith, editor of the Privacy Journal. The Big Brother Awards are now in their fourth year. There have been ceremonies in the UK, the US, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, France, Denmark and the Netherlands. This event will mark the 20th ceremony. Further information can be found at on the PI website at http://www.privacyinternational.org/bigbrother/. The initiator of the awards, Privacy International, was founded in 1990, and campaigns on a wide range of privacy issues across the world. More information on Privacy International is available at: http://www.privacyinternational.org/ The ceremony will be held at the Cathedral Hill Hotel in San Francisco, Cal at the 2002 Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference. More information on CFP 2002 is available at: http://www.cfp2002.org/ ================================== Chris Hoofnagle Legislative Counsel Electronic Privacy Information Center +1.202.483.1140 (tel) +1.202.483.1248 (fax) hoofnagleat_private http://www.epic.org/ http://www.privacy.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. 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