--- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 16:12:12 -0400 From: Robert MacMillan <robert.macmillanat_private> To: declanat_private http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39211-2003Apr16.html Homeland Security To Fill Privacy Post By Brian Krebs washingtonpost.com Staff Writer Wednesday, April 16, 2003; 3:45 PM The former privacy officer of Internet advertising giant DoubleClick will be the Department of Homeland Security's first privacy czar, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced today. The administration will appoint Nuala O'Connor Kelly to the privacy post, where she would be responsible for vetting proposals or programs that involve collecting and using U.S. citizens' personal information. O'Connor Kelly currently serves as a Commerce Department attorney. O'Connor Kelly, 34, will report to Ridge. The privacy rights community generally views O'Connor Kelly as a consensus builder, but it is too soon to say how much influence she will have in protecting Americans' privacy rights, said Ari Schwartz, associate director at the Center for Democracy and Technology. "One of the things we liked (about her job) at DoubleClick was that she worked hard to build relationships with the privacy community and to vet their new policies with these groups," Schwartz said. "There is still some question as to what level of access will she have, and whether she will be able to speak her mind internally and publicly on privacy issues or will she simply be giving the agency line on everything." [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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