CFP96 Plenary Session

Privacy and the Global Information Infrastructure

• Recording of the session (in RealAudio format)
• Paper by Colin Bennett

Exponential increases in the use of the World Wide Web for commercial applications and the law enforcement needs of governments have raised privacy concerns of a global dimension. What digitally-transmitted and stored information should be protected and how? What is the responsibility of service providers and Web hosts? What are the roles of government and technology in providing privacy protection? This panel will explore answers to these questions from a variety of international perspectives.

Moderator: Marc Rotenberg is Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, DC and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center. Contact: rotenberg@epic.org / (202) 544-9240

Panelists:

• Colin J. Bennett is the author of Regulating Privacy: Data Protection and Public Policy in Europe and the United States, and Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Victoria, Canada. Contact: cjb@uvic.ca / (604) 721-7485

• Paul André Comeau is President of the Commission d'accè s à l'information du Quebec.

• Peter J. Hustinx is President of the Registratiekamer (aata protecting office) in the Netherlands. Contact: phu@registratiekamer.nl / + 31 (70) 319 01 90

• Christine Varney is a Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission. Ms. Varney formerly served as President Clinton's Cabinet Secretary. The FTC is currently conducting an inquiry into privacy policies for the NII.

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