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Re: CPT on FTC June 4-5 Privacy Workshop
Jerry Berman wanted to post this to med-privacy, but since he's not a
member of the list, I am forwarding it for him. jamie
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 14:35:48 -0400
From: Jerry Berman <jberman@cdt.org>
To: love@tap.org
Cc: med-privacy@essential.org, tap-info@essential.org
Subject: Re: CPT on FTC June 4-5 Privacy Workshop
Dear Jamie:
By you logic (that Industry funding disqualifies CDT from being a privacy
advocate), EPIC and the ACLU must also be disqualified from being "privacy
advocates" since both receive some industry funding.
Most do not adhere to that logic. Instead they consider the positions
advocated by privacy or other organizations to judge their stances - not
whether or not they meet some Nadertype litmus test. By the way, is our
first amendment position on the CDA "kosher" even though industry is
involved in funding our lawsuit challenging EXON? You havn't complained so
what's the difference?
Bottom line: Don't you get tired of this, since Nader is always being
described (not by us) as "in the pay" of the trial lawyers by others
applying similar non-substantive tests? I urge you to stick to substance.
Your warmed over muckraking style is continuing to just get you muckedup.
Jerry
> Consumer Project on Technology
> P.O. Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036
> http://www.essential.org/cpt
>
>June 3, 1996
>
>Martha Landesberg
>Federal Trade Commission
>via Internet: mlandesberg@ftc.gov
>
>
>Dear Ms Landesberg:
>
>I am writting to express our disappointment at the rooster of
>panel members for the June 4 and 5, 1996 FTC "Public Workshop on
>Consumer Privacy." It appears as though the vast majority of
>panel members represent companies who have interests which are
>often at odds with policies to enhance personal privacy. This is
>particularly true for the sessions on June 4.
>
>While we were pleased to see that Robert Ellis Smith, Evan
>Hendricks and Marc Rotenberg are presented on all five FTC
>privacy panels for June 4, we were disappointed about the overall
>lack of balance. As you know, we were not permitted to
>participate on the June 4 Session 3 panel, on the topic of
>medical and financial information online. Indeed, for this panel
>we were surprised that many well known medical records privacy
>advocates we not even contacted for this panel. One would have
>expected to see Dr. Denise Nagel from the Coalition for Patient
>Rights, Professor Beverly Woodward from Brandeis, or Don Haines
>from the American Civil Liberties Union, to name just a few.
>
>We were also puzzled to see that the Center for Democracy and
>Technology (CDT) was represented on every panel for both June 4
>and June 5 sessions, even though this non-profit is largely seen
>as an advocate for industry interests, rather than for privacy
>rights. Indeed, with CDT's expensive funding from AT&T, IBM,
>TRW, Equifax, Direct Marketing Association, Dun and Bradstreet,
>American Online, Prodigy, Compuserve, MARC, Netscape, US West and
>many additional industry groups that are represented on the FTC
>privacy panels, it seems as though the FTC could have done a
>better job of reaching out to privacy advocates. (Of course, CDT
>does have a knowledgeable staff, and considerable expertise on
>these issues. But CDT isn't considered to be a consumer or
>privacy advocate.)
>
>I hope that in the future the FTC does a better job to including
>groups who represent consumer interests, than will be the case
>for the June 4, 1996 panels.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>
>James Love, Director
>Consumer Project on Technoliogy
>http://www.essential.org/cpt
>202/387-8030; 202/234-5176
>
>
>
>
>
>June 4, 1996: Session 1, the Use of Consumer Information
>
>INDUSTRIES REPRESENTED
>
>Association of National Advertisers (Daniel Jaffe)
>American Association of Advertising Agencies (John Kamp)
>US WEST (Katherine Krause)
>Information Industry Association (Krause, Plesser)
>Interactive Services Association (Jack Drumholtzx)
>Piper & Marbury, Ron Plesser (who also represents IIA, DMA , D&B,
>and others)
>Internet Profiles Corporation (Ariel Poler)
>Direct Marketing Association (Robert Sherman)
>Equifax (Alan Westin)
>
>June 4, 1996: Session 2, the Electronic Regimes for Protecting
>Consumer Privacy Online
>
>INDUSTRIES REPRESENTED
>
>Prodigy (Brian Elk)
>Interactive Services Association (Brian Elk)
>Netscape (Peter Harter)
>Association of National Advertising Agencies (John Kamp)
>US West (Kathern Krause)
>Information Industry Association (Katherine Krause)
>Compuserve (Pierce Reid)
>Direct Marketing Association (Pierce Reid)
>AT&T (Paul Resnick)
>Internet Profiles Corporation (Ariel Poler)
>Equifax (Alan Westin)
>
>
>June 4, 1996: Session 3 - Use of Medical and Financial
>Information Online
>
>
> INDUSTRIES REPRESENTED
>
>TRW (Trudie Bushey)
>American Bankers Association (Kawika Kaguio)
>American Health Information Management Associaiton (AHIMA,
>Kathleen Frawley)
>American Association of Advertising Agencies (John Kamp)
>AT&T (Janet Koehler)
>IMS America (D&B company, Robert Merold)
>Direct Marketing Association (Robert Sherman)
>Equifax (Alan Westin)
>
>
>Session 4 - the Impact of the European Union's Directive on
>Protection of Personal Data
>
>INDUSTRIES REPRESENTED
>
>Reader's Digest (Mari Anne Blatch)
>IBM (Roger Cochetti)
>Interactive Services Association (Roger Cochetti)
>Dun & Bradstreet (Gary Friend)
>American Association of Advertising Agencies (John Kamp)
>Canadian Direct Marketing Associaiton (Scott McLellan)
>Piper and Murbury (DMA, IIA, D&B, Ron Plesser)
>
>
>June 4, 1996: Session 5 - Consumer and Business Education in
>Online Privacy Issues
>
>INDUSTRIES REPRESENTED
>
>America Online (William Burrington)
>Interactive Services Association (William Burrington)
>Council of Better Business Bureaus (Steven Cole)
>National Retail Federation (Mallory Duncan)
>Direct Marketing Association (Connie Heatley)
>American Association of Advertising Agencies (John Kamp)
>Equifax (Alan Westin)
>
>
>
>Appearing on every panel on June 4
>
>Janlori Goldman, Center for Democracy and Technology*
>Linda Golodner, National Consumers League
>Robert Ellis Smith, Privacy Jouranal
>Evan Hendricks, Privacy Times
>Marc Rotenberg, EPIC
>National Association of Attorney Generals
>John Kamp, AAAA
>Alan Westin, consultant to Equifax
>
>
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>
>
>June 5, 1996: All Day Workshop on Privacy, Children and
>Cyberspace
>
>INDUSTRIES REPRESENTED
>
>Prodigy (Brian Elk)
>Direct Marketing Association (Patricia Faley)
>Microsysems Software (Susan Getgood)
>Netscape (Peter Harter)
>PrivnNet (James Howard)
>Association of National Advertisers (Daniel Jaffe)
>American Association of Advertising Agencies
>Interactive Services Association
>Caru (Elizabeth Kascoutx)
>Magnet Studios (Lucy Lieberman)
>Kellogg (Bill Nielsen)
>Kellogg (Karen Kafer)
>Modem Media (Gerald O'Connell)
>Kraft Foods (Paul Petroccelli)
>American Advertising Federation (Paul Petroccelli)
>American Online (David Phillips)
>TROVE Investment Corporation &Net Nanny (Gordon Ross)
>New View Communications (Chuck Runge)
>Safe Surf (Wendy Simpson)
>Direct Marketing Services (Craig Stevens)
>McGraw-Hill (Bryan Waters)
>
>Center for Democracy and Technology* (Jerry Berman)
>
>
>Non industry
>
>Consumers Union (Charolotte Baecher)
>National Association of Attorney General's Office (MN-Doug
>Blanke)
>American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Dr. Michael
>Brody)
>PTA (Arnold Fege)
>Consumer Federation of America (May Fise)
>Privacy Times (Evan Henricks)
>Center for Media Education (Kathryn Montgomery)
>Privacy Journal, Robert Ellis Smith
>
>
>
>*CDT basically represents industry interests on privacy matters.
>
>
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>James Love / love@tap.org / P.O. Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036
>Voice: 202/387-8030; Fax 202/234-5176
>Center for Study of Responsive Law
> Consumer Project on Technology; http://www.essential.org/cpt
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