dave@convex.csd.uwm.edu (David A Rasmussen) (05/07/91)
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CPSR/MADISON MAY MEETING
Regional Meeting and Discussion of
Privacy Legislation in Wisconsin
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Date: Saturday, May 11
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Place: Memorial Union, Common Council Room
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Events:
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Regional Meeting/Bag Lunch 11 am
Program on Privacy 1 pm
Speakers: Jo Ann Oravec
Larry Travis
Program, Bios, and Directions:
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Privacy-related developments are making the news with
increased frequency. In our presentation we will first
review recent national and international issues and events
relating to the privacy of personal information, along with
several freedom of information issues that involve the use
of computers.
Then, we hope to turn our presentation into a "working
meeting"-- Wisconsin's Special Commission on Privacy and
Information Technology is now completing work on one of the
most important pieces of privacy legislation to hit the
state level in recent years, legislation that creates a
"personal information ombudsperson," constrains state agen-
cies in their personal information collection and dissemina-
tion, and deals with a number of other privacy-related con-
cerns. Meeting participants will have a chance to review
and comment on this legislation and other proposed legisla-
tion (1) regulating Caller-ID, (2) dealing with the release
of medical records, and (3) relating to library circulation
records.
The presentation will close with a brief review of
private sector privacy issues-- credit agencies, direct mail
efforts, the late Lotus MarketPlace, and the like. We will
leave meeting participants with some questions to ponder:
Are we "codependents" to our society's addiction to personal
information collection? What directions should future leg-
islative efforts (as well as personal and political
responses) take? Can we "just say no" to personal informa-
tion collection, and thus decrease subsequent privacy
abuses?
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Jo Ann Oravec has authored (and co-authored) articles,
software packages, video scripts and a book on the theme of
the social construction of technology (primarily advanced
information technologies). She is a long-time CPSR member
who is now serving on Wisconsin's Special Commission on
Privacy and Information Technology. She holds several
advanced degrees from UW-Madison, including one from the
LaFollette Institute of Public Affairs and an M.B.A. She
has been a lecturer both in computer sciences and in busi-
ness, and is currently a consultant for Wisconsin's Educa-
tional Communications Board.
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Larry Travis is a Professor of Computer Science at the
University of Wisconsin - Madison, where he has been a
member of the faculty since 1964. He has a Ph.D. in Philo-
sophy from the University of California at Los Angeles. He
does technical research and teaches courses in the areas of
applied artificial intelligence, specifically, on expert
systems and "intelligent" databases, but he has also been
heavily involved throughout his career in how information
technology developments impact our democracy. His concern
has been for how those developments potentially threaten
democratic values (in particular, individual privacy), but
also for how information technology might be applied to
strengthen and enhance democracy.
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From Milwaukee:
Coming in to Madison on I-94, which turns into Wisc Hwy 30.
- Take Hwy 30 to East Washington St (also called 151); turn
left onto E. Washington.
- Continue on E. Washington until 151 turns off to the left;
take 151.
- Drive on 151 (which will also be called John Nolen Drive
for part of this) until you see a sign for North Shore
Drive; turn right onto North Shore Drive.
- North Shore Drive turns into Regent Street after a stop-
light; continue on Regent.
- Regent St crosses Park St at the next stoplight; turn right
(north) onto Park St. The next street you cross is Dayton
Street, and you're on the above map.
>From Chicago:
Coming in to Madison on I-90.
- Take I-90 to Hwy 12 & 18; turn west on Hwy 12.
- Drive on 12 until you see exit for John Nolen Drive on the
right; take this exit.
- Drive about 2 miles until you see a sign for North Shore
Drive (on the left); turn onto North Shore Drive.
- North Shore Drive turns into Regent Street after a stoplight;
continue on Regent.
- Regent St crosses Park St at the next stoplight; turn right
(north) onto Park St. The next street you cross is Dayton
Street, and you're on the above map.
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Local Map: ^North
Park St Lake St
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| MEMORIAL UNION | Langdon St
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| | State St (buses only)
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| | PARKING GARAGE
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| | University Ave (<- one way)
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| | PARKING GARAGE
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| | Johnson St (one way ->)
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| | Dayton St (both ways)
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| Regent St (both ways)
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For more information, send email to samuel@cs.wisc.edu, or call Sam
Bates at 608-262-5428. If you are in the Milwaukee calling area,
you can also call me at 414-962-1685.
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