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Chapell Associates

Chapell Associates is a consult firm on privacy and data collection. Chapell & Associates is headed by Alan Chapell. In 1997, Mr. Chapell founded the privacy program at Jupiter Research, an Internet research firm focusing on the consumer Internet economy. During his 4-1/2 years at Jupiter, Mr. Chapell also directed Jupiter's marketing, sales and compliance operations.

Services:

Compliance Services: Risk Assessment - Development of Privacy and Data Disclosure Policies - Implementation and Training - Data Warehousing and Database Design

Consumer Research

and

(and I think this is the most interesting)
Privacy Marketing - Research has demonstrated that the development of a robust privacy program creates significant opportunities. Organizations leverage privacy as a way to build customer trust, to support the collection of better customer data, and to market more effectively. Good privacy practices can lead to new revenue sources, particularly for organizations that posses, or seek to posses a well-known and respected brand. We develop privacy practices that increase ROI.

They have their own blog: http://www.chapellassociates.com/blog.htm

And papers and articles by Chapell & Scarborough

And Mr. Chapell will be the next guest at KUCI (Privacy Piracy) Next Wednesday (January 4th)

Privacy Piracy

KUCI is my favorite radio station. KUCI is brought to you by the University of California, Irvine

And there is program Privacy Piracy:

Every WEDNESDAY afternoon from 5-6 PM LIVE, Pacific Time on 88.9 FM in Irvine and WORLDWIDE live audio streaming at www.kuci.org

Privacy Piracy is a program by Mari Frank, who is attorney and privacy consultant, is the creator of The Identity Theft Survival Kit, the audiocassette series Identity Theft Prevention and Survival, co-author of Privacy Piracy.

In her website you can listen interviews with a lot of privacy gurus: Ponemon, Solove, Sullivan, Colleman.

This is our radio ¡¡ ¡ ¡

European Parliament approves communications data retention

Privacy International analyzes the Directive on communications data retention

" The European Parliament voted today to adopt a new directive allowing for the retention of data "generated by telephony, SMS and internet, but not the content of the information communicated". This data includes email addresses and location data from cell phones. The directive is highly controversial due to the impact it will have on the privacy of European Union citizens.

Also of concern is the broad discretion that is left to EU member states. For example, data may be accessed for the purposes of combatting serious crime and terrorism, but no concrete definition of these concepts has been provided, allowing member states to transpose their own definitions on the provisions of the Directive. In addition, the length of time that a telecommunications company has to retain the data is left relatively undefined - from a minimum of 6 months to a maximum of 24 months - and member states may extend these time frames. Already several countries have indicated intentions to. "

Full report at Privacy International.

LINKS:

Privacy International Data Retention

Data Retention Petition Campaign

Data Retention Directive

European Parliament

USA Patriot Act

Spy powers: Extending, improving Patriot Act is the right goal

A Lansing State Journal editorial

"Congress has roughly another month to thoughtfully debate the USA Patriot Act; what it should keep to bolster the nation's security, and those provisions it should discard because they are a threat to civil liberties.

Late last week Congress agreed to extend the act until Feb. 3, and the White House has reluctantly agreed to the extension.

This temporary extension is a reasonable alternative to President Bush's preference: enshrining the entire act permanently in federal law.

Republican congressional leaders fought hard for the president's position, but an unlikely coalition of senators amassed a filibuster attempt, and Republican leaders relented. Now, perhaps, there can be a full and needed airing of the Patriot Act's strengths and weaknesses.
Earlier last week, the White House said it had prevented Senate Democrats from "killing the Patriot Act." That's inaccurate on at least two counts."

(Full editorial at Lansing State Journal)

Links:

EPIC:
Congress Enacts One-Month Patriot Act ExtensionFollowing widespread public debate, intense negotiation, and political maneuvering, the Congress has extended the Patriot Act until February 3, 2006. More information about the Patriot Act can be found at EPIC's FISA page, Patriot Act page, Patriot Act Sunset page, and Patriot Act FOIA page. (Dec. 23)

Daily Herald: In our View: Continue reviews of Patriot Act

El Diario (New York): Spying and the Patriot Act