Inforum of The Commonwealth Club - 2007: IS THIS 1984?

2007: IS THIS 1984? | THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29
KEVIN BANKSTON, Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation
CHRIS HOOFNAGLE, Senior Staff Attorney, Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic; Senior Fellow, Berkeley Center for Law and Technology
CHRIS KELLY, Chief Privacy Officer and Head of Global Public Policy, Facebook
ANNALEE NEWITZ, Columnist, Techsploitation; Blogger; Author - Moderator
Additional panelists TBA


In the age of Web 2.0, Google Earth maps, human microchip implants and MySpace, what is privacy? Information is ubiquitous, and it's all available at the stroke of a few keys. Are technology and the consumer's thirst for information crossing the line of privacy? Has terrorism infringed upon our civil rights? Or is it all making us safer and more accountable for our actions? We'll look at how the Web and technology have challenged privacy.


6:00 p.m., Check-in | 6:30 p.m., Program | 7:30 p.m., Wine and Hors d'oeuvres Reception | Club office, 595 Market St., 2nd Floor, San Francisco | $12 for Members, $20 for Non-Members |