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Date: Sat, 28 Nov 98 23:19:16 0 From: simon davies Subject: Code Red privacy workshops

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PRIVACY INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCES THE "CODE RED" PRIVACY WORKSHOPS

Friends and colleagues,

In 1999, Privacy International - the international privacy campaign organisation - will host a series of privacy workshops to be held in Brighton throughout the year on the second weekend of each month.

The workshops will have four purposes :

1. To brainstorm current privacy (and privacy related) issues;

2. To plan future events and campaigns;

3. To provide occasional training sessions in technical issues, media skills, campaigning etc, and,

4. To give us all an opportunity to network and to have huge amounts of evening/night fun in sunny Brighton.

We called the workshops "Code Red" because.....well.....because it sounds cool. No other reason.

We chose Brighton as the venue for the workshops because of the mass of PI members and supporters there who can offer a billet (i.e. free accommodation if you can stand sleeping with the cat/ dog/ mainframe humm/ sound system/ travelling hippies etc etc.).

The workshops are open to campaigners, IT experts, academics, journalists and anyone involved in the pursuit of privacy protection. Chatham House rules will apply to the workshops.

The 1999 dates will be :

January 9 & 10 February 13 & 14 March 13 & 14 April 10 & 11 May 8 & 9 June 12 & 13 July 10 & 11 August 7 & 8 September 11 & 12 October 9 & 10 November 13 & 14 December 11 & 12

The Standing Agenda will be :

Saturday 13.00 - 14.00 Amateur buffet lunch and guest speaker

14.00 - 18.00 : Briefing and discussion of curent issues

18.00 - : pubbing, dining and clubbing in Brighton

Sunday 11.00 - 15.00 : Follow-up from Saturday, campaign strategy, ad-hoc training sessions, comprehensive briefing sessions, and forward planning (can be extend if required).

Within this agenda, the subject matter is flexible, and the sessions are likely to cover a range of themes including internet privacy, censorship, data protection law, workplace surveillance, communications interception, police powers, national security and visual surveillance.

Anyone wanting to participate should call Simon Davies on 0958 466 552. There will be no cost, though a contribution of a few quid for food would be gratefully received if you can afford it.

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We're looking forward to seeing you.

Best wishes

Simon Davies Director, Privacy International

email simon@privacy.org

www.privacy.org/pi/