PRI's Privacy Press Conference

[Sonia Arrison]

Dear Declan,

Your Politech readers might be interested in our upcoming privacy press
conference for the release of our new privacy paper: "Consumer Privacy:
A Free Choice Approach."  The event is this Wednesday, Sept. 5th, at the
National Press Club in D.C. (see below).

-Sonia

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Sonia Arrison
Director, Center for Freedom and Technology
Pacific Research Institute
755 Sansome Street, Suite 450
San Francisco, CA 94111
415-989-0833 x107



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE		CONTACT:  DAWN DINGWELL
August 30, 2001	               (415) 989-0833, ext. 136
								
MEDIA ADVISORY

Government Privacy Regulations will Harm Consumers, Innovation, and Free
Speech, Study Says

Press Conference:  Wednesday, September 5, 2001  9:30 A.M.

National Press Club
Lisagor Room  -- 13th Floor
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC

WHO:	Sally C. Pipes, President, Pacific Research Institute (PRI)
	Sonia Arrison, Director, Center for Freedom and Technology (PRI);
Author, Consumer Privacy:  A Free Choice Approach
Eugene Volokh, Fellow in Legal Studies (PRI);
Constitutional & Copyright Law Professor, UCLA Law School

WHAT:	Press conference releasing Consumer Privacy:  A Free Choice
Approach,
a new study from the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute.
The speakers will discuss the study's findings, including:
7	Why self-regulation, contract law, and new technologies available to
the
        public are the best way to protect consumer privacy
7	How federal privacy proposals will harm consumer interests, and
       threaten to impede tech innovation and free speech
7	An overview of more than a dozen technologies available to consumers
that allow
       them to protect their own privacy, as well as emerging
technologies

WHEN:	Wednesday, September 5, 2001
	9:30 A.M.
	
WHERE:	National Press Club
	Lisagor Room  -- 13th Floor
	529 14th Street, NW
	Washington, DC  20045
   		
WHY:	Dozens of bills addressing consumer privacy are pending in Congress
and state legislatures nationwide. In response, PRI will release its
latest study, Consumer Privacy:  A Free Choice Approach, demonstrating
why expanding consumer choice through free-market alternatives is the
best policy for protecting consumer privacy, including protection from
government intrusion. www.pacificresearch.org

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