Chief Privacy Officer Panel Discussion: Privacy and the Network of You

More than 50 representatives from the technology industry, policy organizations and the press turned out for a panel discussion hosted by Sun Microsystems on privacy in the participatory web era that Sun refers to as the “Network of You.”

The panelists shared their perspectives on the challenges and potential solutions to protect individual privacy in an age in which more and more personal information is moving onto the Internet, ranging from financial data to health records to family photos.

Moderator Dr. Moira Gunn raised several hot-button issues, including the role of companies in protecting their employees' and their customers' privacy, the impact of existing legislation and need for standardized regulations, and how social networking sites have increased privacy risks, particularly for young people. In addition, the panelists discussed global implications for privacy with regard to cultural differences, offshoring and outsourcing, harmonization of identity standards, and the importance of education, processes, and technology to safeguard privacy.

Panelists included:

• Jim Allen, Chief Privacy Officer, Agilent Technologies
• Michelle Dennedy, Chief Privacy Officer, Sun Microsystems
• Dr. Moira Gunn, Host of NPR's Tech Nation and BioTech Nation
• Barbara Lawler, Chief Privacy Officer, Intuit
• Joanne McNabb, Chief, California Office of Privacy Protection
• Deirdre K. Mulligan, Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic; Director, Clinical Program

Highlights

Privacy and the "Network of You" Dr. Moira Gunn, host of NPR's Tech Nation; Deirdre Mulligan, director of the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at the UC Berkeley School of Law; and chief privacy officers from Sun Microsystems, the State of California, Agilent and Intuit discuss the topic of individual privacy in an era that Sun refers to as the 'Network of You'. (1:15:00) Watch the Video Presentation Watch Now View Event Photos

Recap of Panel Discussion Following a panel discussion by privacy experts, we caught up with Michelle Dennedy, CPO for Sun Microsystems, and Barbara Lawler, Intuit's CTO, who distilled some of the key ideas from the discussion into this brief video." (5:12) Watch the Video Presentation Watch Now

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