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AST Final Agenda
Hello,
I hope you will be able to join us for our conference in Ottawa next week.
Here is the final agenda.
Dave
PROGRAM
ADVANCED SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES CONFERENCE II
Sponsored by
Privacy International
Electronic Privacy Information Center
September 16, 1996
Citadel Ottawa Hotel and Convention Centre
Ottawa, Canada
9:00 am COFFEE AND REGISTRATION
9:30 am WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION: NURTURING THE SURVEILLANCE SOCIETY
Advanced surveillance functions have become an integral part of widescale
information systems used by governments and businesses. Monitoring of the
activities of individuals is seen as a desirable - and often technically
essential - componennt in many of these systems. Once regarded as
purpose-built stand alone innovations, the modern surveillance device for
identification, profiling or tracking has been re-invented as a tool for
commercial leverage. In these introductory remarks, Simon Davies and Dave
Banisar explores the key technical, political, cultural and legal changes
that are nurturing the growth of surveillance technologies across the
world.
o Simon Davies, London School of Economics & Director General, Privacy
International
oDave Banisar, Electronic Privacy Information Center & editor,
International Privacy Bulletin
10:15 am FEATURED SPEAKER: SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES OF THE INTELLIGENCE
AGENCIES
What kinds of technologies are the intelligence agencies of the world
using? Who are they using it against? Are they legally accountable for
their actions? Mike Frost, a former spy for the Canadian Security
Establishment will talk about his experiences using these technologies to
spy on Canadian citizens and the relationship of the CSE to the US National
Security Agency.
o Mike Frost, Former Intelligence Officer, Canadian Communications
Security Establishment & author, Spyworld
11:00 am BREAK
11:15 am SURVEILLANCE AND THE INTERNET
SIGINT ONLINE: GOVERNMENT SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE ON THE NET
o Wayne Madsen, Author, Handbook of Personal Data Protection
>From Fort Meade, Maryland to Cheltenham, England and from Canberra,
Australia to Issy les Moulineaux in Paris, signals intelligence (SIGINT)
specialists are honing their skills at monitoring digital information.
SIGINT agencies everywhere are increasingly throwing their surveillance web
over the Internet and other data networks of interest. This session shall
examine the methods by which SIGINT agencies conduct such on-line
intelligence-gathering activities, including manipulation of encryption
systems to exploiting weaknesses in communications architectures, including
the use of anonymous remailers, rigging encryption systems, and tampering
with the simple network management protocol (SNMP). You will discover that
Mae West is more than just a deceased movie star.
Datamining the Net: Cookies, Crawlers and Trackers
o Simson Garfinkel, author, Practical Unix and Internet Security and
PGP: Pretty Good Privacy.
A great deal of information is gathered on individuals on the Internet.
>From Alta Vista to cookies to digital cash to Web Crawler, sophicated tools
to collect, index and process this information are being developed. Simson
Garfinkel will discuss these technologies, what information is being
gathered and what is being done with it.
12:30 pm LUNCH (provided)
1:30 pm CONSUMERS AND SURVEILLANCE
INTELLIGENT VEHICLES AND TRACKING
Phil Agre will outline the remarkable variety of technologies of
surveillance currently being planned or implemented for road travel. The
motivations for these systems are numerous and include logistics, traffic
management, law enforcement, pollution control, and marketing. Despite the
diversity of motivations, certain unifying themes emerge. The vast majority
of the functionalities provided by these systems can be provided
anonymously.
o Phil Agre, University of California, San Diego
GENETICS AS A SURVEILLANCE IDEOLOGY
Researches in the field of genetics are still largely dominated by the
works of molecular biologists who tend to comprehend reality through the
classical Cartesian-Newtonian paradigm which postulates that it is possible
to reduce the universe to a mechanical model in which peticular effects can
be described as the direct results of specific causes. Such an approach
does not acknowledge the fact that human physical and mental health is the
result of very complex interactions. Most illnesses and deviant behaviors
are multifactorial (physical and social environments are at least as much
important as the genetic factors) and polygenic (numerous genes could be
involved). In short, there are large probabilities that an individual
carrying many "defective" genes may never develop the corresponding
illness. Unfortunately, such fields of activities such as risk management,
insurance, law and policy-making also work mostly within the
Cartesian-Newtonian paradigm. In such a context, genetics can easily be
transformed into an ideological justification for surveillance and social
control of populations or individuals "at risk" as well as minimizing
social and environmental responsabilities.
o Pierrot Peladeau, Progesta Inc. & editor Privacy Files
2:45 pm BREAK
3:00 pm SOLUTIONS: PROTECTING PRIVACY IN SURVEILLANCE SOCIETIES
A PRIVACY COMMISSIONER CASE STUDY: INTRODUCTION OF A DNA PROFILE DATABANK TO
NEW ZEALAND
Bruce Slane, Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand, will outline aspects of a
new law which came into force in New Zealand last month. The law sanctions
the establishment of a DNA profile database for police use in criminal
investigations. The law also spells out how blood samples may be obtained
from suspects for DNA analysis - voluntarily, by court order, and
ultimately by force if need be. Bruce will explain the role of a Privacy
Commissioner in scrutinising laws increasing state surveillance using the
DNA law as a case study.
o Bruce Slane. New Zealand Privacy Commissioner
CAN PRIVACY STANDARDS ACHIEVE EFFECTIVE DATA PROTECTION?
Privacy standards are becoming an important feature of the privacy
protection landscape. The CSA Model Code for the Protection of Personal
Information is likely to followed by other attempts to negotiate standards
in other countries and at the international level. What are the market
and regulatory incentives for the adoption of privacy standards? Can
privacy standards exist alongside data protection legislation? What are
the minimum requirements for a registration/accreditation system for a
privacy standard?
o Colin Bennett, University of Victoria
4:30 pm WRAPUP
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