Privacy Report Card for the Obama Administration

Contact:
Amy E. Ferrer, Associate Director
Bill of Rights Defense Committee
media@bordc.org
(413) 582-0110

Gerald Tan, Administrative Coordinator
Electronic Privacy Information Center
admin@epic.org
(202) 483-1140 x119

EPIC and the Privacy Coalition will release the Privacy Report Card for the Obama Administration at the National Press Club on Wednesday, September 9, 2009.

The National Press Club is located at 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. The event will be held in the First Amendment Lounge.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. EDT. The event begins at 9:00 a.m. EDT.
There will be a teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT for journalists unable to attend the National Press Club event. Contact Gerald Tan for details.

At the event, the results of the Privacy Report Card survey will be announced. A team of privacy experts will also discuss the administration's performance on several critical privacy issues, including consumer privacy, medical privacy, civil liberties, and cyber-security. Speakers include:

Chip Pitts, Bill of Rights Defense Committee
Lillie Coney, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Susan Grant, National Consumers League
Ed Mierzwinski, U.S. PIRG
Michael Ostrolenk, Liberty Coalition

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is the nation's leading privacy research and advocacy organization. The Privacy Coalition is a nonpartisan coalition of consumer, civil liberties, educational, family, library, labor, and technology organizations, established in 1995.
Formed in 2001, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee is a national organization defending constitutional rights and civil liberties violated by “war on terror” policies. BORDC’s mission is to promote, organize, and support a diverse, effective, national grassroots movement to restore and protect civil rights and liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.

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