- From: Rigo Wenning <rigo@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 17:39:23 +0100
- To: public-p3p-spec <public-p3p-spec@w3.org>
Dear all, I'm pleased that Anne received this award as she was such a help for P3P in all those years. For IBM, the award might encourage them to further maintain or extend their support for P3P and other privacy languages. Best, -- Rigo Wenning W3C/ERCIM Policy Analyst Privacy Activity Lead mail:rigo@w3.org 2004, Routes des Lucioles http://www.w3.org/ F-06902 Sophia Antipolis ----- Forwarded message from The Privacy Manager <robert@theprivacymanager.com> ----- From: Robert@stanford.loosefoot.com, Vinet@stanford.loosefoot.com, Publisher@stanford.loosefoot.com, The Privacy Manager <robert@theprivacymanager.com> To: Rigo@stanford.loosefoot.com, Wenning@stanford.loosefoot.com, W3C@stanford.loosefoot.com, France <rigo@w3.org> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 03:49:04 GMT Subject: PR: Privacy Manager of the Year and Privacy Company of the Year Announced Organization: The Privacy Manager For Immediate Release December 10, 2003 The Privacy Manager of the Year 2003: Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D. Fredericton, NB, Canada - The Publisher of The Privacy Manager monthly newsletter, Robert Vinet, is please to announce Ann Cavoukian as The Privacy Manager of the Year 2003. "It is with great pleasure that we recognize Ann Cavoukian, the Information and Privacy Commissioner for Ontario, as The Privacy Manager of the Year, 2003," said Robert Vinet, Publisher and Editor of The Privacy Manager. "Dr. Cavoukian is a world renowned leading authority on privacy and data protection issues and her expertise is regularly sought throughout the industry. Ann understands privacy very well and is an unusually wise privacy leader." "Whether Ann is speaking before Government committees, business groups or giving advice to law enforcement agencies, she always takes a middle-of-the-road approach that still respects the privacy of citizens," said Vinet "Dr. Cavoukian is always ready to providing insight into the importance of good privacy practices. Ann recognizes business demands as well as the public safety needs in this complicated post-September 11 world. Ann agrees that public safety is paramount but she insists this must be balanced against privacy. Ann understands the value of consumer information but advocates preserving privacy as a good business practice," said Vinet. As Commissioner, Dr. Cavoukian oversees the operations of Ontario's freedom of information and privacy legislation that applies to both provincial and municipal governments. This past year, she has been instrumental in preparing companies across Canada ramp up for the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. On January 1, 2004, PIPEDA comes into effect for all companies and not-for-profit organizations doing business in Canada. In October 2003, the publishers of The Privacy Manager, an monthly newsletter targeted to the privacy professionals around the world, asked their subscribers to nominate candidates for both The Privacy Manager of the Year and The Privacy Company of the Year. The winners were chosen from the list of nominees. "Many privacy leaders from around the world were nominated as The Privacy Manager of the Year. But the one name the kept coming up was that of Dr. Cavoukian," said Robert Vinet, Publisher and Editor of The Privacy Manager. "We looked at all the nominees, and the one person that was head and shoulders above the rest was Ann." "In a world were medical records, credit reports, employment records and communications are being stored electronically, profiled and put up for sale, Dr. Cavoukian is able to guide businesses to succeed while still preserving their customers' privacy." "We live in a world where, increasingly, every detail of our lives - everything from where we go, what we buy, who we speak with and what we do - can be known to others at the click of a mouse. We live in a world where Governments, in the pretext of fighting terror, want to combine every piece of data about us so they can know us better than we know ourselves," said Vinet. "It is in this world that we find Dr. Ann Cavoukian influencing corporations to take a middle-of-the road-course between the demands of privacy and those of profit. Dr. Cavoukian steers Government agencies to balance security with the 'right to be left alone.' It is this intelligent foresight and competent guidance that has led us to name Dr. Ann Cavoukian The Privacy Manager of the Year 2003," added Vinet. Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D., has been the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario since May 1997. Ann is often called upon to share her expertise at leading industry forums. Ann stresses that companies will gain a significant advantage over their competitors when they carve out a reputation for protecting personal information. Her published works include two books. "Who Knows: Safeguarding Your Privacy in a Networked World (McGraw-Hill, 1996)" which she co-wrote with Don Tapscott is consumer-oriented. Her most recent book, "The Privacy Payoff (McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2002)" co-authored by technology journalist Tyler Hamilton, addresses how successful businesses build customer trust. The Privacy Payoff is aimed at small and medium sized business and provides an excellent insight into the importance of good privacy practices. Dr. Cavoukian's most recent research paper is entitled "Privacy and Boards of Directors: What You Don't Know as a Director Can Hurt You." The paper explains what internationally recognized fair privacy principles are, outlines the business case for implementing sound privacy practices and suggests key steps that company directors should take. Ann is interested in advancing privacy protections through privacy-enhancing technologies and has been involved in a number of international committees focused on privacy and technology, including the World Wide Web Consortium's P3P (Platform for Privacy Preferences) initiative. She has also served as a member of the American Task Force on Privacy, Technology and Criminal Justice Information. Ann received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Toronto, where she specialized in criminology and law, and lectured on psychology and the criminal justice system. About The Privacy Manager The Privacy Manager (<www.ThePrivacyManager.com>) is a subscription newsletter on privacy and privacy-related issues. Every month The Privacy Manager provides news and analysis from around the world to privacy leaders around the world. The Privacy Manager enables business leaders to understand and respond to the latest privacy trends and developments. The Privacy Manager web site features a news section that is updated every weekday. The site has a new Career Center where companies can post open positions for free. The site also hosts a calendar page that lists privacy events around the world. The Privacy Manager is written for business, technology, and government leaders who manage data systems, handle consumer affairs, provide legal advice, and work for government agencies. The Privacy Manager is published monthly by privately held Privacy Publishing Corporation. Note: The current issue of The Privacy Manager is available for free downloading at <http://www.theprivacymanager.com/special/requestv0312.htm> Other Media Releases Released Today: 1. The Privacy Company of the Year 2003 - IBM Corporation 2. The Privacy Manager Announces Free Privacy Career Center Robert Vinet, Publisher and Editor The Privacy Manager 74 Kenneth St Fredericton, NB Canada E3B 8B4 <http://www.ThePrivacyManager.com> Phone: +506.454.7580 Fax: +916.314.8247 ### For Immediate Release December 10, 2003 The Privacy Company of the Year 2003 - IBM Corporation Fredericton, NB, Canada - Robert Vinet, Publisher of The Privacy Manager newsletter said, "It is with great pleasure that we recognize IBM Corporation as The Privacy Company of the Year 2003 for their outstanding promotion of sound privacy practices and their development of privacy software." "The massive improvements in processor power, storage capacity and network connectivity are enabling businesses and Governments to create unprecedented quantities of digital data, much of it personal information," said Vinet. "We live in an increasingly networked world in which instantaneous data transfers across borders are routine business transactions. Companies are grappling to operate within different data protection policies in the various jurisdictions in which they operate." "It is in this environment that IBM developed a new programming language called the Enterprise Privacy Authorization Language (EPAL) that applies privacy rules across interconnected business systems. With EPAL, personal data can have policies attached to it as it moves from application to application within an enterprise around the world," said Vinet. International organizations must respect different privacy legislation around the world. This means they must build privacy into their business practices and systems and develop corporate cultures of privacy to earn the trust of clients, potential clients, and data protection regulators. In October 2003, the publishers of The Privacy Manager - a monthly newsletter targeted to the privacy professionals around the world - asked their subscribers to nominate candidates for both The Privacy Manager of the Year and The Privacy Company of the Year. The winners were chosen from the list of nominees. "IBM was nominated for The Privacy Company of the Year more than any other company," said Robert Vinet, Publisher of The Privacy Manager. "Several other companies from around the world were nominated, but the number of nominations IBM received outnumbered the others put together. In fact, IBM received so many nominations for its software development, research and promotion of sound privacy principals that we almost felt compelled to award them The Privacy Company of the Year on that basis alone." "Protecting the personal information of citizens is essential in today's interconnected world where large volumes of personally identifiable information are stored and managed electronically and available to others at a click of a mouse," said Robert Vinet. "National and multinational companies with huge databases that need to be accessed by various divisions, for different purposes, often struggle with how to comply with often conflicting privacy laws and regulations. With IBM's EPAL, companies can build privacy rules into databases so the various regulations across different jurisdictions can be respected," said Vinet. "This is a significant move forward for large corporations in this interconnected world where different countries have different approaches to personal data," added Vinet. On December 1, 2003, IBM announced it was turning EPAL over to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in the hopes that it will become an international standard and will help automate privacy management tasks, improve consumer trust and reduce the cost of privacy compliance. "It is for this software and IBM's overall approach to privacy that we are please to recognize the IBM Corporation as The Privacy Company of the Year 2003," added Vinet. Based on Extensible Markup Language (XML), EPAL enables developers to build security policy enforcement features directly into enterprise software applications. The EPAL standard builds upon existing privacy specifications such as the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P). The Privacy Manager (<www.ThePrivacyManager.com>) is a subscription newsletter on privacy and privacy-related issues. Every month The Privacy Manager provides news and analysis from around the world to privacy leaders around the world. The Privacy Manager enables business leaders to understand and respond to the latest privacy trends and developments. The Privacy Manager web site features a news section that is updated every weekday. The site has a new Career Center where companies can post open positions for free. The site also hosts a calendar page that lists privacy events around the world. The Privacy Manager is written for business, technology, and government leaders who manage data systems, handle consumer affairs, provide legal advice, and work for government agencies. The Privacy Manager is published monthly by privately held Privacy Publishing Corporation. Note: The current issue of The Privacy Manager is available for free downloading at <http://www.theprivacymanager.com/special/requestv0312.htm> Other Media Advisories Released Today: 1. The Privacy Manager of the Year 2003 - Ann Cavoukian 2. The Privacy Manager Announces Free Privacy Career Center Robert Vinet Privacy Policy Consultant Publisher and Editor, The Privacy Manager Robert(at)ThePrivacyManager.com 74 Kenneth St Fredericton, NB Canada E3B 8B4 <http://www.ThePrivacyManager.com> Phone: +506.454.7580 Fax: +916.314.8247 -30- ### ----- End forwarded message -----
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