Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Grand Rapids pastor charged with embezzlement to keep preaching

6:59 AM, January 24, 2012

A West Michigan pastor who authorities say embezzled from his church plans to preach there on Sunday.

The Rev. Arthur Pearson Sr. of Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church in Grand Rapids was charged in December with embezzlement. A separate civil lawsuit claims he misappropriated up to $237,000 since 2008.

The Grand Rapids Press reports Pearson's lawyer Jerry Ashford says he expects Pearson to preach following a judge's decision Monday.

Kent County Circuit Court Judge Dennis Leiber said he had no authority to decide whether Pearson should be on church property. Leiber kept in place conditions of a Dec. 30 preliminary injunction including no access to church finances.

Bernard Schaefer, an attorney for church trustees, says it will be up to church members, trustees and Pearson to work out details.



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The Earth and everything in it belongs to the Lord


Psalm 24

1The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

2For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

3Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?

4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

5He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

7Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

8Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.

9Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

10Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.



Monday, January 23, 2012

Perp Walk for the Pope


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By Bill Frogameni

Barbara Blaine wants the pope to be accountable. In September, the indefatigable founder and president of the Survivor’s Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) teamed with a leading human rights organization in order to persuade the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to investigate the Vatican and Pope Benedict XVI for crimes against humanity.

SNAP and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) say that the Vatican—the world’s smallest
nation-state, geographically speaking—has for years used its enormous power to facilitate the systematic sexual abuse of children by clerics. On SNAP’s behalf, the CCR filed a detailed complaint with the ICC, along with thousands of pages of supporting documents.

Blaine, who founded SNAP in 1988, well before the church’s world-wide pedophilia epidemic was exposed, says that the battle to protect kids in the face of the Vatican’s long-standing intransigence led her to the ICC. Nearly a decade after the Boston Globe’s exposé on church predators set off chain reactions in dioceses across the world—and a decade after U.S. bishops supposedly adopted a “zero tolerance” policy for sex abuse—the crimes continue. Priests rape kids, bishops cover for them, and the Vatican still stands behind it all.

“We’ve tried everything we could think of, but nothing worked to stop the abuse. So we…are asking prosecutors of the ICC to investigate them,” Blaine says.

In addition to investigating the Vatican as an institution, SNAP asked the ICC to specifically investigate four top church officials, including the pope and Cardinal William Levada.

Formerly head of the dioceses in Portland, Ore., and San Francisco, Levada has been accused of protecting pedophile priests. Nonetheless, Pope Benedict in 2005 made him head of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), the powerful Vatican office that enforces doctrinal purity and, shockingly enough, oversees sex-abuse cases.

Before giving Levada this major promotion, Benedict himself headed the CDF.
SNAP’s complaint alleges that, as head, then-Cardinal Ratzinger “continued to implement the long-standing policy of the church, which prioritized secrecy and concealment even at the risk of exposing others to harm.”

While the pope and the Vatican may not be perpetrating war crimes— the sort commonly prosecuted at The Hague—sexual violence can be judged a “crime against humanity” if it occurs in (or is committed by a citizen of) a nation that has ratified the ICC, according to Pam Spees, a CCR attorney. She says this case meets both standards, since the “crimes are occurring virtually everywhere the church has a presence.”

The Vatican embassy in Washington, D.C., declined comment.

Spees admits that the church’s vast influence poses a significant political challenge to the court opening an investigation. And that’s unfortunate considering that the systematic abuse endures and children remain at risk, says Blaine. Just this year, for instance, a grand jury determined that the Archdiocese of Philadelphia still had 37 priests working despite credible abuse allegations against them. This happened long after another scathing grand jury report in 2005 that resulted in the defrocking of dozens of other Philadelphia priests.

Left alone, church leaders will not protect children first, laments Blaine.
“They only change under external pressure, they never do it just because it’s the right thing to do.”

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Anonymous: How YOU Can Be A Part Of FACEBOOK ATTACK



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January 28th, 2012 (12 AM MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME UNITED STATES!!!)

DOWNLOAD LOW ORBIT ION CANNON http://sourceforge.net/projects/loic/

OR HIGH ORBIT ION CANNONhttp://rapidshare.com/files/436018600/Hoic2.1.zip


TO browse anonymously go to https://www.torproject.org/download/download.html.en this will change your IP

Hello. People of the world. We are anonymous. The time has come. An online War has begun between anonymous, the people, and the government of the united states. While SOPA and PIPA may be postponed from congress, this does not guarantee that our internet rights will be upheld. For those unaware, there is still ACTA or the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. You. The public. I have a proposal. Would you like to become part of the greatest internet protest and first official cyber war? Anonymous is in the hands of us all. It is time to take action. Operation global blackout is ongoing and everyone can be a part of it. In the description I have provided everything you will need. Our first target... Facebook... While it is true that facebook has at least 60,000 servers... It is still possible to bring it down... Anonymous needs the help of the people... The people who want to take a stand against the government... The people who want to make a difference... This is what we must do... But first... you must ask yourself, are you truly apart of the anonymous consciousness? Do you fully grasp our ideas and understand what we are. If you do... Then one thing is clear... Together... We the people... We anonymous... Can make a change... We've already crashed CBS... Warner Brothers... And FBI sites... Facebook is our next aim... This will be enough to show them indeed that we are not, playing. Now I will give some general instructions on what to do in order to help crash facebook... First... you will need to download the L-O-I-C or, Low Orbit Ion Cannon from the link provided in the description... Once downloaded... Open the program and type in the URL space http://www.facebook.com/ and hit lock on... It will tell you facebooks ip address. Because there are different servers, there will be more than one ip address that will pop up on different instances, but they will all be similar. Next you will go to the box that says attack options. Change the threads to 1000. Then you will hit the button that says IMMA CHARGIN MAH LAZER... tHIS WILL NOT WORK if everyone does it at random times... This is why... I would like to conduct this operation at exactly 12 A M on January 28th 2012. A five day preparation... That way... We will have a stronger army built up to fight for our rights... Do not fear... There is no way you can get caught... Hundreds of thousands of us citizens and those of the anonymous idea will all be participating... They cannot take down that large of a group... This is your chance... Our chance... The fate of the internet... Rests in your hands... In owr, hands... Government Of The United States... Leaders of the new world order... You have been warned... Operation Global Blackout Part 2, Facebook. Engaged... We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. They should of Expected us...

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Subculture of Americans prepares for civilization's collapse

By Jim Forsyth
Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:44am EST

(Reuters) - When Patty Tegeler looks out the window of her home overlooking the Appalachian Mountains in southwestern Virginia, she sees trouble on the horizon.

"In an instant, anything can happen," she told Reuters. "And I firmly believe that you have to be prepared."

Tegeler is among a growing subculture of Americans who refer to themselves informally as "preppers." Some are driven by a fear of imminent societal collapse, others are worried about terrorism, and many have a vague concern that an escalating series of natural disasters is leading to some type of environmental cataclysm.

They are following in the footsteps of hippies in the 1960s who set up communes to separate themselves from what they saw as a materialistic society, and the survivalists in the 1990s who were hoping to escape the dictates of what they perceived as an increasingly secular and oppressive government.

Preppers, though are, worried about no government.

Tegeler, 57, has turned her home in rural Virginia into a "survival center," complete with a large generator, portable heaters, water tanks, and a two-year supply of freeze-dried food that her sister recently gave her as a birthday present. She says that in case of emergency, she could survive indefinitely in her home. And she thinks that emergency could come soon.

"I think this economy is about to fall apart," she said.

A wide range of vendors market products to preppers, mainly online. They sell everything from water tanks to guns to survival skills.

Conservative talk radio host Glenn Beck seems to preach preppers' message when he tells listeners: "It's never too late to prepare for the end of the world as we know it."

"Unfortunately, given the increasing complexity and fragility of our modern technological society, the chances of a societal collapse are increasing year after year," said author James Wesley Rawles, whose Survival Blog is considered the guiding light of the prepper movement.

A former Army intelligence officer, Rawles has written fiction and non-fiction books on end-of-civilization topics, including "How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It," which is also known as the preppers' Bible.

"We could see a cascade of higher interest rates, margin calls, stock market collapses, bank runs, currency revaluations, mass street protests, and riots," he told Reuters. "The worst-case end result would be a Third World War, mass inflation, currency collapses, and long term power grid failures."

A sense of "suffering and being afraid" is usually at the root of this kind of thinking, according to Cathy Gutierrez, an expert on end-times beliefs at Sweet Briar College in Virginia. Such feelings are not unnatural in a time of economic recession and concerns about a growing national debt, she said.

"With our current dependence on things from the electric grid to the Internet, things that people have absolutely no control over, there is a feeling that a collapse scenario can easily emerge, with a belief that the end is coming, and it is all out of the individual's control," she told Reuters.

She compared the major technological developments of the past decade to the Industrial Revolution of the 1830s and 1840s, which led to the growth of the Millerites, the 19th-Century equivalent of the preppers. Followers of charismatic preacher Joseph Miller, many sold everything and gathered in 1844 for what they believed would be the second coming of Jesus Christ.

Many of today's preppers receive inspiration from the Internet, devouring information posted on websites like that run by attorney Michael T. Snider, who writes The Economic Collapse blog out of his home in northern Idaho.

"Modern preppers are much different from the survivalists of the old days," he said. "You could be living next door to a prepper and never even know it. Many suburbanites are turning spare rooms into food pantries and are going for survival training on the weekends."

Like other preppers, Snider is worried about the end of a functioning U.S. economy. He points out that tens of millions of Americans are on food stamps and that many U.S. children are living in poverty.

"Most people have a gut feeling that something has gone terribly wrong, but that doesn't mean that they understand what is happening," he said. "A lot of Americans sense that a massive economic storm is coming and they want to be prepared for it."

So, assuming there is no collapse of society -- which the preppers call "uncivilization" -- what is the future of the preppers?

Gutierrez said that unlike the Millerites -- or followers of radio preacher Harold Camping, who predicted the world would end last year -- preppers are not setting a date for the coming destruction. The Mayan Calendar predicts doom this December.

"The minute you set a date, you are courting disconfirmation," she said.

Tegeler, who recalls being hit by tornadoes and floods in her southwestern Virginia home, said that none of her "survival center" products will go to waste.

"I think it's silly not to be prepared," she said. "After all, anything can happen."

(Reporting by Jim Forsyth in San Antonio; Editing by Corrie MacLaggan and Greg McCune)




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Boehner to Address Abortion Opponents at DC March

WASHINGTON January 23, 2012 (AP)


Abortion opponents are gathering in Washington for their annual rally and march to mark the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.

House Speaker John Boehner is scheduled to address the crowd Monday at the "March for Life." The first march was held in 1974, a year after the landmark Supreme Court ruling. In recent years it has attracted hundreds of thousands of participants.

The rally begins at noon on the National Mall and participants will then march up Constitution Avenue to the Supreme Court building.

Boehner says in a statement that he's honored to address the march and to lead the House's "bipartisan pro-life majority."


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CFR Membership

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is first and foremost a membership organization. With over 4,500 members, CFR's ranks include top government officials, renowned scholars, business leaders, acclaimed journalists, prominent lawyers, and distinguished nonprofit professionals. Members participate in meetings, panel discussions, interviews, lectures, book clubs, and film screenings to discuss and debate the major foreign policy issues of our time. Members have unparalleled access to world leaders, senior government officials, members of Congress, and prominent thinkers.

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Membership Roster

(as of January 20, 2012)

Click here for the print version of the membership roster that appeared in the 2010 Annual Report.


A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Richard Thadeus AAran
David L. Aaron
Steve Abbot
Kimberly M. Abbott
Wilder K. Abbott
A. Robert Abboud
Labeeb M. Abboud
Alyce N. Abdalla
Keith W. Abell
Gina K. Abercrombie-Winstanley
Robert John Abernethy
John P. Abizaid
Mona Aboelnaga Kanaan
David S. Abraham
Michael J. Abramowitz
Morton I. Abramowitz
Elliott Abrams
William M. Abrams
David M. Abshire
Niso Abuaf
Odeh F. Aburdene
Nish Acharya
John Maxon Ackerly
Peter Ackerman
Daniel J. Acosta Jr.
Gordon M. Adams
Jacqueline Adams
Marjorie A. Adams
Michael F. Adams
Robert McCormick Adams
Tim Adams
Clara L. Adams-Ender
Eli Y. Adashi
Beth Addonizio
Carol C. Adelman
Richard C. Adkerson
Travis Adkins
Allen R. Adler
Amir Afkhami
Sara R. Agarwal
Sumit Agarwal
Vinnie Aggarwal
Robert F. Agostinelli
Eric Aguiar
Sanjiv Ahuja
M. Bernard Aidinoff
Fouad Ajami
Alice P. Albright
Madeleine K. Albright
Michael H. Alderman
George H. Aldrich
Aileen K. Alexander
John Alexander
Margo N. Alexander
Rafael Alfonzo
William P. Alford
Paul A. Allaire
Joe L. Allbritton
Jodie T. Allen
John R. Allen
Jonathan Allen
Richard V. Allen
Thad Allen
William L. Allen
Faheen Allibhoy
Graham T. Allison
Michael A. Almond
Anne Alonzo
Jonathan H. Alter
Karen J. Alter
Jon B. Alterman
Daniel Altman
Drew Altman
Roger C. Altman
William C. Altman
David Altshuler
Jose E. Alvarez
Amy E. Alving
Catherine M. Amirfar
Marvin Ammori
Deborah S. Amos
Manpreet S. Anand
David A. Andelman
Harold W. Andersen
Christine Anderson
Craig B. Anderson
Desaix Anderson
Edward G. Anderson III
Gloria B. Anderson
John B. Anderson
Lisa Anderson
Mark A. Anderson
Paul F. Anderson
Terry L. Andreas
David R. Andrews
Michael A. Andrews
Mark Angelson
M. Michael Ansour
John Duke Anthony
Nancy A. Aossey
David P. Apgar
Mari Carmen Aponte
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Anne E. Applebaum
Francis J. Aquila
Cresencio S. Arcos
Anthony Clark Arend
Gideon Argov
Stanley S. Arkin
Michael H. Armacost
Mike Armstrong
Lloyd Armstrong Jr.
Henry H. Arnhold
Adam M. Aron
Melinda Arons
Bernard W. Aronson
Jonathan David Aronson
Deana Arsenian
Adrienne Arsht
Robert J. Art
Alberta Arthurs
Carole Artigiani
Ramin Asgard
George E. Assousa
Bama Athreya
Rebecca Atkin
Betsy S. Atkins
Caroline Atkinson
Bernadette Atuahene
J. Brian Atwood
James E. Auer
Paul Auerbach
David D. Aufhauser
Byron Auguste
Norman R. Augustine
Josiah Lee Auspitz
Jesse H. Ausubel
John F. Avedon
John E. Avery
William H. Avery
Ronit Avni
Patrick G. Awuah Jr.
Robert M. Axelrod
H. Brandt Ayers
David R. Ayón
Alyssa Ayres
Balan Ayyar
Khalid Azim
Shad Azimi

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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Global Meltdown Series - Economic crisis and financial collapse



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Bluffs in Top-10 cities for data security operations

John Boyd Jr.

John Boyd Jr., a principal in The Boyd Co., a location consulting firm headquartered in Princeton, N.J., said a recent study found Council Bluffs to be in the Top 10 American cities – actually ranking No. 4 – to locate secure, low-risk data security operations. Boyd said commercial property tax reduction, an effort touted by Gov. Terry Branstad and being debated in the Iowa Legislature, would be a “game changer.”


Posted: Sunday, January 22, 2012 12:00 am | Updated: 6:06 pm, Sat Jan 21, 2012.

A new corporate site selection study comparing data security costs in a series of 45 U.S. cities ranked Council Bluffs No. 4 on a list of the 10 best security cities.

The study, conducted by The Boyd Co., a firm headquartered in Princeton, N.J., that specializes in location consulting, covered many of the nation’s largest regional financial centers, including New York; Boston; Chicago; Charlotte, N.C.; Kansas City, Mo.; Des Moines, Denver and San Francisco as well as other cities named as best meeting site selection criteria for housing highly secure, low-risk and cost-effective data security operations for the banking and financial services industry.

According to the report, factors distinguishing Council Bluffs’ attractiveness to the data security field are its secure, mid-continent location, favorable operating cost structures and its proximity to an National Security Agency accredited National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

While not included in the report, John Boyd Jr., a principal in the consulting firm, said the current debate by Iowa lawmakers and Gov. Terry Branstad about lowering the state’s commercial property taxes has caught the attention of corporate executives looking to expand or relocate their operations.

“Right now, reducing commercial property taxes is the most important thing the governor and the Legislature can do. It would be a tremendous positive, a game changer that would create a national buzz,” Boyd said.

The report, “Banking & Financial Services: A comparative Cost Analysis for Information Assurance Operations,” names information assurance as leading a new wave of post-debt crisis spending and facilities planning within the financial services industry.

The study focuses on the growing information assurance sector and those units dedicated to preventing security breaches and computer crimes like fraud and identify theft.

The overall field of information assurance is projected by Boyd’s company to be a major driver of corporate re-engineering, capital spending and strategic site selection planning in 2012 as compliance to growing federal data security legislation is extending beyond financial services and reaching all sectors of commerce.

The study analyzes all major geographically variable operating costs that are most critical to the decision where to locate new data security facilities. Those costs include skilled labor in information assurance and financial services, land costs, construction costs, taxes, utilities and corporate travel.

For purposes of comparison, the study’s basic assumption scales annual operating costs to a data security center employing 75 workers and occupying 125,000 square feet of space. Based on those assumptions, annual operating costs ranged from a high of $23.6 million in New York to a low of $10.3 million in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Ranking fourth among the top 10, the study projected annual costs at $11.1 million for Council Bluffs. Omaha, which ranked eighth among the top 10, had total annual operating costs of $11.5 million.

“Operating costs are really carrying the day,” said Boyd. “Another consideration is the fact that you have cheap, low cost, reliable power.

“I think the Midwest is going to be the next frontier. Smart people are staying here because this is where the jobs are,” he said. “Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota are very stable fiscally.”




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Data Privacy Day 2012 to be Widely Celebrated Across the U.S. and Abroad




Calendar of Events Leading Up to January 28th International Awareness Effort Continues to Grow; Google and MasterCard Worldwide Join List of Official Partners

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2012/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a non-profit public-private partnership focused on cybersecurity awareness and education for all digital citizens, continues to grow momentum for Data Privacy Day 2012 with support from sponsors, partners and likeminded organizations. Coordinated and led by NCSA, Data Privacy Day on January 28, 2012 will promote the importance of data privacy and encourage digital citizens to exercise closer control over how their personal information is collected, shared, and stored online.

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A myriad of events, trainings, and initiatives leading up to Data Privacy Day will take place throughout the United States,Canada, Council of Europe member countries, and a host of other countries across the globe. An overview of events can be found at http://bit.ly/zrJFkj. NCSA sponsors and partners will participate in some of those activities to help amplify important messages about data privacy. Google is now an official partner along with MasterCard Worldwide Microsoft, Intuit, Comcast, and NQ Mobile (formerly NetQin Mobile). The current list of official sponsors includes Intel and eBay Inc.

"NCSA is very excited to see widespread support for Data Privacy Day 2012 throughout industry, government, businesses, and communities around the world," said Executive Director of the National Cyber Security Alliance, Michael Kaiser. "Everyday our lives become more reliant on the Internet and the goal behind Data Privacy Day is to educate digital citizens on how to protect their personal information online and make them more aware of the impact that technology has in their lives. While we celebrate Data Privacy Day on January 28th, we want audiences to use safe data privacy practices year-round."

Intuit, a Data Privacy Day partner, is a strong advocate of data privacy protection and awareness. "We are the stewards of our 50 million customers' sensitive financial data and have been earning the trust of our customers for nearly 30 years. We encourage consumers, small businesses and those they serve, to approach Data Privacy Day as an opportunity to assess ways in which they can better protect personal data," said Barb Lawler, Intuit's chief privacy officer.

"We are proud to be supporting Data Privacy Day 2012 and look forward to the great programs in store this year," said Pablo Chavez, a director of public policy at Google. "Our involvement with Data Privacy Day is just the latest in our ongoing efforts to help educate users about how to control their privacy and security on the web."

"As a payments and technology company, MasterCard Worldwide delivers products and solutions that serve consumers, merchants and our business partners around the globe," said JoAnn Stonier, global privacy & data protection officer at MasterCard Worldwide. "As we continue to develop our information practices, we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of data. We are proud to support and participate in Data Privacy Day - an event that raises awareness about online safety and privacy - and convenes an important cross-industry dialogue about data privacy and information management best practices."

Many organizations are supporting Data Privacy Day in various unique ways. NCSA along with several sponsors and partners will host a flagship event on January 26th at the George Washington University Law School in Washington, DC. The event titled: "The Intersection of Privacy & Security," will feature The Honorable Julie Brill, commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Michael Kaiser, executive director of the NCSA; Dan Solove, research professor of Law at George Washington University and others in a panel style discussion about how security protects privacy and ways in which companies can ensure that sensitive information is protected while allowing innovation to flourish. Those interested in attending the event can register at http://dpd12.eventbrite.com/. To RSVP to watch the event via Facebook Live from 9:30-11:45 a.m. ET on January 26th and join the conversation, visit http://on.fb.me/privacyday2012.

The breadth of additional events both across the world and in the U.S. shows a dynamic commitment on the part of other organizations in making Data Privacy Day a success. These activities are showcased on the Data Privacy Day web portal by region at: http://bit.ly/zrJFkj including the following:

  • January 24, 2012, San Francisco, CAMicrosoft presents, "The Collection of Online Consumer Data: the Good, the Bad and the Unknown," – an open forum discussion at the Churchill Club. This event will explore the growing tension between economic opportunities to mine the ever-increasing amounts of data available online vs. consumer and regulator desire for strong privacy protections. For information, visit: http://bit.ly/vWaxnm
  • January 24, 2012, Chicago, IL – The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) will host a "Privacy & Data Protection Town Hall." The breakfast panel will focus on pressing privacy and data security issues affecting every business and organization and will include Craig Spiezle, OTA executive director and president among other leaders in the business community. For more information, visit: http://privacy-townhall.eventbrite.com/
  • January 25th and 30th, Online Webinar – EDUCAUSE is providing several activities and resources to help raise data privacy awareness in higher education, including these free webinars:
    • January 25th, 1–2 p.m. ET — "A Balancing Act: Student Privacy and Student Data in the Electronic Age," webinar withKathleen Styles, chief privacy officer, U.S. Department of Education and Rodney Petersen, senior government relations officer and managing director of the Washington Office, EDUCAUSE. For more information, visit:http://www.educause.edu/policy/dataprivacy
    • January 30, 1–2 p.m. ET — "Protecting Personal Data: What Every Student Needs to Know About Online Reputation Management with Matt Ivester," founder of JuicyCampus and author and Merri Beth Lavagnino, chief privacy officer and compliance coordinator, Indiana University. For more information, visit:http://www.educause.edu/policy/dataprivacy
  • February 2, 2012, Miami, FLSusan McAndrew, deputy director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights, Health Information Privacy, will join a group of invited leaders in healthcare for "The Health Privacy Salon." These leaders will convene to discuss the latest issues in health privacy law. For more information, visit: http://www.privacylawsalon.com/health

On the international front, the Council for Europe and EU Countries are hosting the 5th International Computers, Privacy & Data Protection Conference (CPDP) entitled, "European Data Protection: Coming of Age," in Brussels. CPDP 2012 takes place during a significant phase in the revision of the EU legal framework on data protection and several panels will discuss and review latest legislative proposals. More than 20 panels will be organized on key issues such as geolocalization, e-identity and e-management, enforcement of copyright protection, surveillance in the workplace, accountability and communication of privacy.

Additionally the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) along with Data Protection Officers (DPO's) will raise awareness among EU staff and any other interested persons about their rights and obligations regarding data protection. To mark the effort, a video message from EDPS officials will be circulated to EU staff members and made available on the video page of the website. The video will focus on privacy and data protection as fundamental rights and highlight the everyday processing of personal data and the risks.

NCSA encourages all audiences to visit the Data Privacy Day web portal for updated information on how to get involved, new events, educational resources, tip sheets, and more on the awareness campaign. Full information and resources surrounding Data Privacy Day can be found at http://bit.ly/A8dHCK. In addition to the resources listed, NCSA encourages companies and organizations to get involved in Data Privacy Day and express their support by becoming champions through the website at http://bit.ly/zvfCJX.

About International Data Privacy Day
Data Privacy Day is an annual International celebration designed to promote awareness about privacy and education about best privacy practices. In this networked world, in which we are thoroughly digitized, Data Privacy Day promotes awareness about the many ways personal information is collected, stored, used, and shared, and education about privacy practices that will enable individuals to protect their personal information. It brings together advocates from businesses, governments, academics and not-for-profit organizations to promote collaboration and encourage dialogue on the issue of privacy. The Data Privacy Day is supported by official sponsors Intel and eBay Inc. and partners Microsoft, Intuit, Comcast, NQ Mobile, MasterCard Worldwide and Google.

About The National Cyber Security Alliance
The National Cyber Security Alliance is a non-profit organization. Through collaboration with the government, corporate, non-profit and academic sectors, the mission of the NCSA is to empower a digital citizenry to use the Internet securely and safely protecting themselves and the technology they use and the digital assets we all share. NCSA works to create a culture of cyber security and safety through education and awareness activities. NCSA board members include: ADP, AT&T, Bank of America, Cisco Systems, EMC Corporation, ESET, Facebook, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Google, Intel, Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services, McAfee, Microsoft, PayPal, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Symantec, Verizon and Visa. Visit http://www.staysafeonline.org for more information and join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/staysafeonline.

About STOP. THINK. CONNECT.
The campaign was developed by the STOP. THINK. CONNECT. Messaging Convention, a public-private partnership established in 2009 and led by The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) and National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) to develop and support a national cybersecurity awareness campaign. In October 2010 the White House, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Messaging Convention launched the campaign. The Department of Homeland Security provides the Federal Government's leadership for the campaign. Industry, government, non-profits and education institutions participate in STOP. THINK. CONNECT. Learn how to get involved at www.stopthinkconnect.org.

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