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The author of this blog, David T.S. Fraser, is a Canadian privacy lawyer who practices with the firm of McInnes Cooper. He is the author of the Physicians' Privacy Manual. He has a national and international practice advising corporations and individuals on matters related to Canadian privacy laws.

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Wednesday, March 09, 2005

Senate Banking Committee to hold hearings on security of sensitive consumer information

Tomorrow, 10 March 2005, the Banking Committee of the United States Senate is holding hearings on "recent developments" related to the security of consumer information. By recent developments, they are referring to the ChoicePoint, Bank of America and LexisNexis incidents. Here is the notice of hearing, with the list of who is testifying (including the VP of ChoicePoint):

U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
"US Senator Richard Shelby
Chairman
US Senator Paul Sarbanes
Ranking Member
Committee: US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Title: Identity Theft: Recent Developments Involving the Security of Sensitive Consumer Information
Date: 3/10/05
Time: 2:30 PM
Place: 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Agenda: The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing on "Identity Theft: Recent Developments Involving the Security of Sensitive Consumer Information."
Publication: Printable Hearing not available at this time
Witnesses
Panel 1
Honorable Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT) , Unites States Senator

Panel 2
Honorable Deborah Platt Majoras , Chairman, Federal Trade Commission

Panel 3
Mr. Larry Johnson , Special Agent in Charge - Criminal Investigative Division, United States Secret Service
Ms. Amy S. Friend , Assistant Chief Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Mr. Don McGuffey , Vice President, ChoicePoint Services, Inc.
Mr. Evan Hendricks , Editor, Privacy Times
Ms. Barbara J. Desoer , Executive Vice President, Global Technology, Service and Fulfillment Executive, Bank of America Corporate Center
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