Category: Public Service

The Public Voice Civil Society Meeting: Next Generation Privacy Challenges and Opportunities

Posted by Pablo Molina at 11:42 AM - Categories: Public Service

I serve on the Organizing Committee for The Public Voice Civil Society Meeting: Next Generation Privacy Challenges and Opportunities, taking place in Jerusalem on Monday, October 25, 2010. Here is the link to the evolving program.

If you are interested in privacy issues, please attend in person or remotely. We welcome your comments and suggestions before, during, and after the sessions. I would welcome particularly any information about progress with the Madrid Privacy Declaration and about privacy campaigns worldwide.

The meeting takes place in connection with the 32nd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners. 

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Reporting Cyber Crime

Posted by Pablo Molina at 8:10 AM - Categories: Public Service

How should I report a cyber crime in the United States? Due to the relative novelty of cyber crime and evolving legislation and practices, this question has several answers.

The easiest way to proceed is to report it to http://www.ic3.gov

A more comprehensive list of agencies for reporting cyber crime is available online at

http://www.justice.gov/criminal/cybercrime/reporting.htm#cc

Consumers may file complaints about identity theft with the Federal Trade Commission at https://www.FTCComplaintAssistant.gov/

Finally, cyber crime victims may also seek help from their local and state law enforcement agencies.

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On DiversITy

Posted by Pablo Molina at 12:22 AM - Categories: Public Service

I have just published a piece on EDUCAUSE Review about diversity in the work place. Basically, I believe that the diversity of the people in my team make us an efficient, creative, and resourceful organization. Also, I extol the values of organizations promoting diversity in technology leadership like the Hispanic Technology Council and the Information Technology Senior Management Forum. In the same piece, I issue a call to arms for educators worldwide to increase their diversity efforts.

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Privacy Certification

Posted by Pablo Molina at 12:12 AM - Categories: Public Service

I recently became a Certified Information Privacy Professional. I strongly recommend that technology executives responsible for the management of personal and private information educate themselves in privacy issues through EPIC, IAPP, and other organizations with an interest in this field.

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International Privacy Day

Posted by Pablo Molina at 7:12 AM - Categories: Public Service

January 28, 2009 is International Privacy Day. Designated by the Council of Europe three years ago, this day is meant to raise awareness and educate the public about the importance of privacy in every context. In line with my work on the Advisory Board of the Electronic Privacy Information Center at www.epic.org and my commitment to privacy at Georgetown University, I would like to encourage all community members and visitors to be mindful of privacy and to support privacy efforts worldwide personally, professionally, and financially.

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Legal Education YouTube Channel

Posted by Pablo Molina at 7:57 AM - Categories: Public Service

Many law schools stream their conferences and academic events to the world. The Georgetown University Law Center web site, for example, receives over one million visitors per year, most of them coming to watch videoclips or listen to podcasts. To make it easier for Internet users anywhere in the world to watch legal education videos, we have created a channel called LegalEducation on YouTube, available on-line at http://www.youtube.com/legaleducation. Please subscribe to the channel and contribute your own video materials.

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More Green Initiatives

Posted by Pablo Molina at 6:21 AM - Categories: Public Service

For more than twenty years, the Law Center has recorded classes under special circumstances with the approval of the academic administration. In 2007, the Information Systems and Technology department switched from using antiquated cassette tapes to an all-digital recording and secure delivery system. Besides being more convenient to the students and incurring lower labor costs, the new system saved the Law Center and its student population from having to purchase and dispose of 4,000 cassette tapes during its first year of operation. In 2005, the Information Systems and Technology department upgraded the cooling and electrical systems in the data center of the campus. The project received an APC InfraStruXure award. It also translated into significant on-going power savings.

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