FC: Ex-DoubleClick privacy officer heads to Dept of Homeland Security

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 16:12:12 -0400
From: Robert MacMillan <robert.macmillan () washingtonpost com>
To: declan () well com

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39211-2003Apr16.html

Homeland Security To Fill Privacy Post


By Brian Krebs
washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 16, 2003; 3:45 PM


The former privacy officer of Internet advertising giant DoubleClick
will be the Department of Homeland Security's first privacy czar,
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced today.

The administration will appoint Nuala O'Connor Kelly to the privacy
post, where she would be responsible for vetting proposals or programs
that involve collecting and using U.S. citizens' personal information.
O'Connor Kelly currently serves as a Commerce Department attorney.

O'Connor Kelly, 34, will report to Ridge.

The privacy rights community generally views O'Connor Kelly as a
consensus builder, but it is too soon to say how much influence she
will have in protecting Americans' privacy rights, said Ari Schwartz,
associate director at the Center for Democracy and Technology.

"One of the things we liked (about her job) at DoubleClick was that
she worked hard to build relationships with the privacy community and
to vet their new policies with these groups," Schwartz said. "There is
still some question as to what level of access will she have, and
whether she will be able to speak her mind internally and publicly on
privacy issues or will she simply be giving the agency line on
everything."

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