Google Privacy Expert key speaker at Identity Conference

Google Privacy Expert key speaker at Identity Conference 2012

Google's Director for Privacy and Product and Engineering Dr Alma Whitten is just one of the international experts on identity and identity theft speaking at the Identity Conference 2012 to be held at Te Papa on 30 April and 1 May

Dr Whitten will speak about how Google is protecting the privacy of its users in a keynote address.

Other keynote speakers include:

· Bruce Schneier, internationally-renowned security guru, listed in the top three most powerful voices in security by SOA World Magazine. Bruce is a frequent guest on television and radio in the United States, he writes regularly for international media including The New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. His newsletters and blogs are read by more than a quarter of a million people. Bruce is the Chief Security Technology Officer of BT

· Dr John Borking, world-renowned expert in 'privacy by design': using Privacy Enhancing Technologies (or PET), to design systems which require only the very minimum amount of personal information from customers to deliver products and services. Dr Borking is former Privacy Commissioner and Board Member of the Dutch Data Protection Authority (CBP) in The Hague. He is one of the leading experts on law and privacy in Europe, and advises national and international public and private sector organisations on privacy and computer law

· Malcom Crompton, world-class expert in user-centric identity management. He advises organisations about how they can build trust through the way they collect and use personal information. Malcolm led the implementation of Australia's private sector privacy law and was Australia's Privacy Commissioner from 1999-2004.

· Marie Shroff, Privacy Commissioner. Her responsibilities include independent comment on significant personal information policies and issues, providing opinions on privacy complaints made against government and business, monitoring government data matching and promoting good personal information handling practices in New Zealand.

· Colin MacDonald, incoming Chief Executive of the Department of Internal Affairs. Colin has 30 years experience in Information Technology (IT) and general management in both New Zealand and UK and was previously Chief Operating Officer for the ANZ Banking Group (NZ). The Department of Internal Affairs is now responsible for the Government's Result Area 10: "New Zealanders can complete their transactions with the Government easily in a digital environment."

Key topics for the conference include:

· How much information do you give to companies or government agencies that they don't really need? Most people simply give organisations whatever information they ask for, without questioning what it is needed for. There are smarter and better ways for organisations to get the necessary information to give you the service you want.

· Do you struggle to remember all your different username and passwords to access different services online? What if organisations actually designed their services with you in mind, not the other way and made it easy for you to access your details to get the service you wanted faster and easier?

· How easy is it for someone to hack into your emails, your online transactions, and steal your money or your identity? It’s hard to know how secure websites are, even when you are entering sensitive information like your credit card details.

· Many of us provide our name, date of birth, and contact details online without batting an eyelash. But who sets the standard for what personal information a website can collect? What rules are there around how our information is used and how long it is kept?
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