Government Privacy Regulations will Harm Consumers, Innovation, and Free Speech, Study Says
Press Release
9.4.2001
 For Immediate Release: September 4, 2001
MEDIA ADVISORY Press Conference Releasing Study: Wednesday, September 5, 2001 9:30 A.M. National Press ClubLisagor Room, 13th Floor 529 14th Street, NW Washington, DC *Breakfast Service Will Be Available
Who | | Sally C. Pipes, President, Pacific Research Institute (PRI) Sonia Arrison, Director, Center for Freedom and Technology (PRI);
Author, Consumer Privacy: A Free Choice Approach Eugene Volokh, Fellow in Legal Studies (PRI);
Constitutional & Copyright Law Professor, UCLA Law School
| What | | Press conference releasing Consumer Privacy: A Free Choice Approach, a new study from the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute. The speakers will discuss the study’s findings, including: Why self-regulation, contract law, and new technologies available to the public are the best way to protect consumer privacy How federal privacy proposals will harm consumer interests, and threaten to impede tech innovation and free speech An overview of more than a dozen technologies available to consumers that allow them to protect their own privacy, as well as emerging technologies
| When | | Wednesday, September 5, 2001
9:30 AM
| Where | | National Press Club
Lisagor Room,13th Floor
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20045
| Why | | Dozens of bills addressing consumer privacy are pending in Congress and state legislatures nationwide. In response, PRI will release its latest study, Consumer Privacy: A Free Choice Approach, demonstrating why expanding consumer choice through free-market alternatives is the best policy for protecting consumer privacy, including protection from government intrusion.
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To schedule an interview with Mr. Middleton, or for additional information, please contact Dawn Dingwell at (415) 989-0833, ext. 136, or by e-mail at mailto:dcollier@pacificresearch.org. The Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of the principles of individual freedom and personal responsibility. The Institute believes these principles are best encouraged through policies that emphasize a free economy, private initiative, and limited government. By focusing on public policy issues such as health care, welfare, education, and the environment, the Institute strives to foster a better understanding of the principles of a free society among leaders in government, academia, the media, and the business community.
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