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Protecting privacy in the digital age forum at CSUMB

Sept. 10, 2010

Who's tracking your online activities? What shouldn't you do online? How can you use social media without risk? How can you protect your identity from online fraud and theft?

These are some of the legal, political and practical aspects of individual privacy and identity protection that will be discussed at Privacy 2.0: Demand Your Dot Rights, a free community forum to be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 29 at CSU Monterey Bay's University Center.

The event is sponsored by the university and the Monterey County chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Speakers include Dr. Chip Lenno, chief information officer at CSUMB; Arlene Krebs, technology development officer at CSUMB; and Tamar Gubbins, technology and civil liberties policy associate of the ACLU of Northern California.

Attendees will learn how e-mail providers, social media networks such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter and online companies gather personal data and use it.

For more information on the issue, visit dotrights.org.

The University Center is located on Sixth Avenue, adjacent to the World Theater. For driving directions and a campus map, visit csumb.edu/map.**