ANN ARBOR—The third lecture in a free public series that explores the interrelationship between telecommunications and law will bring Peter Swire to the University of Michigan on Dec. 4.

Swire’s lecture, “Privacy and Security in Light of Recent Events,” takes place at 7 p.m. in Room 100, Hutchins Hall, at the U-M Law School, 625 S. State St.

Swire served as the Clinton administration’s chief counselor for privacy, and was White House coordinator for the proposed and final Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) medical privacy rules. He coordinated administration policy on the use of personal information in the public and private sectors and played a leading role on topics including financial privacy, Internet privacy, encryption, public records and privacy, e-commerce policy, and computer security and privacy.

Swire has published extensively in law reviews and in publications including the Wall Street Journal, the New Republic and the American Banker.

Swire is a visiting professor at George Washington University Law School, and a professor of law at Ohio State University, where he teaches courses on privacy, the law of cyberspace, and other subjects.

The lecture series is sponsored by the Park Foundation through a grant to support colloquia and research regarding the interrelationship between telecommunications and law, and the following U-M units: Law School; Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy; School of Information; College of Engineering, and College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.

For more information, contact Lynne Watkins during the day at (734) 615-3885, or during the evening at (734) 302-1348.

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