Join us for the first Boston University Student-Faculty Forum of the year! We live our lives in public more and more. Most of us use many forms of social media every day that send rich information about us out to strangers. And strangers, for better and worse, seek lots of information about us without our specific assent. Every stroke of the key on our computers and mobile devices is recorded and available for people with the know-how to analyze. Is there any meaning to the word “privacy” anymore? How can we protect our information to keep ourselves safe, to avoid it being improperly used, to maintain control over our lives? These are the questions we will discuss at the BU Forum on “Problems of Privacy in Our Day-to-Day Lives.” Panelists: Lei Guo, Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Studies (COM), also affiliated with the Department of Computer Science (CAS) and the Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science. Kenneth P. Mortensen, Lecturer, School of Law, is an attorney and engineer with specialties in electronic commerce and intellectual property. Tracy Schroeder, BU Vice President of Information Services and Technology. Mayank Varia, Research Associate Professor of Computer Science, Co-Director of the Center for Reliable Information Systems and Cyber Security (RISCS). Joseph Wippl, Professor of the Practice of International Relations (Pardee/CAS) Gina Sapiro, Professor of Political Science Refreshments and appetizers will be served.