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 Darity
Wesley, Chief Executive Officer and Legal Counsel of
Privacy Solutions,
Inc. is a 20 plus year veteran of
the public record and real estate information industry. An attorney,
California real estate broker, and nationally sought after speaker,
she is the founder of Privacy Solutions, Inc. a company which creates
privacy, information security and data licensing options for industry,
particularly focused on the public record and real estate industries.
Darity’s specialty is to guide information companies, Multiple
Listing Services, public record retrievers, trade associations, real
estate brokerages, lenders, mortgage brokers and a variety of companies
through the maze of today’s privacy and information security issues.
Her Privacy Solutions™’ team of Privacy Gurus® are focused
on bridging the gap between industry’s need for collecting and
using information and the consumers’ concerns about what they
do with it. These Privacy Gurus® address all the risks associated
with public record compilation, personal data compilation,
data mining, access to public information and privacy concerns and
violations by creating the proper data and technology licenses, privacy
impact assessments and privacy policies and procedures, among other
things.
Darity knows that the issues of access to
public data as well as respecting privacy and data security are
crucial parts of our future. Privacy Solutions™ addresses all
areas of privacy and information security whether the issues are with
consumers, customers or employees and whether they arise offline or
online. Her firm provides one-on-one consulting or offers a total
answer for any particular business model, which includes data licensing
negotiations, contracting and reviewing the documents from a legal
perspective.
She served as Senior Vice President, Corporate
Secretary and General Counsel to DataQuick Information
Systems for twelve years prior to its acquisition by Acxiom
Corporation in August of 1995. As general business
counsel, Darity was responsible for all transactional
business for the company including all software, hardware
and data licenses, a broad range of intellectual property matters,
credit, collection, employee relations, privacy and consumer relations,
Internet and e-commerce site development and giving advice and counsel
to company leaders on a variety of matters affecting the corporation.
She was also part of the team working with issues which surround access
to public records and the struggle with the government, new technologies
and the impact on people, commerce and the government
itself.
Darity has been educating businesses on privacy
issues of every nature since 1983, long before “privacy and information
security” were national causes. As a national expert on data
and technology licensing, privacy and information security issues,
she frequently speaks on Consumer Privacy, Identity Theft, Creating
and Negotiating Data Licenses, Managing Risks in Your Organization,
among others.
She is a member of the State of California’s Department of Consumer
Affairs, BEAR Advisory Council and Chairs the Privacy Committee for
the Advisory Council and is a member of the International Association
of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). She is also a member of the Property
Records Industry Association (PRIA) and is the private sector Co-chair
of the Record Access Policy Advisory Committee and the private sector
Co-chair of the Privacy Access Work Group and Model Legislation Work
Group (www.pria.us). Additionally, she is a member of the Real Estate
Information Professionals Association (REIPA), having helped create
and champion the REIPA legislative watch project and serves on its Governmental
Relations Committee. Darity also is a member and serves on the Governmental
Affairs Committee of the National Public Record Research Association
(NPRRA) and belongs to the Council of Multiple Listing Services, San
Diego Association of Realtors® and the National Association of Realtors®.
Darity was appointed to and is a member of the San Diego District Attorney’s
Identity Theft Task Force. Active in the San Diego
community, she is on and has held numerous board and officer positions
for a wide variety of organizations and is a member of the La Jolla
Golden Triangle Rotary Club.
Darity did her undergraduate work at San
Diego State University and earned her Juris Doctorate
from the University of San Diego School of Law.
Darity can be reached at darity@privacygurus.com
by phone at (619) 334-0976
or by fax at 619-334-0485.
eMarketing Talk Show Interviews
The Legal Side of the Internet: Basic
Things You Need to Know
February 23, 2007
Books, Tools, Newsletters, Blogs
A professional dedicated
to service, Darity is a contributing writer to various
publications including the National Association of
REALTORS® “Broker to Broker” and
REALTOR® magazine.
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