Location: Washington, DC More information here.
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Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS 2009)
Location: Seattle, Washington The 9th Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium will bring together anonymity and privacy experts from around the world to discuss recent advances and new perspectives in privacy for the Internet and other communication networks. More information here.
Congress looks into behavioral advertising
Congress today summoned executives from Facebook, Google, and Yahoo to inquire about how they are tracking consumers for advertising purposes. The hearing signals an increasing interest on Washington’s part into what online companies are doing with all the data they have on their customers. It’s a joint hearing between two House subcommittees, one on Commerce,…
Korea vs YouTube – The Battle over Real Name Verification
Nicole Wong, Deputy General Counsel at Google, discusses the challenges of protecting human rights online in a global context. Wong describes YouTube’s recent clash with Korea over real name verification and user anonymity. The complete presentation can be viewed at http://fora.tv/2009/05/04/Corporate_Responsibility_and_Complicity.