The Federal Trade Commission will host a conference in January examining cutting-edge research and trends in protecting consumer privacy and security. The event, called PrivacyCon, is the first of its kind and will bring together leading stakeholders, including whitehat researchers, academics, industry representatives, federal policymakers, consumer advocates and others. “We want to increase the FTC’s engagement with…
Category: Announcements
U.S. Dept. of Education Seeking Your Input on Protecting Student Medical Records
Kathleen Styles, the Chief Privacy Officer at the U.S. Department of Education, writes: Protecting students’ privacy and ensuring colleges and universities promote a safe and healthy campus for their students has never been more important. As Chief Privacy Officer at ED, I help to lead the Department of Education in overseeing the administration of FERPA…
On the passing of a great privacy advocate
We have lost one of the truly great ones. Like so many others, I was stunned to hear this morning that Caspar Bowden had passed away. I first met Caspar at a Privacy Law Scholars Conference years ago. He sat down next to me at a workshop and we started chatting. He was still Chief Privacy…
Covington Webinar: The EU General Data Protection Regulation – What’s Next and What It Means For Your Business
From Covington & Burling: As we recently covered on this blog, on June 15, the Council of Ministers of the EU reached a long-awaited ‘common approach’ on a revised text of the proposed General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Covington will be running a webinar on July 1, repeated on July 2 to accommodate attendees from different timezones, at…