The Federal Trade Commission is hosting a Spring Privacy Series on emerging consumer privacy issues, and the first event on Feb. 19, 2014 in Washington, D.C., will explore mobile device tracking. With retailers and other businesses tracking consumers’ movements throughout and around retail stores, the FTC is exploring potential privacy concerns and questions about these practices.
The Commission’s Chief Technologist Latanya Sweeney will conduct a mobile location tracking demonstration in the hallway directly outside the conference center for all interested individuals at 9:30 a.m. The complete agenda is as follows:
| 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Registration/Doors Open |
| From 9:30 a.m. – 9:55 a.m., as well as immediately following the workshop, FTC Chief Technologist Latanya Sweeney will provide a mobile location tracking demonstration. | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. | Welcome |
| 10:05 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. | Technical Overview: Ashkan Soltani, Independent Researcher and Consultant |
| 10:25 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Panel Discussion |
| Moderators: Amanda Koulousias & Kristen Anderson, Attorneys Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, FTC |
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| Panelists: Mallory Duncan, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, National Retail Federation James Riesenbach, Chief Executive Officer, iInside Seth Schoen, Senior Staff Technologist, Electronic Frontier Foundation Glenn Tinley, President and Founder, Mexia Interactive Ilana Westerman, Chief Executive Officer, Create with Context |
The FTC invites live webcast viewers to submit questions to moderators online. Staff will live-tweet the workshop, and take questions via Twitter, Facebook, and email.
The live webcast will begin at 10:00 a.m. ET (link will be active shortly before the seminar begins). Viewers can submit questions throughout the day via the following channels:
Twitter: Commission staff will tweet workshop highlights from its @FTC account and use the hashtag: #FTCmobile.
Facebook: Post questions to the mobile device tracking comment thread on the FTC’s Facebook page.
Email: Submit questions via email to [email protected].
FTC staff members will do their best to answer as many questions as possible from the audience and online during the seminar.
SOURCE: Federal Trade Commission