"Nuts & Bolts of Online Privacy,
Advertising, Notice & Choice"

PFF Capitol Hill Briefing on May 24, 2010

Monday, May 24, 2010
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (lunch provided)
2123 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

Speaker Biographies (PDF)

See below for photos from this event

In light of the draft privacy legislation recently released by Chairman Rick Boucher, this panel of distinguished experts will provide an overview of the technical mechanics of online advertising and associated concerns about data collection, and discuss challenges and opportunities for empowering privacy-sensitive consumers to manage their online privacy without breaking the advertising business model that sustains most Internet content and services.

Speakers:

• Lorrie Faith Cranor, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Engineering & Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University; director of the CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory (CUPS)
• Ari Schwartz, Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Center for Democracy & Technology
• Shane Wiley, Senior Director, Privacy & Data Governance, Yahoo!
• Berin Szoka Senior Fellow, The Progress & Freedom Foundation (moderator)

Event questions and media inquiries should be directed to Mike Wendy at mwendy@pff.org.

The Progress & Freedom Foundation is a market-oriented think tank that studies the digital revolution and its implications for public policy. It is a 501(c)(3) research & educational organization.

Photos from the event