EFF Experts to speak at FTC Privacy Roundtable

Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release

For Immediate Release: Monday, January 25, 2010

Contact:

Rebecca Jeschke
   Media Relations Director
   Electronic Frontier Foundation
   press@eff.org
   +1 415 436-9333 x125

EFF Experts to Speak at FTC Privacy Roundtable

Public Discussion Set for Thursday at UC Berkeley School of
Law

Berkeley, CA - On Thursday, January 28, the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) is hosting a day-long public roundtable in
Berkeley, California, exploring the privacy challenges
posted by new developments in technology.  Three experts
from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) are taking
part.

Panels at Thursday's roundtable include "Technology and
Privacy," where EFF Staff Technologist Peter Eckersley will
discuss the arms race between tracking technologies and
privacy-enhancing technologies.  Also on the agenda is
"Privacy Implications of Mobile Computing" with EFF Senior
Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston addressing privacy issues of
location-based services and "Technology and Policy" with
EFF Senior Staff Attorney Lee Tien discussing how privacy
can be designed into new products.  Other panels will
tackle social networking services and cloud computing.

For more information on attending the roundtable including
a full agenda, visit
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/privacyroundtables/index...


WHAT:
FTC Roundtable "Exploring Privacy"

WHEN:
Thursday, January 28
7:45am to 6pm

WHERE:
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
Booth Auditorium, Boalt Hall
Berkeley, CA  94720

For more information on the roundtable:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/privacyroundtables/index...

For this release:
http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2010/01/25

About EFF

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challenges industry and government to support free
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