FTC Wants Tools to Increase Transparency and Trust in Big Data
However we want to define “Big Data” – and the FTC’s latest workshop on the subject suggests a consensus definition remains elusive – the path forward seems to call for more transparency and the establishment of firmer frameworks on the use of data. As Chairwoman Ramirez suggested in her opening remarks, Big Data calls for […]
House Hearing on Consumer Privacy
“It’s the reputational harm that we are all concerned about,” said Chairwoman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) at today’s hearing, the fourth in a series of hearings on online privacy. Members of U.S. House’s Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade were in disagreement over how to best protect consumers online as consumer attitudes toward privacy […]
The Privacy Working Group: Transatlantic Harmonization: The US, EU and Finding the Future in Privacy
Transatlantic Harmonization: The US, EU and Finding the Future in Privacy Presented by The Privacy Working Group Featuring: Karin Riis-Jorgensen, Chairwoman of the European Privacy Association & Former Danish MEP Jules Polenetsky, Co-Chair & Director of the Future of Privacy Forum Hosted by: Robert Atkinson, President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Tom Schatz, […]