FTC Announces Mobile Device Tracking Seminar Agenda

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 workshop will be free and open to the public. It will be held at the FTC Conference Center at 601 New Jersey Avenue, N.W. in Washington, D.C.

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
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. 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 mobiledevicetracking@ftc.gov.

FTC staff members will do their best to answer as many questions as possible from the audience and online during the seminar.

The Federal Trade Commission works for consumers to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices and to provide information to help spot, stop, and avoid them.  To file a complaint in English or Spanish, visit the FTC’s online Complaint Assistant or call 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357). The FTC enters complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure, online database available to more than 2,000 civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad. The FTC’s website provides free information on a variety of consumer topics. Like the FTC on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and subscribe to press releases for the latest FTC news and resources.

IR Press

Recent Posts

Treasury Issues Final Rule Expanding CFIUS Coverage of Real Estate Transactions Around More Than 60 Military Installations

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), as Chair of the Committee…

4 days ago

U.S. Department of the Treasury’s CDFI Fund and Federal Housing Finance Agency Collaborate to Bolster CDFI Access to Capital

WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) and…

4 days ago

Report on U.S. Portfolio Holdings of Foreign Securities at Year-End 2023

Washington – The findings from the annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities…

5 days ago

READOUT: U.S. Department of the Treasury Hosts Roundtable Discussion on the Financial Sector’s Response to Recent Hurricanes

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury hosted a roundtable on October 30 with…

5 days ago

READOUT: Sixth Meeting of the Financial Working Group Between the United States and the People’s Republic of China

WASHINGTON – The United States and the People’s Republic of China held the sixth meeting…

5 days ago

Treasury Sanctions Key Members of La Linea, a Group Involved in Trafficking Fentanyl into the United States

WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned…

5 days ago