FTC Chairman and Experts to Examine Mobile and Online Privacy in Upcoming Webcast

A live webcast program entitled Privacy Untangled, featuring Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz and an expert panel will be carried on Broadband US TV on Friday, October 26, 2012, from 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET.

Balancing privacy with commercial interests has become increasingly complex and contentious, as businesses and government organizations rely on the collection, storage, and sharing of online and mobile consumer data. Recent regulatory initiatives, including the White House’s proposed Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights and related workshops, and the privacy enforcement actions and best practices reports of the FTC have placed evolving privacy practices in the spotlight. In addition, privacy watchdog groups continue to criticize the government’s privacy initiatives as insufficient, while service providers complain of the government over-reaching in its regulatory approach towards industry privacy practices.

An in-depth examination of these issues will be provided in a live webcast with co-hosts Marty Stern of K&L Gates and Jim Baller of the Baller Herbst Law Group. In addition to special guest FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz, the program will feature an expert panel with Sue Kelley, American Public Power Association General Counsel; Deborah J. Matties, Attorney Advisor to FTC Chairman Leibowitz; Emily Mossberg, Principal at Deloitte & Touche LLP; Ross Shulman, Public Policy and Regulatory Counsel at the Computer and Communications Industry Association; Bernin Szoka, President at TechFreedom, and Peter Swire, former Chief Counsel for Privacy under President Clinton and current professor at the Ohio State University.

The panel will engage in a lively discussion regarding privacy issues and the government’s recent initiatives to adjust privacy regulations for an evolving online and mobile marketplace.

You can register for the webcast here (free registration required).