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Hot Topics: Consumer Data Privacy: Issues and Outlook 2011  - Bisnow Breakfast & Schmooze

Protecting consumer information is more important than ever in today's rapidly growing digital economy.  Though this information can be used to create better and more personalized services for consumers, managing it responsibly presents a big challenge for digital and social media companies. The Federal Trade Commission has made data privacy a huge priority in 2011 and you won't want to miss its latest views and insights on this important issue.   And led by Google's Global Privacy head, a panel will discuss the issue from the private sector perspective.

Tuesday, April 26th 2011

Capital Hilton
1001 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036

Agenda

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Coffee and Networking
8:30 AM – 9:15 AM FTC Outlook
9:15 AM – 10:00 AM Private Sector Panel

Price: $49
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Maneesha Mithal
Associate Director, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection
Federal Trade Commission

Maneesha supervises work in the area of data security, identity theft, credit reporting, behavioral advertising, and general privacy. She has held numerous positions at the FTC, including Chief of Staff of the Bureau of Consumer Protection and Assistant Director of the International Division of Consumer Protection. Prior to joining the FTC in 1999, Maneesha was an attorney at Covington & Burling, where she practiced in the, commercial litigation, international litigation, and legislative areas.

   
 
Jane Horvath
Global Privacy Counsel
Google

Jane works with cross-functional teams to advance Google's privacy principles and culture of respect for privacy by guiding the development of products and features that enhance user privacy and ensuring compliance with privacy laws around the world. Prior to joining Google, Jane served as the Department of Justice's first Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer. There she was responsible for coordinating the DOJ's privacy and civil liberties protection work.

   
 
Hooman Radfar
CEO and Co-Founder
Clearspring

Hooman actively drives platform marketing and strategy initiatives at Clearspring. He was recently named one of Tech's Best Entrepreneurs in BusinessWeek and was nominated for Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year. When he is not busy building a better web, you can find him writing his blog Widgify.

   
 
Robert Quinn
SVP-Federal Regulatory and Chief Privacy Officer
AT&T

Bob leads AT&T's Federal Regulatory group, which is responsible for all matters affecting AT&T and its affiliates before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Bob is also responsible for customer privacy policies at the international, federal and state level across all lines of businesses. Prior to joining AT&T, Bob spent five years as a trial attorney with the Chicago firm of Mayer, Brown & Platt.

   
 
Stuart K. Pratt
President and CEO
Consumer Data Industry Association

CDIA, is the international trade association representing over 300 consumer data companies that provide fraud prevention and risk management products, credit and mortgage reports, tenant and employment screening services, check fraud and verification services, and collection services to hundreds of thousands of customers across the United States and the globe.

   
 
Justin Brookman
Director, Project on Consumer Privacy
Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)

CDT is a civil liberties group with expertise in law, technology, and policy working to to enhance free expression and privacy in communications technologies. Prior to joining CDT in January 2010, Justin was Chief of the Internet Bureau of the New York Attorney General's office, where he brought the first regulatory actions against spyware and adware companies, as well as against the advertisers who funded those companies. In 2009, Justin brought the first case against a company for "astroturfing," or seeding internet message boards and blogs with fake positive reviews.

   
 
MODERATOR
 
Christopher Wolf
Partner
Hogan Lovells
Chris is widely recognized as one of the leading American practitioners in the field of privacy and data security law. He is known to clients as a practical problem solver on issues arising from the collection, use, retention, sharing, and security of personal data; as a thoughtful compliance counselor focused on risk management; and as an effective advocate in federal court, at the Federal Trade Commission or before state agencies, on the entire range of international and domestic privacy issues.
   
 
Marcy Wilder
Partner
Hogan Lovells
Marcy is the director of he firm's global Privacy and Information Management practice and a nationally-recognized data protection lawyer who specializes in health information law. Marcy assists clients in managing risks associated with privacy and information security practices and data breaches. Marcy is currently ranked as a leading privacy and technology lawyer in both Chambers USA and the Legal 500.