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Feb
10
Tue
Safer Internet Day 2015 @ Facebook
Feb 10 @ 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm

On February 10th, ConnectSafely will hold a free half-day event: “Safer Internet Day 2015: Actions & Activism Toward a Better Net & World.” We’ll bring together youth leaders, educators, policy makers, parents, Internet safety experts and executives from the leading tech companies to focus not just on problems but solutions for a better Internet. The event will be streamed live on Facebook.

For more info, click here.

Feb
12
Thu
House Subcommittee Hearing: How Emerging Technology Affects Student Privacy @ 2175 Rayburn House Office Building
Feb 12 @ 11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Feb
17
Tue
Student Privacy Boot Camp for Ed Tech Companies @ 1776
Feb 17 – Feb 18 all-day

ReThink Education  and Future of Privacy Forum, in conjunction with 1776, invite start-ups, small, and medium-sized ed tech companies to an intensive and comprehensive program designed to ensure vendors handling student data understand privacy laws and best practices.

More information and a full schedule available here.

Feb
18
Wed
Fordham CLIP Roundtable: Is Wearable Tech Discovery’s New Frontier? @ Fordham Law School
Feb 18 @ 8:45 am – 10:00 am

This month, we will be joined by featured guest – Rob Sanchez, Chief Strategy Officer of Manufacture New York. Mr. Sanchez will kick off our discussion regarding the admission of data from “wearables” in litigation.

For more information and to RSVP, click here.

Feb
23
Mon
Mobile Monday: iBeacons, NFC, GPS targeting, and Mobile Pay
Feb 23 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

If you’ve ever paid for coffee with your phone, you know just how simple it is for a consumer to use Near Field Communications (NFC). But what happens on the business’ end? What technology needs to be in place? What are consumer adoption rates, and is it worth it? Are their privacy issues? This month’s Mobile Monday will address the intersection of technology and in-venue experiences. From bluetooth beacons, to GPS targeting, and mobile pay, there are infinite opportunities for personalized advertising, offers, and enhanced consumer engagement. Join our panelists from Marriott International, Brivo Labs and Gannett for a discussion on the challenges, opportunities, and trends around smart technologies. For more information, click here.

Feb
24
Tue
Lessons Learned from Target, Home Depot and Sony @ Santa Clara University
Feb 24 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am

Guest speakers:

Ted Claypoole, Womble Carlyle
Felicity Fisher, Osborne Clarke

For more information, click here.

Feb
25
Wed
Recording, Recalling, Retrieving, Remembering: Memory in the Information Age @ Santa Clara University
Feb 25 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Professor Luciano Floridi, one of the five members of Google’s Advisory Board on “the right to be forgotten,” will address the recent debate on that topic within a broader interpretation of the impact that information and communication technologies have on our self-understanding, our social interactions, and our conceptualization of the world.

Floridi is Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information at the University of Oxford, where he is the Director of Research of the Oxford Internet Institute. He has held the UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics, and in 2012 he was the Chairman of the E.U. Commission’s “Onlife Initiative.” He is the author of numerous books, including The Fourth Revolution – How the Infosphere is Reshaping Human Reality (2014), The Ethics of Information (2013), and The Philosophy of Information (2011).

For more information, click here. 

Feb
26
Thu
Symposium on Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act @ The Willard
Feb 26 @ 8:30 am – 5:15 pm

This Section 5 Symposium will bring together present and former representatives from the three branches of government to discuss and debate the origins, past and present use, and future parameters of Section 5 as a renewed enforcement vehicle. For more information and to RSVP, click here.

Feb
28
Sat
Algorithms and Accountability Conference @ New York University, Lipton Hall
Feb 28 all-day

Scholars, stakeholders, and policymakers question the adequacy of existing mechanisms governing algorithmic decision-making and grapple with new challenges presented by the rise of algorithmic power in terms of transparency, fairness, and equal treatment. Algorithms increasingly shape our news, economic options, and educational trajectories. The centrality and concerns about algorithmic decision making have only increased since we hosted the Governing Algorithms conference in May 2013. This event will build upon that conversation to address legal, policy and ethical challenges related to algorithmic power in three specific contexts: media production and consumption, commerce, and education.

Organized by the Information Law Institute, NYU School of Law, it is cosponsored by NYU Steinhardt Department of Media, Culture and Communications, the Intel Science & Technology Center for Social Computing and Microsoft.

Mar
11
Wed
Digital Privacy 101 @ Capitol Visitors Center, SVC-200
Mar 11 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm

America’s privacy laws have not been updated for the digital age. Please join us for a briefing about how Congress can strengthen online privacy protections for all Americans. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) was written nearly three decades ago. Members of the Digital 4th coalition and others will discuss the need to update this outdated law and protect the privacy of Americans’ emails, photos and other information stored online.

  • Chris Calabrese Senior Policy Director, Center for Democracy and Technology
  • Will Carty Director of Public Policy for U.S. & Canada, Twitter
  • David Lieber Senior Privacy Policy Counsel, Google
  • Katie McAuliffe Federal Affairs Manager, Americans for Tax Reform
  • Gabe Rottman Legislative Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union

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