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The Fordham Center on Law and Information Policy (CLIP) and Data & Society are hosting Neil Richards for a talk about his new book Intellectual Privacy.
Refreshments will be provided. RSVP below.
About Intellectual Privacy:
Most people believe that the right to privacy is inherently at odds with the right to free speech. Courts all over the world have struggled with how to reconcile the problems of media gossip with our commitment to free and open public debate for over a century. The rise of the Internet has made this problem more urgent. We live in an age of corporate and government surveillance of our lives. And our free speech culture has created an anything-goes environment on the web, where offensive and hurtful speech about others is rife. (More…)
The 2015 Data Privacy & Protection Day (DpD) is a national series of events bringing together public and private sector experts who provide prescriptive and actionable advice about data privacy and protection to the business community. This marks the 6th consecutive year OTA has taken on the leadership role in raising privacy and security awareness via hosting educational town halls, hands-on workshops and networking events. The DpD Town Halls are underwritten in part by over two-dozen organizations committed to consumer empowerment and online trust.
For more information, click here.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
Guest speakers:
Ted Claypoole, Womble Carlyle
Felicity Fisher, Osborne Clarke
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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).
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.