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Liveblogging online privacy hearing

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Today I will be liveblogging the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on Consumer Online Privacy[Related: Mobile Application Privacy …][Related: Consumer Privacy Bill of Ri…][Related: Privacy Policy][Related: Mobile Application Privacy …][Related: Consumer Privacy Bill of Ri…][Related: Privacy Policy]. It is the first hearing on this subject by a full committee. The panelists are:

 

Witness Panel 1

  • The Honorable Jon D. Leibowitz

    Chairman

    Federal Trade Commission
  • The Honorable Julius Genachowski

    Chairman

    Federal Communications Commission

Witness Panel 2

  • Dr. Guy "Bud" Tribble

    Vice President, Software Technology

    Apple, Inc.
  • Mr. Bret Taylor

    Chief Technology Officer

    Facebook
  • Dr. Alma Whitten

    Privacy Engineering Lead

    Google, Inc.
  • Mr. Jim Harper

    Director of Information Policy Studies

    The Cato Institute
  • Ms. Dorothy Atwood

    Senior Vice President, Public Policy and Chief Privacy Officer

    AT&T, Inc.
  • Professor Joe Turow

    Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania

Consumer Watchdog · July 27, 2010
https://consumerwatchdog.org/privacy/liveblogging-online-privacy-hearing/
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