CyLab's Lorrie Cranor Participates in Capitol Hill Briefing on Nuts & Bolts of Online Privacy, Advertising, Notice & Choice
On 5/24/10, Dr. Lorrie Cranor, Director of CyLab Usable Privacy and Security (CUPS) Laboratory participated in a Capital Hill briefing on "Nuts & Bolts of Online Privacy, Advertising, Notice & Choice."
Organized by the Progress and Freedom Foundation, the event featured a panel of experts; Ari Schwartz, Vice President & Chief Operating Officer at the Center for Democracy & Technology and Shane Wiley, Senior Director of Privacy & Data Governance for Yahoo! participated along with Dr. Cranor, and Berin Szoka, a Senior Fellow at the Progress & Freedom Foundation. Szoka moderated.
Here is a brief excerpt from Szoka's post to the Progress and Freedom Foundation blog:
Ari got us started with an intro to the Boucher bill and Shane offered an overview of the technical mechanics of online advertising and why it requires data about what users do online. Lorrie & Ari then talked about concerns about data collection, leading into a discussion of the challenges and opportunities for empowering privacy-sensitive consumers to manage their online privacy without breaking the advertising business model that sustains most Internet content and services. In particular, we had a lengthy discussion of the need for computer-readable privacy disclosures like P3P (pioneered by Lorrie & Ari) and the CLEAR standard developed by Yahoo! and others as a vital vehicle for self-regulation, but also an essential ingredient in any regulatory system that requires that notice be provided of the data collection practices of all tracking elements on the page.
For more on the event, including audio and video, see PFF Event Recap: Nuts & Bolts of Online Privacy, Advertising, Notice & Choice, 5-25-10
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