Keynote: Networks, Regulation and Privacy: Understanding Where We are Today
June 17, 2010—1:30 pm
Keynote Address
Chris Jay Hoofnagle
Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
Networks, Regulation and Privacy: Understanding Where We are Today
Existing self-regulatory rules for online privacy are crumbling because of their own irrelevance, heightened consumer anxiety about online profiling, and a new administration interested in protecting consumers dignitary interests from tracking. The regulatory field is more crowded than ever–with advocates, agencies, and international bodies all considering regulations governing how information–whether personally identifiable or not–will be regulated. These developments are important for operators, who will have to implement whatever policies are adopted, and who could have a profound impact upon privacy through design and through counseling their companies on the reality of now networks work.
Chris Jay Hoofnagle is Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology’s information privacy programs and senior fellow to the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic. He is an expert in information privacy law.