Video Interviews from BCLT's Browser Privacy Mechanisms Roundtable at Berkeley Law

Wednesday, February 9th 2011
Bancroft Hotel, Berkeley

The Federal Trade Commission preliminary staff report, "Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change," calls generally for privacy by design, and specifically for a do not track (DNT) system to allow consumers to better control online collection of information. This is a challenging task, because many web interactions require a transfer of information that could be conceived of as "tracking." The major developers of browsers have all announced implementations of do not track systems recently. The conceptions of DNT have different needs for implementing regulation and have different implications for businesses and consumers. This roundtable explored the contours of the regulations needed to effectuate do not track, the technical options to implement it, and the political and economic implications of do not track systems.

The roundtable was moderated by:
Chris Jay Hoofnagle, Director of BCLT's Information Privacy Programs
Deirdre K. Mulligan, Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley School of Information & BCLT Director
Paul M. Schwartz, Professor, UC Berkeley School of Law & BCLT Director

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Berkeley Law
• Boalt
• BCLT
• Privacy
• Deirdre Mulligan
• Do Not Track
• microsoft
• uc berkeley
• IP
• Chris Hoofnagle