[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 24499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12017]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Public Workshop on Consumer Privacy on the Global Information
Infrastructure
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Announcement of public workshop.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade
Commission announces it will host a one and one-half day public
workshop on consumer privacy on the Global Information Infrastructure
(GII). Online transactions, such as the purchase of goods, generated
electronic data that are easily duplicated, stored, retrieved, analyzed
and re-used. Advances in hardware, software, and communications
technologies additionally allow previously impossible or impractical
manipulation of information. The Bureau's purposes for conducting this
workshop are to gather information on consumers' and industry's
understanding of the privacy issues posed by the emerging online
marketplace, and also to gather information on online protections for
consumer privacy.
DATES: The workshop will be held on June 4, 1996 from 9:00 am to 5:00
pm (Room 432) and on June 5, 1996 from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm (Room 332),
at the Federal Trade Commission, Sixth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW, Washington, DC 20580. All interested parties are welcome to attend.
ADDRESSES: Requests to participate in the workshop should be mailed, on
or before May 24, 1996, to Martha Landesberg, Division of Credit
Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission,
Washington, DC 20580. Written comments should be directed to:
Secretary, Federal Trade Commission, Room H-159, Sixth Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20580. Comments should be
identified as ``Consumer Privacy--Comment.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Martha Landesberg, Division of Credit Practices, Bureau of Consumer
Protection, Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC 20850. Telephone:
(202) 326-2825; electronic mail address: mlandesberg@ftc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Workshop on Consumer Privacy on the Global Information
Infrastructure
Agenda
June 4, 1996
Session 1--The Use of Consumer Information
Issues
How is personal information currently used by online businesses?
What do consumers know about the use of consumer information in online
marketing and commercial transactions? What kinds of disclosure and
notice might be provided to consumers? What choices can or should
consumers have in exercising control over uses of personal information?
How can the security and accuracy of personal information used online
be assured? Are voluntary standards useful in this area?
Session 2--Electronic Regimes for Protecting Consumer Privacy Online
Issues
Can technological standards such as the Platform for Internet
Content Selection (PICS) system be used as models to facilitate
automatic disclosure of privacy policies and the availability of
consumer choice regarding the use of personal information?
Session 3--Consumer and Business Education in Online Privacy Issues
Issues
What are the various means of educating consumers and industry
about the use of personal information in online transactions?
Session 4--The Use of Medical and Financial Information Online
Issues
What kinds of heightened protections might be afforded medical and
financial information? What role, if any should such information play
in online transactions?
Session 5--The Impact of the European Commission's Council Directive on
the Protection of Personal Data
Issues
What does the Directive require of government and industry with
respect to the free flow of personal information? Can industry satisfy
the Directive's ``adequacy'' requirement through the use of interactive
privacy regimes?
June 5, 1996
Session 6--The Collection and Use of Information about Children
Issues
What information is currently collected about children online and
how is it being used? Is it appropriate to place limits on the online
collection and/or use of information from and about children? What
limits could be recommended? Who may consent and exercise choice in
this context?
By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-12017 Filed 5-13-96; 8:45 am]
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