What a great witness list for Thursday's Capitol Hill hearing on behavioral advertising. Google, after being excoriated by AT&T during the last two hearings, finally gets to express its views on privacy as it relates to tracking online behavior. Other network advertisers will have a chance to tell their side of the story too. The role of AT&T/Anti-Google will be played by Scott Cleland, a telco-friendly analyst.
The hearing will be webcast from the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet Web site.
Media Advisory
Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Hearing on “Behavioral Advertising: Industry Practices and Consumers’ Expectations”
WASHINGTON, DC —The Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection will hold a joint hearing titled, “Behavioral Advertising: Industry Practices and Consumers’ Expectations” on Thursday, June 18, 2009, in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will examine the potential privacy implications of behavioral advertising.
INVITED WITNESSES:
- Jeffrey Chester, Executive Director, Center for Digital Democracy
- Scott Cleland, President, Precursor LLC
- Charles D. Curran, Executive Director, Network Advertising Initiative
- Christopher M. Kelly, Chief Privacy Officer, Facebook
- Edward W. Felten, Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs, Princeton University
- Anne Toth, Vice President of Policy, Head of Privacy, Yahoo! Inc.
- Nicole Wong, Deputy General Counsel, Google Inc.
WHEN: 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 18
WHERE: 2123 Rayburn House Office Building
Cheers for the post! I'll try to watch the hearing. Will the stream be available at the Committee's hp?
Best!
Posted by: Austrotrabant | June 18, 2009 at 09:05 AM