Matt's Request for Participation in FTC Online Profiling Conference

WHAT SESSION:

Session III: The Role of Self Regulation. This session will examine the potential of self-regulation as a means of addressing the privacy concerns raised by online profiling. This session will also examine ways in which profiling technology can be deployed to promote adherence to fair information practices. Current efforts to implement fair information practices in the profiling industry will be discussed.

WHO FTC IS LOOKING FOR

To the extent possible, staff of the Department of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission will select panelists to represent the following affected interests, as well as any other interests that staff may identify and deem appropriate for representation. …..For Session III: online profiling companies; Web site operators; online advertisers; Internet "portal" sites; industry groups; consumer and privacy advocacy groups.

How will you contribute to the balance of interests?

  • Industry expert and analyst
  • Seen implementations across multiple industries:
    • Health Care
    • Telecommunications
    • Online Retail
    • Retail
    • CPG
    • Entertainment
    • Finance
  • Apply past experience in Internet and Database Security
    • Frequent corporate advisor on Internet security issues

Do you have expertise or knowledge of the issues that are in focus?

  • CEO of key analyst firm
  • Spoken on many occasions about Internet security and privacy issues:
    • "Data Warehouse Security on the Internet", Internet Commerce Expo, Boston '99
    • The Ten Rules of Web Personalization, Appian Web Personalization Report, Summer '99
    • "Data Warehouse Security on the Internet", CMP WebBusiness Forum, Scottsdale '99
    • Planning Your Web-Based Data Warehouse, E-Business Advisor, June 1998
    • Internet Security for Data Warehouses, Journal of Data Warehousing, Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 1998
    • "Enterprise Web-Enabled Decision Support", DCI's Data Warehouse World, Orlando '97
    • "Internet Security for Data Warehouses", The Data Warehousing Institute, 1998 Leadership Conference
    • "Enterprise Web-Enabled Decision Support", DCI's Data Warehouse World, San Francisco '97 (Speaker's Award)

Does the party adequately reflect the views of the affected industry which it purports to represent, not simply a single entity or firm within that interest.

  • CEO of an independent company; not tied to any larger interest

The party has been designated by one or more interested parties as a party who shares group interests with the designators.

  • Over 1000 people in the Online Personalization industry read our analyst Report
  • Have advised and represented the interests of many security-seeking companies in the past