Event Description
The FTC will host its seventh annual PrivacyCon on November 1, 2022. PrivacyCon 2022 will bring together a diverse group of stakeholders, including researchers, academics, industry representatives, consumer advocates, and government regulators, to discuss the latest research and trends related to consumer privacy and data security. The call for presentations seeks empirical research and demonstrations research related to:
- automated decision-making systems;
- commercial surveillance;
- and other consumer privacy and security concerns
Information on how to submit a presentation can be found in the call for presentations. The deadline for submissions was July 29, 2022.
The event is free and open to the public and will be webcast on the FTC’s website at www.ftc.gov.
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9:00 am
Welcome
Jamie Hine
Senior Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Division of Privacy and Identity ProtectionOpening Remarks
Lina Khan
Chair, Federal Trade CommissionStephanie Nguyen
Chief Technology Officer, Federal Trade Commission9:25 am
Panel 1: Consumer Surveillance
Piotr Sapiezynski, Northeastern University, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Measuring Biases in a Data Broker’s Coverage
Nazanin Andalibi, University of Michigan School of Information, Emotion AI and the Future of Work
Patrick Parham, University of Maryland, College of Information Studies, Toward Greater Consumer Surveillance in a Cookie-Less World
Dan Calacci, MIT Media Lab, Human Dynamics Group, Bargaining with the Black Box: Why Worker Data Regulation Isn’t About Privacy
Moderator: Amba Kak, Federal Trade Commission, Office of Policy Planning
10:55 am
Morning Break
11:05 am
Panel 2: Automated Decision-Making Systems
Arvind Narayanan, Princeton University
Michael Veale, University College London
Inioluwa Deborah Raji, University of California, Berkeley
Moderator: Dr. Sarah Myers West, Federal Trade Commission, Office of Policy Planning
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Panel 3: Children’s Privacy
Kaiwen Sun, University of Michigan School of Information: Child Safety in the Smart Home: Parents’ Perceptions, Needs, and Mitigation Strategies
Noura Alomar, University of California, Berkeley: Developers Say the Darnedest Things: Privacy Compliance Processes Followed by Developers of Child-Directed Apps
Moderator: Genevieve Bonan, Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection
1:40 pm
Panel 4: The Devices are Listening
Kassem Fawaz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Are You Really Muted?: A Privacy Analysis of Mute Buttons in Video Conferencing Apps
Jide Edu, King’s College London, Measuring Alexa Skill Privacy Practices Across Three Years
Umar Iqbal, University of Washington, Your Echos are Heard: Tracking, Profiling, and Ad Targeting in the Amazon Smart Speaker Ecosystem
Moderators: Bhavna Changrani, Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection; and Tia Hutchinson, Technologist, Federal Trade Commission, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection
2:35 pm
Afternoon Break
2:45 pm
Panel 5: Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality
Jingjie Li, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Kalεido: Real-Time Privacy Control for Eye-Tracking Systems
Rahmadi Trimananda and Athina Markopoulou, University of California, Irvine, OVRSEEN: Auditing Network Traffic and Privacy Policies in Oculus VR
Moderator: Erik Martin, Federal Trade Commission, Office of Policy Planning
3:25 pm
Panel 6: Interfaces and Dark Patterns
Hana Habib, Carnegie Mellon University, “Okay, whatever”: An Evaluation of Cookie Consent Interfaces
Johanna Gunawan, Northeastern University, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, A Comparative Study of Dark Patterns Across Mobile and Web Modalities
Moderators: Gorana Neskovic, Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection; and Min Hee Kim, Investigator, Federal Trade Commission, Division of Litigation Technology & Analysis
4:05 pm
Panel 7: AdTech
Alessandro Acquisti and Eduardo Schnadower, Carnegie Mellon University, Behavioral Advertising and Consumer Welfare: An Empirical Investigation
Eric Zeng, Carnegie Mellon University, What Factors Affect Targeting and Bids in Online Advertising? A Field Measurement Study
Cristobal Cheyre, Cornell University, Does Privacy Regulation Harm Content Providers? A Longitudinal Study of the Impact of GDPR
Moderators: Benjamin Smith, Economist, Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Economics, Division of Consumer Protection; and Mike Sherling, Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection
5:00 pm
Closing Remarks
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