<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div><div class="gmail_default">Starts at Noon. This issue - ISP's right to datamine their customers - showed up earlier in the year at a couple of congressional hearings in the form of a turf war between the FTC and the FCC. Telcos are citing some ancient right to collect calling data, while the FTC considers it a consumer issue. It was Harold Feld, who is on the panel today who somewhat <a style="font-size:small" href="https://www.publicknowledge.org/press-release/public-knowledge-urges-fcc-to-issue-nprm-to-protect-consumer-privacy">set the thing in motion</a>, while Richard Bennett, also speaking, considers the whole thing <a style="font-size:small" href="http://hightechforum.org/fact-checking-privacy-nprm/">a massive overreach</a> given that all the edge providers do it anyway. Today's keynote comes from Jon Lebowitz, who, according to <a style="font-size:small" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Leibowitz">Wikipedia</a>, is "founding Co-Chair of the "21st Century Privacy Coalition," a coalition of telecommunications companies and trade associations focused on relaxing federal privacy laws."</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><u></u><div><table style="width:100%;background-color:#dddddd" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%;padding:10px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table style="width:100%;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:left;max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/privacy"><img style="max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc;" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/a46798e2-7765-4040-bc0d-3728e18bd9a0_640x357.png" alt="livestream" border="0"></a>Today <strong>Tuesday September 27 2016</strong> <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.calinnovates.org/">CALinnovates</a></strong> presents <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-privacy-feat-jon-leibowitz-tickets-27780552380">Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Privacy Online Privacy and the Price of Innovation</a></strong> which will discuss the FCC's <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-16-39A1.pdf">proposed rule</a></strong> to restrict ISP's ability to datamine their customers' online activity. Keynote speaker is former FTC Chair <strong>Jon Leibowitz</strong>. He will be followed by a panel comprising <strong>Richard Bennett</strong>, Founder/Publisher, High Tech Forum; <strong>Harold Feld</strong>, Senior Vice President, Public Knowledge, & <strong>Tim Sparapani</strong>, Senior Policy Counsel, CALinnovates. Moderator is <strong>Fawn Johnson</strong>, Chief Policy Editor, Morning Consult. The event will be streamed live on the <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/privacy">Internet Society Livestream Channel</a></strong>.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>What: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-privacy-feat-jon-leibowitz-tickets-27780552380">Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Privacy Online Privacy and the Price of Innovation</a><br> Where: Russell Senate Office Bldg, Washington DC<br> When: Tuesday September 27 2016 Noon-1:30pm EDT (16:00-17:30 UTC)<br> Webcast: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/privacy">https://livestream.com/internetsociety/privacy</a><br> Twitter: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=CALinnovates">@CALinnovates</a></strong></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><strong>​​</strong></div><p> </p></div><p style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.4em;font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-size:14px;color:#666666;padding:1em 0px 0em;width:auto"> </p><table styl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