Event Description
The FTC hosted its sixth annual PrivacyCon on July 27, 2021. PrivacyCon 2021 brought 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 sought empirical research and demonstrations on such issues as:
- The nature and evolution of privacy and security risks;
- privacy and security issues related to working from home;
- the costs and benefits of privacy and security;
- effectiveness of consumer privacy and security disclosures:
- algorithmic bias and ensuring fairness in algorithmic use; and
- privacy-enhancing technologies for consumers.
Information on how to submit a presentation can be found in the call for presentations. The deadline for submissions was April 9, 2021.
No pre-registration was required. The event was free and open to the public and webcast on the FTC’s website at www.ftc.gov.
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9:00 am
Introduction
Jamie Hine
Senior Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Division of Privacy & Identity Protection9:05 am Welcome to PrivacyCon
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter
Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Opening Remarks
Erie Meyer
Chief Technologist, Federal Trade Commission9:20 am
Panel 1: Algorithms
Basileal Imana, University of Southern California, Auditing for Discrimination in Algorithms Delivering Job Ads
Hongyan Chang, National University of Singapore, On the Privacy Risks of Algorithm Fairness
Martin Strobel, National University of Singapore, On the Privacy Risks of Model Explanations
Moderator: Devin Willis, Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Division of Privacy & Identity Protection
10:15 am
Algorithms Presentation
Ziad Obermeyer, University of California at Berkeley, Algorithmic Bias Playbook Presentation
Moderator: Lerone Banks, Technologist, Federal Trade Commission, Division of Privacy & Identity Protection
10:45 am
Morning Break
10:55 am
Panel 2: Privacy – Considerations and Understanding
Nico Ebert, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Bolder is Better: Raising User Awareness Through Salient and Concise Privacy Notices
Siddhant Arora, Carnegie Mellon University, Finding a Choice in a Haystack: Automatic Extraction of Opt-Out Statements from Privacy Policy Text
Cameron Kormylo, Virginia Tech, Reconsidering Privacy Choices: The Impact of Defaults, Reversibility, and Repetition
Peter Mayer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Now I’m a bit angry – Individuals’ Awareness, Perception, and Responses to Data Breaches that Affected Them
Moderator: Danielle Estrada, Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Division of Privacy & Identity Protection
12:15 pm Lunch
1:00 pm
Panel 3: AdTech
Imane Fouad, Inria (France), Missed by Filter Lists: Detecting Unknown Third-Party Trackers with Invisible Pixels
Janus Varmarken, University of California Irvine, The TV is Smart and Full of Trackers: Measuring Smart TV Advertising and Tracking
Miranda Wei, University of Washington, What Twitter Knows: Characterizing Ad Targeting Practices, User Perceptions, and Ad Explanations Through Users’ Own Twitter Data
Moderator: Miles Plant, Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Division of Privacy & Identity Protection
1:55 pm
Afternoon Break
2:05 pm
Panel 4: IoT
Anupam Das, North Carolina State University, Hey Alexa, is this Skill Safe: Taking a Closer Look at the Alexa Skill Ecosystem
Jeffrey Young, Clemson University, Measuring the Policy Compliance of Voice Assistant Applications
Pardis Emami-Naeni, University of Washington, Which Privacy and Security Attributes Most Impact Consumers’ Risk Perception and Willingness to Purchase IoT Devices?
Genevieve Liberte, Florida International University, Real-time Analysis of Privacy (un)Aware IoT Applications
Moderator: Linda Holleran Kopp, Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Division of Privacy & Identity Protection
3:25 pm
Afternoon Break 2
3:35 pm
Panel 5: Privacy – Children and Teens
Mohammad Mannan, Concordia University (Canada), Betrayed by the Guardian - Security and Privacy Risks of Parental Control Solutions and Parental Controls: Safer Internet Solutions or New Pitfalls?: IEEE Security & Privacy
Cameryn Gonnella, BBB National Programs, Risky Business - The Current State of Teen Privacy in the Android App Marketplace
Moderator: Manmeet Dhindsa, Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Division of Privacy & Identity Protection
4:15 pm
Panel 6: Privacy and the Pandemic
Marzieh Bitaab, Arizona State University, Scam Pandemic: How Attackers Exploit Public Fear through Phishing
Christine Geeng, University of Washington, Social Media COVID-19 Misinformation Interventions Viewed Positively, But Have Limited Impact
Moderator: Christina Yeung, Technologist, Federal Trade Commission, Office of Technology Research and Investigation
4:55 pm
Closing Remarks
Lerone Banks
Technologist, Federal Trade Commission, Division of Privacy & Identity ProtectionFileDownload the Agenda (156.06 KB)
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