December 2016

New Workshop on Technology and Consumer Protection

By: Joseph Calandrino | Dec 21, 2016 10:54AM

Earlier this year, I joined the FTC as the Research Director of our Office of Technology Research and Investigation. As a computer science PhD, the opportunity to conduct research relevant to consumer protection has been an immensely satisfying experience, so I wanted to share an opportunity for other computer scientists to do the same.

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Meet Organizations Supporting Privacy Research at the FTC

By: Lorrie Cranor | Dec 15, 2016 1:30PM

With the FTC’s 2017 PrivacyCon event on January 12 and various other privacy-related events in the area that week, Washington, DC will see an influx of Privacy Researchers in early January. Given this short-term wealth of privacy experts, we’re taking the opportunity to host a pre-PrivacyCon networking event on January 11, 2:30 to 4:30 pm.

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