Program Description: Consumers have an incredible array of technologies and services available to them online. As these technologies have progressed, there are growing questions as to what policies are best suited to protect consumers and encourage industry innovation. Topics included the role of the state attorneys general in enforcing privacy laws and a discussion of the rapidly changing landscape of spam, spyware, data portability and industry data retention guidelines.
Agenda
Welcome & Basic Economics of Privacy
Panelists:
James C. Cooper, Director, Research and Policy, Law & Economics Center and Lecturer in Law, George Mason University School of Law
Andrew E. Stivers, Deputy Director for Consumer Protection, Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission
Moderator:
Mark W. Brennan, Partner, Hogan Lovells LLP
Economics of Data Breach Regulation
Panelists:
Sebastien R. Gay, Lecturer in the Department of Economics, The University of Chicago
Siona R. Listokin, Associate Professor, George Mason University School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs
J. Brian O’Roark, Professor of Economics, Robert Morris University
Moderator:
J. Howard Beales III, Professor of Strategic Management and Public Policy, The George Washington University School of Business
Luncheon Address
Speaker:
Benjamin Wittes, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies
Legal Frameworks for Data Privacy and Security
Panelists:
Richard R.W. Brooks, Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Erin A. O’Hara O’Connor, Milton R. Underwood Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School
Dima Y. Shamoun, Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Moderator:
Derek E. Bambauer, Professor of Law, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
Competition and Privacy
Panelists:
Michael E. Sykuta, Associate Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics
Darren S. Tucker, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Abraham L. Wickelgren, Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law
Moderator:
Bruce H. Kobayashi, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law and Director, Global Antitrust Institute
RESEARCH
Sykuta, Michael, “Big Data in Agriculture: Property Rights, Privacy, and Competition in Ag Data Services.” International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, Vol. 19, Issue A (2016)
Listokin, Siona, “Industry Self-Regulation of Consumer Data Privacy and Security”, 32 John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law 15 (2015)
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