The Near Future of US Privacy Law
The year 2019 may be a turning point for data privacy law. Privacy law in the United States is famously a hole-ridden patchwork of state laws, sectoral legislation, and consumer protection. Whether in response to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation or to California’s enactment of its Consumer Privacy Act, over this past year state and federal legislators have been proposing new data privacy laws at an energetic rate.
How will we govern the technology of the near future? Will the United States join the rest of the world in recognizing data privacy rights or will it take its own approach? Will these choices even matter in practice, given the long reach of both EU and California law?
This conference will bring together academics, practitioners, technologists, and regulators to discuss the near future of U.S. data privacy law. Specifically, we will explore municipal bans on surveillance technology, new state privacy laws, the future role of the Federal Trade Commission, and proposed federal legislation.
SESSIONS
09/06/19 8:30am - 9:00am
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
09/06/19 9:00am - 9:15am
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
- Margot Kaminski
Associate Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School; Privacy Initiative Director, Silicon Flatirons
09/06/19 9:15am - 10:30am
THE FUTURE OF FEDERAL PRIVACY LAW
- Ryan Calo — Panelist
Associate Professor of Law, Lane Powell & D. Wayne Gittinger Endowed Professor, University of Washington School of Law - D. Reed Freeman — Panelist
Partner; Co-Chair, Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice; Co-Chair, Big Data Practice, Wilmer Hale LLP - Justin (Gus) Hurwitz — Panelist
Associate Professor of Law, Co-director of Space, Cyber, and Telecom Law Program, University of Nebraska College of Law - Meg Leta Jones — Panelist
Associate Professor, Communication, Culture & Technology, Georgetown University - Michelle Richardson — Panelist
Director, Privacy & Data Project, Center for Democracy & Technology
09/06/19 10:30am - 10:45am
BREAK
09/06/19 10:45am - 12:00pm
STATE AND LOCAL PRIVACY - BANS AND REGULATION
- Daniel Castro — Panelist
Vice President, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF), & Director, ITIF Center for Data Innovation - Rebecca Crootof — Panelist
Assistant Professor of Law, Richmond Law - Daniel Pietragallo — Panelist
Senior Assistant Attorney General, Colorado Attorney General's Office - Ashkan Soltani — Panelist
Independent Researcher & Technologist, Former Senior Advisor to the U.S. Chief Technology Officer, Office of Science and Technology Policy, White House & Former Chief Technologist for the Federal Trade Commission - Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna — Panelist
Senior Policy Counsel, Future of Privacy Forum
09/06/19 12:00pm - 12:30pm
KEYNOTE
- Rebecca Kelly Slaughter — Keynote
Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
09/06/19 12:30pm - 1:30pm