Public Meeting To Explore Privacy Issues Related to Electronic Commerce

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

[Docket No. 980422102-8152-02]

Public Meeting To Explore Privacy Issues Related to Electronic

Commerce

AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This public meeting will provide an opportunity for members of

the academic community, industry, privacy advocates, public interest

groups, the public and government to explore issues surrounding

electronic commerce privacy. The meeting will provide a forum for

debate and dialogue.

DATES: The meetings will be held on June 23 and 24, 1998 from 9 a.m.

until 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting is scheduled to take place at the Department of

Commerce, main auditorium, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC. Attendees should use the Main Entrance on 14th Street.

To facilitate entry please (1) have a picture ID available and/or a

U.S. government building pass if applicable and (2) have your

registration form with you.

If the meeting location changes, another Federal Register notice

will be

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issued. Updates about the location of the meeting will also be

available on the NTIA website at www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/privacy, or

you may call Jane Coffin at 202-482-1866. The meeting will also be

broadcast over the Internet. The broadcast can be accessed via the NTIA

website.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jane Coffin, by phone (202) 482-1866, by facsimile (202) 482-1865, by

mail marked to her attention at NTIA/OIA, Room 4701, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, or by electronic mail

at [email protected].

MEDIA INQUIRIES: Please contact the Office of Public Affairs, at (202)

482-7002.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Department of Commerce announces a

two-day meeting on privacy and electronic commerce. The purpose of the

meeting is to promote dialogue and discussion regarding privacy issues

related to electronic commerce, to discuss whether, and to what extent,

self regulation can address privacy concerns, to discuss the elements

of effective self regulation, to consider privacy issues and concerns

specific to children, to review and discuss the advantages and

disadvantages regarding a proposed methodology for assessing compliance

in regard to self regulation, to examine successful strategies for

protecting privacy on the Internet and to survey current technologies

available to protect consumer privacy on the Internet.

Agenda

June 23

Overview of privacy issues

Issues of Children's Privacy

Results of Public Surveys on Privacy

Elements of Effective Self Regulation

June 24

Industry Reports on Self Regulatory Approaches

Children's Workshop

Technology Tools to Protect Privacy

Consumer Education/Consumer Assistance

This agenda is subject to change. For an updated, more detailed

agenda, please check the NTIA website at www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/

privacy/.

Public Participation: The meeting will be open to the public and

physically accessible to people with disabilities. Any member of the

public wishing to attend and requiring special services, such as sign

language interpretation or other ancillary aids, should contact Amy

Flatten at least five (5) working days prior to the meeting at (202)

482-1866.

Registration: Information about paper and electronic registration

for the summit will be available on the National Telecommunications and

Information Administration website, http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/

privacy/, or contact Jane Coffin, Telecommunications Policy Specialist,

the NTIA/OIA, U.S. Department of Commerce, Main Auditorium, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. Telephone: (202)

482-1866; Fax: (202) 482-1865; e-mail at [email protected].

Shirl Kinney,

Deputy Assistant Secretary and Administrator, National

Telecommunications and Information Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-16126 Filed 6-17-98; 8:45 am]

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