Events of Interest: U.S. House Committees to Hold Hearing on Commercial Use of Individual Location Data (Feb. 24)
A joint hearing will be held by the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection and the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology. “The Collection and Use of Location Information for Commercial Purposes.” The hearing will be held on Feb. 24 at 10 a.m. ET. The witness list (which may change) is:
Lorrie Cranor
Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering & Public Policy
Carnegie Mellon University
Mike Altschul
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
CTIA – The Wireless Association
John B. Morris, Jr.
General Counsel
Center for Democracy and Technology
Anne Collier
Connect Safely
Jerry King
Chief Operating Officer
uLocate Communications, Inc.
Tony Bernard
VP/GM
Useful Networks
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 at 10 a.m.
Location: 2322 Rayburn House Office Building; Washington, D.C.
For more information: http://energycommerce.house.gov/