PrivacyCon 2020
PrivacyCon 2020
JUL 21, 2020
CONSTITUTION CENTER
400 7th St SW, Washington, DC 20024
The FTC will host its fifth annual PrivacyCon on July 21, 2020. For PrivacyCon 2020, the FTC is seeking research presentations on any topic related to consumer privacy and security. However, we will focus in particular on the privacy of health data collected, stored, and transmitted by mobile applications ("apps"). The call for presentations seeks empirical research responding to several questions, including:
- What are the risks to consumer data, particularly data held by health apps, and how does the risk vary by product and data type?
- Which products are transmitting user data to third parties, who are the recipients, what are the data, and what are the apparent purposes for these transmissions?
- Has empirical work assessed consumer perception of the privacy and security of products that handle sensitive information? What factors affect that perception (e.g., endorsement by a credible organization, popularity, representations in the privacy policy, claims in a user interface, paid versus non-paid version)? Are consumer perceptions of the privacy and security of products accurate? How do we know?
- What are the tradeoffs between product functionality (including the ability to combine data from various devices) and increased security or increased privacy protections?
- Are there unique attributes or characteristics of apps that collect, store, or transmit health data that merit special attention or focus?
Information on how to submit a presentation can be found in the call for presentations. The deadline for submissions is April 10, 2020.
PrivacyCon is free and open to the public, and will be held at the FTC's Constitution Center Office, located at 400 7th St., SW, Washington, DC. PrivacyCon will also be webcast live.
Further information regarding the venue, accomodations, and calls for presentations can be found on the website linked here.