WHAT: Do Americans understand the purpose on internet privacy policies? Do they know how websites use information about them? Do they trust government to protect their personal information? The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania will release a provocative new report, Americans and Online Privacy: The System is Broken, that addresses these specific questions.

Following the presentation of the report’s findings, a distinguished panel will tackle a related topic: What Are the Best Roads to Enhanced Online Information Privacy for Americans?
WHEN: Wednesday, June 25, 2003, 9:30 – 11:30
WHO:

9:30 am Release of new APPC report on Internet Privacy
Joseph Turow, Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication

10:00 am Panel Discussion
John Kamp, Of Counsel, Wiley, Rein and Fielding, specializing in internet, privacy and marketing
Jed Kolko, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet and American Life Project
Marc Rotenberg, Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Peter P. Swire, Professor, Moritz College of Law of the Ohio State University, Consultant, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Joseph Turow, Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication
WHERE: National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, 13th Floor, Holeman Lounge

 

For more information or to RSVP for the conference, please contact Lorie Slass, lslass@appcpenn.org or 202-879-6701 ### The Annenberg Public Policy Center was established by publisher and philanthropist Walter Annenberg in 1994 to create a community of scholars within the University of Pennsylvania that would examine the role of communications in public policy issues at the local, state and federal levels. The Annenberg Public Policy Center supports research and sponsors lectures and conferences.