One of the key issues facing all online providers is the extent to which the rights of users should be protected and enhanced. Can users themselves be empowered to take greater control of their information? Recent controversies over new policies and practices also show that policy agendas and market pressures may collide on issues around privacy,security, and end-user autonomy.

Innovation in this space is dramatic and the subject of a special Polis discussion with the leading internet and telecommunications companies to identify the key policy and technological challenges for the coming years.

Speakers:
Richard Allan, Director of European public policy, Facebook
Kasey Chappelle, Global Privacy Counsel, Vodafone
Alma Whitten, Privacy Engineering Lead, Google
Usama M. Fayyad, Open Insights

Chair:
Gus Hosein, Information Systems and Innovation Group, LSE

6.30pm, 25 Jan 2010
Sheikh Zayed Theatre
New Academic Building, Lincolns Inn Fields