FTC Announces Second PrivacyCon; Publishes Call For Presentations

The Federal Trade Commission has announced the second edition of the research conference, PrivacyCon, will take place Jan. 12, 2017, and has published a call for presentations. The call for presentations asks a number of specific questions to stimulate further research. In addition to expanding upon the previous research presented, the FTC hopes to explore areas that it was not able to focus on at this year’s event, such as:

• the harms caused by privacy violations;
• attack vectors and trends by which attackers may compromise privacy;
• how often consumers are using ad blocker tools, and;
• the costs of malware to consumers and businesses.