For those of you in the Bay Area, CDT and TRUSTe are cohosting a lunch discussion as part of their TechPolicy Series. Today’s discussion is “Social Networking – The Challenges of Privacy and Openness” and will focus on how the growth of sharing and connecting on the web is impacted by the need for privacy protections for users. Event details are below:

Wednesday, October 7th
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Google Campus, Kiev Training Room, Building 40
1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy
Mountainview, CA

Speakers:
-Chris Conley, Technology and Civil Liberties Fellow, ACLU Northern California
-David Glazer, Engineering Director, Google, and Board member, OpenSocial Foundation
-Hemanshu Nigam, Chief Security Officer, MySpace
-Tim Sparapani, Director, Public Policy, Facebook

Moderated by Fred Vogelstein of Wired Magazine

More information on the event is available here and the event will be live tweeted by @CDT_LIVE with the hashtag #netpolicy.

The event also has a dial-in number:
REMOTE CALL-IN INFORMATION:

US Dial in: 866.457.4646
Global Dial in: 617.224.4646
Participant Passcode: 51458039

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