The Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection will hold a hearing entitled “Do-Not-Track Legislation:  Is Now the Right Time?” on Thursday, December 2, 2010, in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.  This hearing will examine the feasibility of establishing a mechanism that provides Internet users a simple and universal method to opt-out from having their online activity tracked by data-gathering firms.

INVITED WITNESSES:

• Daniel J. Weitzner, Associate Administrator for the Office of Policy Analysis and Development, Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Department of Commerce
• David Vladeck, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission
• Susan Grant, Director of Consumer Protection, Consumer Federation of America
• Joe Pasqua, Vice President of Research, Symantec Corporation
• Joan Gillman, Executive Vice President and President, Media Sales, Time Warner Cable
• Eben Moglen, Ph.D., Legal Advisor, Diaspora*, Professor of Law, Columbia University, Founding Director, Software Freedom Law Center
• Daniel Castro, Senior Analyst, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

WHEN: 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 2

WHERE: 2123 Rayburn House Office Building

Documents

• Briefing Memo