Protecting Personal Information: Best Practices for Business: Does your organization collect and keep sensitive information? Do you advise businesses that do?
Previous Workshops
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Dallas, TX — 11/13/08
Los Angeles, CA — 08/13/08
Chicago, IL — 04/15/08
Information Security Video Tutorial

 

 

Dallas, TX — November 13, 2008, 9:30am - 1:00pm
Karcher Auditorium, Storey Hall
Southern Methodist University
3315 Daniel Avenue
Dallas, TX 75205

The Federal Trade Commission and the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law will co-host a half-day public workshop on how businesses can secure personal information and protect the privacy of consumers and employees. The workshop is presented in partnership with the International Association of Privacy Professionals. It will feature business people, attorneys, government officials, privacy officers, and other experts who will provide practical guidance for businesses of all sizes on data security, privacy, developing an appropriate data security program, and responding to data breaches and other privacy and security problems.

  • Agenda [PDF]
  • Flier [PDF]
  • Press Release
  • Venue:
    • Map of the campus [PDF] (Karcher Auditorium, Storey Hall is building # 4 on the PDF visitor map.)
    • Parking is available at the Airline Parking Garage, 6506 Airline Road (building #43 on the PDF visitor map).
    • After the workshop, attendees may buy lunch and network with the panelists and other participants in the cafeteria of Carr Collins Hall, 330 University Boulevard (building #6 on the PDF visitor map).

Questions about the workshop? Email InfoSecurity@ftc.gov.

REGISTRATION

The workshop is free and open to the public.

Onsite registration begins at 9:00 a.m.

To pre-register, email your name and affiliation to InfoSecurity@ftc.gov. The FTC will use pre-registration information to estimate how many people will attend and better understand the likely audience for the workshop.


FTC PRIVACY POLICY

When you pre-register, the FTC collects your name and affiliation. We will use this information for administrative purposes related to the workshop and will dispose of it following the workshop. Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) or other laws, we may be required to disclose the information you provide to outside organizations. For additional information, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see the FTC Privacy Policy. The FTC Act and other laws the FTC enforces allow the collection of your pre-registration contact information for the purposes described above.

For additional information, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see the Commission’s comprehensive Privacy Policy.


GUIDANCE FOR YOUR BUSINESS

As part of its business education program, the FTC has information to help businesses forge their own data security plans, including:

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Los Angeles, CA — August 13, 2008
Ronald Reagan State Building
300 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013

The Federal Trade Commission and California Office of Privacy Protection (COPP) will co-host a half-day public workshop on how businesses can secure the personal information of consumers and employees. The workshop is presented in partnership with the International Association of Privacy Professionals and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. It will feature business people, attorneys, government officials, privacy officers, and other experts discussing data security in general, privacy, best practices for developing an appropriate data security program, and how businesses can respond to privacy and security problems, including data breaches.

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Chicago, IL — April 15, 2008
Thorne Auditorium
Northwestern University School of Law
Chicago, IL

The Federal Trade Commission, the International Association of Privacy Professionals, and the Northwestern University School of Law co-hosted a one-day public workshop on how businesses can secure the personal information of consumers and employees. The workshop featured business people, attorneys, government officials, privacy officers, and other experts discussing data security in general, best practices for developing an appropriate data security program, and how businesses can respond to security problems, including data breaches.

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