Privacy Forum Adds Corporate Backers
The Future of Privacy Forum, one of the newest voices in the sometimes heated digital age privacy debate on Capitol Hill and within the high-tech and telecommunications industries, added a handful of new supporters Wednesday. The AT&T-funded venture is now also backed by AOL, eBay, Facebook, Intel, the Nielsen Company, Verizon and Yahoo. The companies will be working together on "an exciting research project," according to forum officials. Details about the upcoming project as well as an announcement about several additional supporters are coming soon, according to an e-mail and the forum's blog.
The initiative launched in November and is co-chaired by former AOL chief privacy officer Jules Polonetsky and attorney Christopher Wolf. It's intended to advance a national privacy agenda in the Obama administration that promotes transparency and user control that is practical for businesses and ensures personal autonomy for online users. While the think tank's advisory board contains leading experts from industry, academia, law and the advocacy community, some high-tech experts were skeptical of its direction given AT&T's prominent involvement.
Read CongressDaily's story about the launch of the forum here (subscription required).
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