The FTC will host three seminars starting in...
The FTC will host three seminars starting in February on the benefits and privacy concerns raised by three new information collection practices, said the agency in a Monday news release (http://1.usa.gov/1jc3kS5). The topics are mobile device tracking, alternative scoring products…
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and consumer-generated and controlled health data. The mobile device tracking seminar is scheduled for Feb. 19, and will explore the emerging practice of tracking customers’ movements in retail stores via their mobile devices (CD Dec 2 p1). “In most cases, this tracking is invisible to consumers and occurs with no consumer interaction,” the release said. The alternative scoring products seminar on March 19 will deal with the data broker practice of offering customer scores to companies to predict customer traits such as the likelihood a customer has committed identity fraud; the credit risk associated with a loan application; and how to most successfully collect a debt, said the release. “Consumers are largely unaware of these scores, and have little to no access to the underlying data that comprises the scores.” The seminar on consumer-generated and controlled health data doesn’t have a confirmed date. It will cover the privacy implications of websites and applications that collect and analyze health information from users. The public can submit comments on each of these topics until a month after the seminar (http://1.usa.gov/18b91eF). The commission said it will release staff reports after each seminar.