Privacy in Mobile and Location

Hi Everybody Our next meetup is scheduled for Wednesday, October 12th at 6:30pm at the AOL Ventures space at 770 Broadway (entrance on 9th street). The format this month is a little different as we'll be holding the event in collaboration with the NYC Mobile Forum Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/NYCMobile/events/21628881/) (so if you're a member of both groups no need to RSVP twice!).

This month we'll be covering a subject that's been a topic of discussion since our first meetup: privacy in mobile and location data. Our discussion will take on privacy from the perspective of startups and developers, as well as VCs, agencies, and legislators. We'll be featuring an in depth discussion with a panel of experts. There's going to be plenty of time for audience Q&A, but demos and member announcements are on hold until next month so that we can be sure to have enough time to the discussion. Our panelists this month will be:

Albert Wenger (http://continuations.com/) is a partner at Union Square Ventures (http://www.usv.com/), many of whose portfolio companies must deal with mobile privacy policy in their technology and business models. Albert combines over ten years of entrepreneurial experience with an in-depth background in technology. Morgan Reed (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/morgan-reed) is the Executive Director of Association for Competitive Technology (http://actonline.org/) in Washington DC and an expert on the intersection of technology and government. ACT is an international grassroots advocacy group representing thousands of app developers and information technology firms. Colin O'Malley leads the policy and strategy teams at Evidon (http://www.evidon.com/). Evidon was selected by the Digital Advertising Alliance to power its Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising. Evidon will soon be launching its mobile platform. Bob Walczak is a partner at Bump Equity. He was formerly CEO/Founder of Ringleader, a company that raised over $18million during it's 6+ year lifespan, Ringleader was targeted in a mobile privacy lawsuit that quickly shut down the company. The panel will be moderated by Marvin Ammori (http://ammori.org/) who is an expert in internet and cybersecurity law. He was the lead Free Press lawyer in the FCC vs. Comcast case. He's been a visiting scholar at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet & Society and serves as a legal fellow with the New America Foundation Open Technology Initiative.

Should be an awesome discussion. Look forward to seeing everyone on the 12th!

Michael