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Title:

Privacy and Free Speech: It's Good for Business

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Organizer:
Nicole Ozer, ACLU of Northern California
Description:
Expensive lawsuits, bad press, hauled to Washington for government investigations- not conducive to start-up success. Get the inside track from VCs, privacy officers, and lawyers at the ACLU about how to bake good privacy and free speech decisions into the business and product development process.
Questions
Answered:
  1. What does privacy and free speech have to do with the bottom line?
  2. What privacy and free speech issues inflame users and foment revolt?
  3. Why do VCs care about privacy and free speech safeguards?
  4. Can you give me real-life examples of what got other companies in hot water and how to avoid ending up like them?
  5. Do customers really care about privacy and free speech?
  6. How do I keep users informed of changes so that their surprise doesn't end up as a front page problem for me?
  7. How do I protect privacy and free speech and still make money?
  8. How can I keep the government and third parties from knocking at my door for user data?
  9. How can I stay out of policing what my users say or do?
  10. I can't afford lawsuits, bad press, or government fines- what are some concrete tips to help me stay out of trouble?
Level:
Beginner
Category:
Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Case Study, Design Thinking, Funding / VC, Social Issues
Type:
Panel
Event:
Interactive 2010
on 18/8/09
What just a few people are saying about the primer...

"Startups seeking a way to distinguish themselves in today’s tough climate would do well to follow the advice in this primer. The case studies show that ignoring privacy and free speech concerns can do serious damage to a company’s customer base, while implementing these tips can help build successful relationships. I consider this primer a must-read for all the companies in our portfolio."

Omar Mencin,
Managing Director,
San Jose Incubator Program

"This primer makes it clear why privacy is good for business and deftly shows the specific steps companies can take to develop strong data privacy practices. The ACLU of Northern California has created a great tool to help companies achieve effective privacy by design -- building privacy considerations into the product development life cycle early and often, so it’s not an afterthought."

Brian Knapp,
Chief Operating Officer,
Loopt, Inc.


"Privacy and Free Speech is both a compelling read and a treasure trove of best practices. Ripped-from-the-headlines stories provide practical advice to help companies bake privacy and free speech safeguards into the technical design process and build corporate understanding of why good privacy and free speech policies matter to the bottom line."

Deirdre Mulligan,
Assistant Professor,
School of Information,
UC Berkeley
on 18/8/09
Get a sneak peek at the primer at www.aclunc.org/primer.

on 18/8/09
Panelist Andrew Bridges

A&M Records v. Napster, Paramount Pictures v. ReplayTV, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios v. Grokster, Perfect 10 v. Google.

Heard of these? Andrew was involved in all of them.

A partner at Winston & Strawn in San Francisco, Andrew represents some of the best-known software, media, and Internet companies, as well as start-ups and fast-growing technology and consumer products companies.

Andrew will share some of what he's seen in the trenches (and allowed to talk about!)- companies that have taken the right steps to protect privacy and free speech and missteps that have landed others in hot water.

Andrew's full bio. http://www.winston.com/index.cfm?contentID=24&itemID=13402

on 28/8/09
The All-Star cast for this panel continues...

David Hornik, Partner August Capital, lecturer at Stanford Business School and Harvard Law School, author VentureBlog

David does it all- partner at August Capital with a focus on enterprise application and infrastructure software, as well as consumer facing software and services.

Called on by Stanford Business School to teach entrepreneurs about intellectual property and by Harvard Law School to teach lawyers about entrepreneurship and venture capital.

And author of the widely-read VentureBlog (a random walk down Sand Hill Road). http://www.ventureblog.com/

More info about David is here. http://www.augustcap.com/team/david_hornik/
on 28/8/09
And more...

Brian Knapp, COO, Loopt.

You won't want to miss learning from Brian's work at Loopt, and why it's been really good for business to develop effective and intuitive privacy controls into the core of this mobile social networking company.

Before landing at Loopt, Brian worked on complex tech transactions at the law firm of Wilson Sonsini in Silicon Valley and held senior positions in business development and marketing with Barnes & Noble.com, Dun & Bradstreet, and AllBusiness.com

More info about Brian and his work at Loopt here. http://www.loopt.com/about


on 3/11/09
Yeah this will be awesome.
on 13/11/09
So looking forward to this..
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