Privacy in the Information Age Part I: Internet Privacy
April 26, 2000

Information technology has introduced dramatic efficiency improvements in the financial services sector, making it easier and less costly to collect and process consumer financial information. The availability of reliable financial data on consumers has lowered mortgage rates and enabled banks to offer credit to more people than ever before.

At the same time, the ability to aggregate and distribute data cheaply has raised public concern about how personal financial data is utilized and shared.

As Congress considers the impact of financial services modernization, the challenge remains to find an appropriate balance between unfettered information flow and personal privacy protection.

Senator Jay Rockefeller and Senator Bill Frist lead a panel discussion with three experts on financial privacy.
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Featured Speakers:
Kevin Ryan, President of DoubleClick, Inc. -- the largest company in New York's Silicon Alley and a leading innovator in Internet advertising.
Fred Cate, Director of the Information Law and Commerce Institute at Indiana University -- he is one of the nation's foremost privacy experts and author of the book, Privacy in the Information Age.
Jason Catlett, CEO of Junkbusters.com -- a leading advocate of strong privacy protection, he is a computer scientist with expertise in data mining, privacy, and web-based marketing.
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