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December 2009
December 3 - 4, 2009: CFA Consumer Financial Services Conference - 'The Consumer In the Financial Services
Revolution'
Faced with significant challenges, federal and state policy
makers and regulators continue to address pressing banking, insurance, investment, and housing issues affecting
consumers. To keep consumer advocates and educators informed about these issues, the Consumer Federation of
America will present its twenty-first annual conference. The conference begins at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 3
and ends at 12:15 pm on Friday, December 4, 2009.
December 7, 2009: FTC Roundtable - Exploring Privacy
FTC Conference
Center
601 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
The Federal Trade Commission today released the agenda for its first privacy roundtable, scheduled for December 7,
2009, at the FTC Conference Center in Washington, DC. The Roundtable is the first of three public events designed to
explore the privacy challenges posed by technology and business practices that collect and use consumer data. The
agenda, launches the public dialogue by focusing on the risks and benefits of information-sharing practices, consumer
expectations regarding such practices, behavioral advertising, information brokers, and the adequacy of existing legal
and self-regulatory frameworks.
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