This is part 2 of highlights from the FTC’s December 7th Privacy Roundtable. Part 1 covered the panel on "Exploring Existing Regulatory Frameworks." This post highlights comments from "Benefits and Risks of Collecting, Using, and Retaining Consumer Data." This session was moderated by Jeffrey Rosen of The George Washington University Law School and Chris Olsen, of the FTC's Division of Privacy and Identity Protection.

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The FTC’s December 7th Privacy Roundtable assembled a Who’s Who of privacy luminaries, academics, advocates, and industry players. This post highlights some of the more interesting comments from the meeting. I also tweeted the event (@aarontitus, #FTC #Privacy or #ftcpriv) and the FTC has posted the webcast if you missed it.  The next Roundtable is scheduled for January 28, 2010 in Berkeley, CA and will also be broadcast online.

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The European Union has been fairly aggressive and proactive in its approach to Privacy Law.  In 1995 the European Union (EU) passed a Data Protection Directive protecting personal information and harmonizing privacy laws among its member states.

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