Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, CONSUMER PROTECTION NEWS: FTC to host data security conference in Seattle, (Nov 24, 2015)
Organizations Mentioned:University of Washington
By Michael Menzhuber, J.D., LL.M.
The FTC will its host third nationwide “Start with Security” event in Seattle on February 9, 2016. The one-day conference will bring together experts in data security to provide guidance to businesses. Opening remarks for the conference will be provided by FTC Commissioner Julie Brill.
Guidance for startups and early stage businesses, about how to make security considerations a part of a company’s culture from the start, will be the focus of the event. The business guidance lays out ten key steps to effective data security drawn from the alleged facts in the FTC’s data security cases and is designed to provide an easy way for companies to understand the lessons learned from those previous cases. Available as a guidebook and a series of videos, the guidance includes references to the cases, as well as plain-language explanations of the security principles at play.
In addition to holding conferences around the country, the FTC has created extensive new business education materials to help companies think about how to incorporate strong security practices.
The conference, which will take place at the University of Washington School of Law, is co-sponsored by the University of Washington Tech Policy Lab and the University of Washington School of Law’s Technology Law and Public Policy Clinic. A full agenda will be made available in the weeks leading up to the conference.
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