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May. 06, 2011
Are Your Gadgets Spying On You?
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| Your smart phone and your car's GPS may know where you are and where you've been--what happens to that data once it's collected? Ira Flatow and guests discuss consumer privacy and electronic devices. What data can companies legally collect and with whom can they share it? |
Produced by Annette Heist, Senior Producer
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Senator Al Franken
D, Minnesota
Chairman, Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law (of the Committee on the Judiciary) -
Justin Brookman
Director of Consumer Privacy
Center for Democracy and Technology
Washington, DC -
Larry Downes
Author, "The Laws of Disruption: Harnessing the New Forces that Govern Life and Business in the Digital Age" (Basic Books, 2009)
Blogger: Cnet, Forbes
Senior Fellow, TechFreedom
Berkeley, California -
Ed Felten
Chief Technologist, Federal Trade Commission
Director, Center for Information Technology Policy
Professor, Computer Science and Public Affairs
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
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