The Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet will hold a hearing titled, "Communications Networks and Consumer Privacy:  Recent Developments" on Thursday, April 23, 2009, in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building.  The hearing will focus on technologies that network operators utilize to monitor consumer usage and how those technologies intersect with consumer privacy.  The hearing will explore three ways to monitor consumer usage on broadband and wireless networks:  deep packet inspection (DPI); new uses for digital set-top boxes; and wireless Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking.

A summary of this hearing is available.

INVITED WITNESSES:

•             Ben Scott, Policy Director, Free Press
•             Leslie Harris, President and CEO, Center for Democracy and Technology
•             Kyle McSlarrow, President and CEO, National Cable and Telecommunications Association
•             Dorothy Attwood, Chief Privacy Officer and Senior Vice President, Public Policy, AT&T Services, Inc.
•             Brian R. Knapp, Chief Operating Officer, Loopt, Inc.
•             Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director, The Electronic Privacy Information Center
•             Richard Bennett, Publisher, BroadbandPolitics.com

WHEN:          10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 23

WHERE:        2322 Rayburn House Office Building