Today IEF Executive Director Tim Lordan addressed the Federal Trade Commission’s “Mobile Marketplace” hearing on Location-Based Services.The Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee has a long history of addressing the location based privacy and safety issues (See Wireless Task Force). Lordan applauded the Commission on it’s efforts to bring itself up to speed on the mobile and location issues. The Commission can serve an extremely important oversight role in an extremely rapidly evolving marketplace.

Also, Lordan announced the 2nd annual “Location Privacy and Safety Summit” in October 2008 in Washington, DC. The Summit will be hosted with George Washington University Law School and the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. The summit will bring together key industry players, academics, NGOs and government policymakers.