[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 154 (Friday, August 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48655-48656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19304]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration


Multistakeholder Meeting To Develop Consumer Data Privacy Code of 
Conduct Concerning Mobile Application Transparency

AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA) will convene a meeting to discuss ``lessons learned'' from 
NTIA's first privacy multistakeholder process. This Notice announces 
that the meeting will be held on August 29, 2013.

DATES: The meeting will be held on August 29, 2013, from 2:30 p.m. to 
4:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. See Supplementary Information for 
details.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Boardroom at the American 
Institute of Architects, 1735 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Verdi, National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Room 4725, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone (202)

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482-8238; email [email protected]. Please direct media inquiries to 
NTIA's Office of Public Affairs, (202) 482-7002.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: On February 23, 2012, the White 
House released Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World: A Framework 
for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the Global Digital 
Economy (the ``Privacy Blueprint'').\1\ The Privacy Blueprint 
establishes a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights and directs NTIA to 
convene multistakeholder processes to develop legally enforceable codes 
of conduct that specify how the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights applies 
in specific business contexts.\2\ On July 12, 2012, NTIA convened the 
first meeting of the privacy multistakeholder process; the first 
process focused on developing a code of conduct to provide transparency 
in how companies providing applications and interactive services for 
mobile devices handle personal data.\3\ On July 25, 2013, the 
stakeholder group agreed to stop drafting and begin reviewing, testing, 
and implementing the code of conduct. More information about the 
stakeholders' work is available at: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/other-publication/2012/privacy-multistakeholder-process-mobile-application-transparency.
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    \1\ The Privacy Blueprint is available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/privacy-final.pdf.
    \2\ Id.
    \3\ NTIA, First Privacy Multistakeholder Meeting: July 12, 2012, 
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/other-publication/2012/first-privacy-multistakeholder-meeting-july-12-2012.
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    Matters To Be Considered: The August 29, 2013 meeting will provide 
a forum for stakeholders to discuss lessons learned from the first NTIA 
privacy multistakeholder process. The meeting is not intended to focus 
on the substance of stakeholder work regarding mobile application 
transparency. Instead, the meeting will be a venue to discuss what 
worked well and what can be improved in the NTIA privacy 
multistakeholder process. NTIA expects that the group will discuss a 
number of logistical and procedural issues, including but not limited 
to: how future processes might be structured to reach consensus most 
efficiently; how future processes might make stakeholder participation 
easier and more effective; and how future processes might start with 
one or more sessions that provide factual background on a given topic.
    Time and Date: NTIA will convene a meeting of the privacy 
multistakeholder process on August 29, 2013, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 
p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. The meeting time is subject to change. 
Please refer to NTIA's Web site, http://www.ntia.doc.gov/other-publication/2012/privacy-multistakeholder-process-mobile-application-transparency, for the most current information.
    Place: The meeting will be held in the Boardroom at the American 
Institute of Architects, 1735 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20006. The location of the meeting is subject to change. Please refer 
to NTIA's Web site, http://www.ntia.doc.gov/other-publication/2012/privacy-multistakeholder-process-mobile-application-transparency, for 
the most current information.
    Other Information: The meeting is open to the public and the press. 
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to John Verdi at (202) 482-8238 or 
[email protected] at least seven (7) business days prior to the 
meeting. The meeting will also be webcast. Requests for real-time 
captioning of the webcast or other auxiliary aids should be directed to 
John Verdi at (202) 482-8238 or [email protected] at least seven (7) 
business days prior to the meeting. There will be an opportunity for 
stakeholders viewing the webcast to participate remotely in the meeting 
through a moderated conference bridge. Access details for the meeting 
are subject to change. Please refer to NTIA's Web site, http://www.ntia.doc.gov/other-publication/2012/privacy-multistakeholder-process-mobile-application-transparency, for the most current 
information.

    Dated: August 6, 2013.
Kathy Smith,
Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-19304 Filed 8-8-13; 8:45 am]
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