Business/Technology Editors
REMINDER ... MAY 17TH (WED)
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2000
Leading privacy advocate Jason Catlett will speak at several
events in New York in the next month concerning privacy, marketing,
online advertising and ecommerce.
investment banking firm Stephens Inc., Catlett will moderate a
panel on privacy at 12 noon at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
Panelists include senior representatives from 24/7 Media Inc.
(TFSM), dash.com, Doubleclick Inc. (DCLK), Engage (ENGA),
Experian (GUNVF), Matchlogic (ATHM) and Privaseek. See:
http://www.stephens.com/research/conf_form5.asp Topics include
the privacy issues of online ad targeting.
-- On Wednesday May 10 at eFinancialWorld, Catlett will appear on
a panel on financial privacy at 10:30am at the New York Hilton
& Towers. See http://www.efinancialworld.com/ Topics include
the privacy regulations of the Financial Services
Modernization Act.
-- On Friday June 9 at Iconocast's WebAttack, Catlett will appear
on a panel on email marketing at 9:30am at Roselands. See:
http://www.iconocast.com/webattack Topics include best
practices for email marketers, and the status of an anti-junk
email bill before congress, HR 3113.
-- On Monday May 15 at 11am EST, Catlett will participate in a
conference call with privacy and consumer advocates to discuss
a report on privacy to be released that day. The report is
being written by an advisory committee appointed by the
Federal Trade Commission to examine the issues of on online
security and consumer's access to data about them. Details at
http://www.ftc.gov/acoas/ and http://junkbusters.com/news/ To
participate, call 918-222-7123, wait for tone, enter code 2350
followed by the pound sign.
About Catlett
Catlett is President and founder of Junkbusters Corp. Described by the Associated Press as a nationally known privacy advocate, Catlett is frequently quoted in the media as a critic of intrusive marketing practices. A computer scientist with a Ph.D. in data mining, Catlett is arguably the nation's leading expert on the interplay between technology, marketing and privacy.
About Junkbusters
Junkbusters Corp. is a privacy advocacy firm, based in Green Brook, NJ. Junkbusters's web site (http://www.junkbusters.com) is a leading consumer resource on the control of telemarketing calls, unwanted mail, email (spam), and commercial invasions of privacy. The company also publishes a popular free software product called the Internet Junkbuster Proxy (TM) that improves privacy during Web surfing, by managing cookies and removing banner ads.