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title: "The Great Privacy Debate - To Track or Not to Track?"
summary: |-
  ITIF Senior Analyst Daniel Castro will be discussing online behavioral targeting and its implications for consumer privacy.
date: "2011-03-14"
issues: ["Privacy"]
authors: ["Daniel Castro"]
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/events/2011/03/14/great-privacy-debate-track-or-not-track/"
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# The Great Privacy Debate - To Track or Not to Track?


Behavioral targeting is at the center of debate for consumer privacy. Does the industry require governmental regulation or can it be trusted to police itself? is it possible for regulations to keep pace with innovation? Are online tracking technologies too sophisticated for the average consumer, or should people take more responsibility for their actions online? At what point do today's digital marketing techniques cross the line from effective to creepy?

ITIF Senior Analyst Daniel Castro will be participating in [this event](http://www.brighttalk.com/community/national-security/webcast/24735).

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/events/2011/03/14/great-privacy-debate-track-or-not-track/*