The FTC will be hosting its fourth annual PrivacyCon on June 27, 2019. For PrivacyCon 2019, the FTC is seeking research presentations on a wide range of consumer privacy and security issues, with a particular focus on the economics driving those issues. The call for presentations sought empirical research responding to several questions, including:

• What new privacy and security issues arise from emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality?
• What are the greatest threats to consumer privacy today?
• How can one quantify the costs and benefits to consumers of keeping data about them private?
• What are the incentives for manufacturers and software developers to implement privacy and security by design in their goods or services and keep security up to date?
• Is there evidence that the market is able to provide efficient levels of privacy and data security?