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We are pleased to announce the primary theme for Future in Review 2013, "Digitizing the Planet," and to make sure you have a chance to join us before the price goes up next week.

FiRe 2013 will include a series of focused views forward on the various global versions of the Earth Browser, from the Earth II SNS concept to Gaia to NASA's World Wind, with all of the applications now being created as data overlays in this unprecedented work of storing the world's knowledge visually. FiRe will also showcase the sensor systems now going into place around the planet, from ocean gliders to drones, from micro sensors to macro. Combining these digital planetary projects will be the peak achievement in realtime knowledge gathering, assessment, and display, and FiRe will be the first major showcase for these projects.

Of course, we'll continue to cover our traditional future threads in technology and economics, now clearly expressed as Focus Channels on the new website, www.futureinreview.com.

If you want to be part of the most exciting FiRe yet, and save yourself and your company $700, sign up now. The new, higher pricing goes into effect at midnight, October 31.

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Publisher's Note: Privacy regulations are about to become one of the great constraining forces on e-commerce, and one of the final legal bastions of personal protection for individuals, whether one lives in the E.U., the U.S., or elsewhere. It would seem that these two governments, however, are leading the charge in trying to cooperatively establish a set of global standards that are practical and effective.

Anyone doubting the immediacy, or relevance, of this discussion need only turn to the letter sent by regulators from 27 countries to Google regarding its tracking of personal data for users of its dominant product offerings, Gmail and YouTube. Countless other examples of major global corporations with questioned practices are easy to find, which is the reason we are focusing on this issue now.

David Vladeck, director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, was kind enough to join us at FiRe X, at the invitation of member Jonathan Ewert, to discuss the current status of these issues. As you'll see, he quickly lays out the primary unresolved issues, the international players, and the serious potholes remaining in both E.U. and U.S. proposals yet to be adopted.

All corporate leaders interested in the gathering, sale, and/or sharing of personal information would be well-served by reading David's comments below. The Net regulatory apparatus is rapidly changing, and he is perhaps the prime global mover on this critically important issue. - mra.

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