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U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) will hold a privacy roundtable in Nashville co-hosted by the Entrepreneur Center and the Nashville Technology Council at 1:30-3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10.

This will be the fourth privacy roundtable that Congressman Blackburn has held this year.

Participants at the Nashville roundtable will consider questions and policy issues related to the value of data, where government should or shouldn’t be involved in regulating online privacy, and alternatives to government regulation and federal legislation in this area.

The roundtable will be similar to ones she held earlier this year in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Santa Clara, CA.

Blackburn is a member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology and vice chair of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. She pledged to conduct a national series of tech industry roundtables in a speech to the Telecommunications Industry Association earlier this year.

Blackburn also recently wrote an op-ed titled “The FTC’s Internet Kill Switch” that addresses why any proposed privacy regulation must consider the costs of diminished competition and innovation.

"Everyone involved with technology in Tennessee, from small business owners to universities, has a big stake in the outcome of what happens in Washington on issues like privacy and data security," Blackburn said. "I'm looking forward to learning more from this diverse group of leaders whose businesses are dependent on the future prosperity of our data-driven economy."

Participants at the roundtable will include representatives from the following organizations: the Nashville Technology Council, the Entrepreneur Center, AT&T Services Inc., Baker Donelson, Lancope, Digital Reasoning, C3 Consulting, Emdeon, Moontoast, Belmont University and Vanderbilt University.