MedTrakker health and wellness personal medical organizers empower patients to become partners with their physicians to receive the best quality healthcare by providing an easy to use paper system to document, manage and share their up-to-date medical history with their entire healthcare team.

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Author Amber Bowden created the concept of MedTrakker as a result of her mother being diagnosed with leukemia in 2007. When faced with a chronic health condition, personal medical records need to be as accurate as possible.

One of the most interesting improvements in major medical care today is the development of personal medical record management that puts patients back in control over their medical history data, resulting in better quality healthcare.

“While trying to help with the care and treatment of my mother, there were numerous health care providers involved. I ended up having to compile records from each and every one, it was overwhelming,” said Author Amber Bowden. What one doctor’s office has in their chart doesn’t always match the information in another doctor’s office. Life saving information can be lost in the process of trying to make sure all doctors have the same records. Amber Bowden consulted with physicians, nurse practitioners, patients and care-givers to create a simple system that maps out a patients complete medical history information.

The benefits of using a MedTrakker to organize personal medical records, provides health professionals a complete understanding of a patients health condition, reduce the stress of filling out hospital and medical forms, avoiding unnecessary treatments, duplicate tests and lab work and prescription drug interactions, saving time, etc… the list goes on and on.

With this personal medical record system, patients are able to track and record family histories, previous surgeries, medications, appointments, personal information, emergency contacts and insurance information. The MedTrakker family offers a variety of personal medical record organizers such as; Diabetes Trakker, Cardio Trakker and Cancer Trakker. The medical organizers not only offer an extensive record-keeping system, but also provides information about diseases, risk factors, and ways to manage the patients’ health condition. Complete personal medical records can only result in more effective and better medical care.

“I wanted to create a way for patients to take charge of their personal health care records,” said Amber Bowden. Face it, until all electronic records are made available for access between all healthcare providers, some doctors may only get half the information they need to provide the patient with the best possible care. With these organizers by MedTrakker a patient can have all their information at their fingertips. They can put an end to the guesswork, uncertainty, worry and anguish.

The medical organizers are available exclusively online at: http://www.medtrakker.com/

For Media: Author Amber Bowden is available for speaking events, book signings and expert quotes.

Author Amber Bowden can be reached on Linkedin (http://www.linkedin.com/in/medtrakker) to answer further questions regarding the whole family of MedTrakkers Personal Medical Organizers.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Most professional women complain of having a closet full of clothes and nothing to wear. After spending $107 billion in 2010 on women's apparel (according to the NPD Group, Inc.), one would think working women would be turned out more fashionably than ever.

"Not even close," according to personal brand expert, speaker and chief stylist at Neels & Company Gretchen Neels. "Many, many executive women struggle to find clothing that fits their bodies, fits their budgets and is work-appropriate."

Whether one works in a corporate or business casual setting, Neels comes to the rescue with advice, tips and strategies in her illustrated e-book series, I Hate to Shop! But Still Want to Look Great. 

"If we agree that we each have a personal brand, then what we wear is our packaging and how we communicate with others is our marketing plan," says Neels. "Like it or not, we are all judged by the clothing we wear. As humans, we are programmed to assess others in an instant. It may once have been to determine friend or foe, but now it's whether someone is capable and qualified."

A former recruiter, Neels has been in the professional development arena since 1998. "I am passionate about helping professionals manage the image they present to the world. Many women undermine their careers by dressing like college girls or party girls. They relinquish their authority and power by not understanding the impact clothing has on first impressions and subsequent meetings. Unlike their male counterparts who don't question what's expected in terms of dress," explained Neels, "many women lose sight of the advantages dressing well provides." 

After delivering dozens of her Style Workshops to corporate and professional services clients, she realized that many attendees dressed poorly because they simply hated to shop. Neels, a former Nordstrom personal stylist, decided to share her tried-and-true strategies, such as:

Never shop aimlessly. Know what you're looking for. Never shop for more than three hours at a time. Never shop in more than three stores during a shopping trip. Always bring water and a snack or two. Cultivate relationships with the best sales associates. Fit is key, second only to quality. Dress for the body you have today. 

In addition to shopping strategies, Neels takes readers step-by-step to determine their body type (hourglass, rectangle, triangle or inverted triangle) and then provides the best styles for each silhouette.

Once the body type is established, selecting core neutrals based on hair color, eye color and skin tone is next. "The trick is determining if one's coloring is cool or warm. Cool neutrals include navy, gray and black. Warm neutrals include olive, brown and camel. Building a wardrobe around two core neutrals removes a lot of guesswork, making it infinitely easier to get dressed in the morning because all the pieces will work together."

The series is divided into the following four volumes:

I Hate to Shop Volume I: Corporate Environment Basics

This first volume covers the basics of dressing appropriately for women working in more conservative corporate environments, such as banking, lobbying firms, trade associations, consulting firms, law firms and legal departments at major companies.

I Hate to Shop Volume II: Corporate Environment Advanced

Going beyond the basics, this second volume focuses on how to add style and sophistication to your wardrobe. You'll discover the small details that make a big difference when it comes to dressing the part, conveying trust, authority and confidence.

I Hate to Shop Volume III: Business Casual Environment

If you or members of your team struggle with the very vague and imprecise term "business casual," this guide will be tremendously valuable.

I Hate to Shop Volume IV: Accessories

In this guide, we'll show you how easy it is to develop a signature style by adding the perfect embellishment to your outfits, making you stand out from the crowd.

The e-books are $12 each and are available at http://www.NeelsCompany.com/store.   

About Gretchen Neels:

As a sought-after speaker, author, workshop facilitator and coach, Gretchen helps professional women manage the image they project to the business world by way of verbal and non-verbal communication, wardrobe selection and etiquette training.
Web: http://www.NeelsCompany.com. 

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LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire -02/27/12)- MMRGlobal, Inc. (OTC.BB: MMRF.OB - News) ("MMR"), a leading provider of Personal Health Records (PHRs) and electronic document management and imaging systems for healthcare professionals, today announced that as a result of overwhelming reaction to the Company's prepaid PHR card by retailers, hospitals administrators, physicians, home care agencies, assisted living facilities, home health suppliers, supermarkets and Chief Technology Officers of EMR providers, MMR plans on manufacturing and distributing more than 500,000 cards in 2012 at a suggested retail price of $99.95 for the first year.

MMR also successfully launched four new products and services at the HIMSS Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas last week. These include presentations of certified EMR systems developed by UST Global and demonstrations of new software developed with Interbit Data that will allow hospitals and other clinical facilities to use a Meaningful Use certified solution with MEDITECH's Electronic Medical Record to instantly make health information available to patients securely over the Internet using the MMRPatientView portal. The Company also showcased its patented signature MyMedicalRecords Prepaid Personal Health Record card on its new apps for handheld devices and tablets. To protect its intellectual property values, MMR filed patents covering the prepaid card application, the handheld app and the Interbit Data MEDITECH application as part of the Company's health IT patent portfolio well in advance of introducing them at the show.

According to Robert H. Lorsch, Chairman and CEO of MMRGlobal, "The MyMedicalRecords prepaid PHR card helps consumers easily understand what a Personal Health Record is as a service that has value for the entire family. Prior to introducing the PHR card, consumers did not have a familiar basis for understanding the importance of having a Personal Health Record and how it can help reduce medical costs and save lives. As a result of our launch to retail, which started at the Consumer Electronics Show in January and continued to healthcare professionals at the HIMSS conference last week, the Company believes it will sign contracts for more than 500,000 cards to be delivered this year, and that is just the beginning. MMR plans on distributing its branded, personalized prepaid PHR cards everywhere that healthcare products and services are sold including pharmacies, hospital gift shops, health supply stores and mass merchandisers throughout the U.S."

MMR's booth at HIMSS last week shared by UST Global was constantly busy as visitors lined up to take thousands of samples of the Prepaid Personal Health Record card which were available for trial. Based on reaction at the booth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCsUAi1ciWQ), the Company believes these cards should help ensure MMR's future as the largest pure play Personal Health Record product in the world. The Company also made presentations to more than one hundred EMR vendors and hospitals demonstrating the Company's new app for Android phones, while participating in hands-on demonstrations of the MMRPro document management and imaging systems and the MyMedicalRecords PHR.

Also in the United States for meetings at HIMSS in MMR's booth were its international strategic partners from Australia, Jacques Blandin, Chairman and Founder of VisiInc, PLC, and from China, Luo Jianhui, Vice President and Chairman of Unisoft Group, Unis-Tonghe Technology (Zhengzhou) Co., Ltd. Alcatel-Lucent, a majority owner of Shanghai Bell, is also supporting MMR with the Company's Unis-Tonghe relationship in China.

About MMRGlobal, Inc.

MMRGlobal, Inc., through its wholly-owned operating subsidiary, MyMedicalRecords, Inc. ("MMR"), provides secure and easy-to-use online Personal Health Records ("PHRs") and electronic safe deposit box storage solutions, serving consumers, healthcare professionals, employers, insurance companies, financial institutions, and professional organizations and affinity groups. The MyMedicalRecords PHR enables individuals and families to access their medical records and other important documents, such as birth certificates, passports, insurance policies and wills, anytime from anywhere using the Internet. MyMedicalRecords is built on proprietary, patented technologies to allow documents, images and voicemail messages to be transmitted and stored in the system using a variety of methods, including fax, phone, or file upload without relying on any specific electronic medical record platform to populate a user's account. The Company's professional offering, MMRPro, is designed to give physicians' offices an easy and cost-effective solution to digitizing paper-based medical records and sharing them with patients in real time through an integrated patient portal. MMR is an Independent Software Vendor Partner with Kodak to deliver an integrated turnkey EMR solution for healthcare professionals. Through its merger with Favrille, Inc. in January 2009, the Company acquired intellectual property biotech assets that include anti-CD20 antibodies and data and samples from its FavId®/Specifid™ vaccine clinical trials for the treatment of B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. To learn more about MMRGlobal, Inc. and its products, visit http://www.mmrglobal.com.

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Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical in nature, whether or not such statement relates directly to the Company's future performance, management's expectations, beliefs, intentions, estimates or projections, constitute "forward-looking statements." Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company's actual results to be materially different from historical results or from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some can be identified by the use of words (and their derivations) such as "need," "possibility," "offer," "development," "if," "negotiate," "when," "begun," "believe," "achieve," "will," "estimate," "expect," "maintain," "plan," and "continue," or the negative of these words. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the risk the Company's products are not adopted or viewed favorably by the healthcare community and consumer retail market; rollout, distribution and sales of the prepaid personal health record cards; business prospects, results of operations or financial condition; risks related to the current uncertainty and instability in financial and lending markets, including global economic uncertainties; timing and volume of sales and installations; length of sales cycles and the installation process; market acceptance of new product introductions; ability to establish and maintain strategic relationships; relationships with licensees; competitive product offerings and promotions; changes in government laws and regulations and future changes in tax legislation and initiatives in the healthcare industry; undetected errors in our products; possibility of interruption at our data centers; risks related to third party vendors; risks related to obtaining and integrating third-party licensed technology; risks related to a security breach by third parties; risks associated with recruitment and retention of key personnel; maintaining, developing and defending our intellectual property rights; marketing and exploitation of our patent portfolio; uncertainties associated with doing business internationally across borders and territories; and additional risks discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company is providing this information as of the date of this release and, except as required by law, does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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TRONDHEIM, Norway & BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

FXI Technologies™, innovator of the world’s first any screen computer, and Polkast, a personal cloud service that securely connects a user’s computers and mobile devices directly, today announced a technology partnership that will allow people to access all their personal content from any device on any screen.

“Cotton Candy has extended your favorite OS to any screen. Polkast allows all your content to go anywhere with you,” said Borgar Ljosland, founder and CEO of FXI. “The marriage of the two technologies truly re-defines the meaning of seamless mobility.”

This week at the Mobile World Congress, Polkast and FXI jointly demonstrated the product’s ability to pick and choose photos, videos and other content remotely from a multitude of remote devices on an HDTV using Cotton Candy as the connected computing platform and a smartphone as the input device. For instance, when visiting family and friends, consumers can plug the USB-stick sized Cotton Candy into their TV and instantly access their complete suite of cloud and hardware devices, easily sharing their complete library of music, photos and videos.

“Get whatever content you want, wherever there is a screen,” said Hong Bui, CEO and founder of Polkast. “FXI and Polkast will together make the computing experience truly personal, portable and accessible. The holy grail of mobility.”

Demonstrated first in November 2011, Cotton Candy is a complete computer platform that will allow users a single, secure point of access to all personal cloud services and apps through their favorite operating system, while delivering a consistent experience on any screen through its USB and HDMI connections. The device can serve as a portable, secure thin client on PCs, Macs and notebooks as well as a set top box, gaming system, cloud computer and more.

Polkast provides users with the easiest, most cost effective solution for digital content access and management across a spectrum of mobile, computing and storage devices. Because it uses the network and storage a consumer already owns (the personal cloud), there is no need to sync and access content from a single cloud source.

Cotton Candy development units are available now for pre-order at http://www.cstick.com. Further details about the technology partnership and consumer availability will be released later this year.

About Polkast

Based in Capo Beach, California, Polkast is a privately-held software company founded in 2010 that has since gained traction with some of the world’s leading device manufacturers. Polkast software lets you seamlessly connect the dots in your digital life, quickly, securely and without limits. For more information about Polkast, please visit http://www.polkast.com.

About Cotton Candy

Cotton Candy is the world’s only any screen computer equipped with an ARM® Cortex™-A9 (1GHz) CPU from Samsung, an ARM Mali™-400 MP (Quad-core, 1.2GHz) GPU, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, HDMI output and the Android operating system. It decodes MPEG-4, H.264 and other video formats and display HD graphics on any HDMI equipped screen. Content can be controlled via smartphones, keyboards, mice and other USB peripherals.

About FXI

FXI Technologies (www.fxitech.com) is a Norway-based hardware and software startup dedicated to making the world of digital screens smart and personal.

FXI Technologies and Cotton Candy are trademarks or registered trademarks of FXI Technologies. All other trademarks or trade names are the property of their respective owners.

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The National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association (NESTA) expanded its training options to include more local personal training sessions. The personal training workshops are offered by Training Made Fun.

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (PRWEB) February 27, 2012

Already recognized for its global online personal training programs and certification, the National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association (NESTA) recently expanded its local, in-personal training sessions from coast to coast. As a supplement to its online programs, the personal training workshops, provided by Training Made Fun, are now available in Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Utah and Washington.

The two-day [personal training workshops offer the NESTA Personal Fitness Training certification, which is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) and is valid for four years, unlike most two-year certifications. Continuing education credits are also awarded for current personal trainers looking to expand their knowledge base.

“To complement your online training or to take your personal training career to the next level, these live, local workshops can help you with everything from exercise progression to developing a successful personal training business,” said John Spencer Ellis, founder of NESTA and John Spencer Ellis Enterprises, a leading national fitness and personal development solutions company. “We are pleased to expand options for high-caliber, in-person training to so many new states and locations and look forward to working with even more outstanding personal fitness trainers this year.”

The personal training program includes education on anatomy, exercise physiology, kinesiology, biomechanics, program design, hands-on instruction, progressing and regressing exercises, and more. The cost ranges from $389 to $409, with discount rates available for club chains and through referrals; the price includes an exam study guide, workbook, the workshop and the NESTA Personal Fitness Trainer Certification Exam. Payment plans for the workshops are also available.

Workshop provider Training Made Fun is a sports and fitness training company that focuses on the education and professional development of personal trainers, instructors and coaches.

About NESTA

Since 1992, the National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association (NESTA) has been a leader in innovative solutions for fitness, nutrition and wellness professionals, as well as club owners. Founded by John Spencer Ellis, NESTA now has more than 55,000 members in 55 countries, and it is one of the largest fitness associations in the world, as well as the fastest growing association of its kind in the United States. For more information on NESTA or the personal training workshops, please visit http://www.nestacertified.com/live-workshops/.

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Awhile ago, I got rid of all my cassette tapes, with the exception of all the mixed tapes that I've amassed since 1991. My best friend in college was the QUEEN of delaying schoolwork by making up crafts. She showed me not only how to make colorful stickers out of packing tape, magic markers, and binder paper, but she also introduced the beauty of the mixed tape. Soon, I was making "To Study" tapes -- tapes that would apparently help me study. Sometimes I made tapes just for Wednesdays, or to mark the end of the semester. Then I realized the special power that mixed tapes had when given to someone else. That's when mixed tapes really took hold in my life.

Nearly every boyfriend I had since 1991 got a mixed tape, as did a number of long distance friends. My parents even suffered a few. (My mom once asked me what I was trying to tell her by putting Prince's "Little Red Corvette" on her birthday tape of 1992). The making of a tape had a specific system: 22-24 songs fit on a 90 minute tape (depending on the song length); I had to start both sides with a ROCKER, that acted as a call to arms, then the tape would end on a sort of quiet, thoughtful note. They were like letters that I wanted to fill the recipients with. I tried to woo boys I liked with tapes. I tried to keep my friends near. In a way, I captured my own life with these collections.

To look at them now they do feel like their own diary. The ones I made for myself chronicle the arc of my musical taste and thus the arc of my personal development. The earlier ones are filled with a mishamash of what was popular at the time, and music I collected from the hallways of 1990′s dorm life -- Indigo Girls, The Sundays, Paul Simon, etc. I look in disbelief and see a MARIAH CAREY song listed (for PETE's SAKE!), followed by a Lenny Kravitz song on a tape. Who was that girl who listened to that tape? Then I see how everything changed when I learned to play guitar and wanted to be a Riot Grrrrl -- then it was girl rock all the time, baby: Patti Smith, PJ Harvey, Liz Phair, Hole, and on and on.

It seems appropriate that one of the last mixed tapes I made was for my husband. This was when we were "just friends," but I seriously had it BAD for him. We had already had the do-you-like-me? talk, but it wasn't going to happen. He was moving to New York in a week and that would be that. I was heartbroken and happy at the same time -- the perfect mood for making a mixed tape. So I spent TWO DAYS on his tape, culling and rethinking and wondering what this song would tell him and what this song would do for him. The tape was an old letter I was writing to him. It said, Take me with you. There must have been something in that tape, because, as it happens, he did.

 

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bceca2/gene_expression_to) has announced the addition of Elsevier Science and Technology's new report "Gene Expression to Neurobiology and Behaviour. Human Brain Development and Developmental Disorders" to their offering.

How does the genome, interacting with the multi-faceted environment, translate into the development by which the human brain achieves its astonishing, adaptive array of cognitive and behavioural capacities? Why and how does this process sometimes lead to neurodevelopmental disorders with a major, lifelong personal and social impact?

This volume of Progress in Brain Research links findings on the structural development of the human brain, the expression of genes in behavioural and cognitive phenotypes, environmental effects on brain development, and developmental processes in perception, action, attention, cognitive control, social cognition, and language, in an attempt to answer these questions.

Key Highlights:

Leading authors review the state-of-the-art in their field of investigation, and provide their views and perspectives for future research Chapters are extensively referenced to provide readers with a comprehensive list of resources on the topics covered All chapters include comprehensive background information and are written in a clear form that is also accessible to the non-specialist

Key Topics Covered:

The developing brain: from developmental biology to behavioural disorders and their remediation Brain development and the nature vs nurture debate The dynamics of ontogeny: A neuroconstructivist perspective on genes, brains, cognition and behaviour Molecular bases of cortico-cerebral regionalization Development and evolution: two determinants of cortical connectivity Postnatal brain development: structural imaging of dynamic neurodevelopmental processes VERP and brain imaging for identifying levels of visual dorsal and ventral stream function in typical and preterm infants Neurodevelopment of the visual system in typically developing children Perinatal brain damage in children: Neuroplasticity, early intervention and molecular mechanisms of recovery The impact of perinatal stress on the functional maturation of prefronto-cortical synaptic circuits: implications for the pathophysiology of ADHD The processing of social stimuli in early infancy: From faces to biological motion perception Social and attention factors during infancy and the later emergence of autism characteristics How Special is Social Looking in ASD: A Review Developmental disorders of speech and language: from genes to brain structure and function Precursors to language in preterm infants: speech perception abilities in the first year of life From genes to brain development to phenotypic behaviour: 'dorsal stream vulnerability' in relation to spatial cognition, attention and planning of actions in Williams syndrome (WS) and other developmental disorders Neurocognitive development of attention across genetic syndromes: Inspecting a disorder's dynamics through the lens of another Connectivity and the corpus callosum in autism spectrum conditions: insights from comparison of autism and callosal agenesis Biological and social influences on cognitive control processes dependent on prefrontal cortex It's all in the head: Gene dosage and Williams Syndrome

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NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- HBA Global Expo announces that it is now accepting nominations for its annual IPDA (International Package Design Awards) at http://www.hbaexpo.com/ipda.   These prestigious awards honor the year's most innovative packaging in several categories including cosmetics, fragrance, personal care, skin care and sustainability.  Categories for Sampling/Travel Size products and At-Home Devices and Tools have also been added to the program.  

As the longest running and biggest package design awards in the beauty industry—major brands, niche players and indie companies, have all won HBA's IPDA awards for excellence in package design and engineering achievements.  Last year's IPDA winners and finalists included Stila, Anthropologie, Aveda, Benefits Cosmetics, Bare Escentuals, Chanel, CVS, Estee Lauder, Five Star Fragrances, GLO Science,  L'Oreal, Maybelline, Mary Kay, Ojon, Obagi Medical, P&G, Pacific Perfumes, Revlon, SK-II, and Unilever. 

Any size company can submit designs that are introduced for retail from June 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012, including suppliers, design firms, public relations and marketing agencies, and brand manufacturers.   Designs that have been re-freshed, improved, or offer new features or technologies are also eligible to participate.  The deadline for IPDA submissions is March 23, 2012.

Finalists for the IPDA Awards are announced in early May and the Category Winners and the Grand Award will be revealed during the HBA Global 20th Anniversary Industry Awards Celebration on June 19th at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York.   The award finalists and winners are displayed in the IPDA Showcase during the HBA Global Expo & Conference, June 19-21, 2012, which is the largest source for product development in the industry.  More than 16,000 beauty and personal care professionals from all over the world will be able to view the IPDA finalists up close and get inspiration for their future packaging design plans.  

"With packaging design being a key influencer in purchasing decisions, innovations in decorating techniques, containers and compacts, and other packaging components have been on an upswing.  HBA Global looks forward to showcasing some of the year's most stand-out beauty and personal care products and we are proud to continually support and encourage our industry's creativity and engineering achievements," said Jill Birkett, Brand Director, Beauty & Wellness.

Judging for the IPDA is done by a "Committee of 100" made up of industry professionals, designers, suppliers and members of the media.  IPDA submissions are evaluated on the following: originality, design concept, creative use of new materials, components and decorating processes, technical competency and effective brand messaging.   The HBA IPDA awards are widely promoted through press releases and PR Newswire, and finalists and winners receive coverage in leading international trade publications and on the HBA Global website. 

The HBA IPDA Awards are sponsored by Beauty Packaging and HAPPI magazines. For more information about the HBA IPDA Awards go to http://www.hbaexpo.com/ipda or contact Nicole Bullock at 609-759-7603 or nicole.bullock@ubm.com.     

About HBA Global Expo & Conference
HBA Global Expo & Conference http://www.hbaexpo.com produced by UBM Live, is the most important product development source–from concept to market–for the cosmetics, personal care, skin care, fragrance and wellness industries and features a comprehensive educational program and exhibits floor with attendees coming from the top prestige, mass and emerging beauty and personal care brands worldwide. The in-person HBA Global Expo & Conference is co-located with the New York Spa & Resort/Medical Aesthetics Expo (www.spaandresortexpo.com) and will take place June 19-21, 2012 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York. HBA Global also produces industry awards, Webinars and sponsors industry association events throughout the year. HBA Global's first virtual event–Re-Connect–can be viewed on demand here: http://www.hbaexpo.com/reconnect.  Connect with the HBA Global communities on Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter.

Contact:  Annie Scully, 845-369-6382, ascully@hbaexpo.com

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The White House on Thursday vowed to raise the level of privacy on the Web through a series of personal data protection measures it calls the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights. The initiative calls for, among other things, companies that gather information online to provide users with greater control over what information is collected and how it’s used.

The framework is also intended to ensure that companies use customer data in the same context that it was collected. For example, it’s expected that online retailers disclose consumers’ names and home addresses to shippers in order to fulfill customers’ orders. This is a consistent use of the information, much like a social network using member profile information to improve and add services. When an online retailer or social network discloses personal information about its customers or members to a third-party marketing company, then the data is in danger of being used out of context to sell consumers things in which they have expressed no interest.

The Obama administration’s bill of rights is part of a larger Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World report (pdf) that the administration issued Thursday to encourage the development of enforceable privacy policies both nationwide and internationally. In a statement, the White House expressed the hope that Congress would pass laws that create consistency in how personal information may be used rather than leaving it up to individual companies.

Even if the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights doesn’t lead to legislation, the hope is that industry groups will use the document’s provisions to create more uniform rules for managing personal information. The White House holds up private-sector Internet standards-setting organizations such as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as examples to follow, given their use of transparent processes to set Internet-related technical standards. Such standards support an ever-growing growing range of online services and applications, as well as the trillions of dollars in global commerce, the report says.

Adherence to any new privacy rules would be voluntary, but the White House wants to give the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the power to enforce penalties on those who promise to follow these rules yet fail to protect personal information entrusted to them. “We must reject the conclusion that privacy is an outmoded value,” President Obama points out in the report’s introduction.

In the coming weeks, the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration is expected to meet with companies, organizations and individuals impacted by the new privacy guidelines. The White House’s report points out that it does not intend to hinder the U.S.’s online retail business, estimated to be worth $145 billion annually. “New uses of personal data in location services, protected by appropriate privacy and security safeguards, could create important business opportunities,” according to the report.

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