Professor Shoshana Zuboff joined the Privacy Coalition on October 19. Professor Zuboff, named the “true prophet of the information age” by the Financial Times, is the Charles Edward Wilson Professor emerita at Harvard Business School. She joined the Privacy Coalition to discuss her work on “ surveillance capitalism” and upcoming book, Master or Slave? The Fight for the Soul of Our Information Civilization.
Dr. Frederik Borgesuis joined the Privacy Coalition on September 30. Dr. Borgesuis is a researcher at the Institute for Information Law of the University of Amsterdam. He researches profiling, privacy, data protection law, freedom of expression, and discrimination. He joined the Privacy Coalition to discuss his ongoing research into online price discrimination.
Ambassador Daniel Sepulveda joined the Privacy Coalition on July 10. Ambassador Sepulveda serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and the U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the State Department’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs. The Ambassador discussed security, encryption, and privacy as it relates to maintaining an open internet. Also joining the Privacy Coalition in July was Assistant Secretary Lawrence Strickling, who serves as the Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Assistant Secretary Strickling joined the Privacy Coalition on July 24 to discuss the NTIA’s recent privacy multistakeholder process on facial
R. David Edelman, the Senior Advisor for Internet, Innovation, and Privacy for the White House, joined the Privacy Coalition on March 27. Mr. Edelman discussed the recent privacy initiatives of the Obama Administration, including the recently released discussion draft of the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Act. Mr. Edelman is responsible for policy development on issues related to the digital economy, including online privacy and Internet governance.
Giovanni Buttarelli, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), joined the Privacy Coalition on March 6. Mr. Buttarelli discussed his agenda for privacy protection he outlined in a recent speech at the Computers, Privacy & Data Protection Conference. Mr. Buttarelli was confirmed as the EDPS last December. In his role, he is responsible for ensuring that European institutions and bodies respect the right to privacy.
Alexander W. Joel, the head of the Civil Liberties and Privacy Office for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence will join the Privacy Coalition in February. Mr. Joel’s responsibilities include incorporating privacy and civil liberties into the policies and procedures of the Intelligence community, overseeing compliance, and reviewing complaints of possible abuses.
