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BU Law Review Symposium on Privacy Law

Information Privacy Law at the Crossroads

I will be speaking on November 3, 2023 at a Boston University Law Review symposium: Information Privacy Law at the Crossroads. From the symposium description: This symposium aims to gather leading privacy scholars to examine the current state of privacy law and theory and explore its direction. With the introduction of the first bipartisan omnibus […]

My Speech at EUROPOL on the Nothing to Hide Argument

On September 19, 2023, I am speaking at the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUROPOL) event, Whispers of Contrast (Madrid, Spain). The topic of my talk will be “Nothing to Hide – Nothing to Fear?” and will be based on my book, Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff Between Privacy and Security.  You […]

BCLT Privacy Lecture on Murky Consent in Privacy Law

I’ll be speaking at Berkeley Law’s 16th Annual BCLT Privacy Lecture on 9/22 about Murky Consent: An Approach to the Fictions of Consent in Privacy Law with commenters, Ari Ezra Waldman (Professor, UC Irvine School of Law), Rebecca Wexler (Professor,  UC Berkeley School of Law), and Ella Corren (JSD, UC Berkeley School of Law).

ABA Event on Privacy and Consent

On Thursday, June 22 at 12pm EST, I’ll be speaking on a webinar hosted by the ABA on Privacy and the Ongoing Viability of Consent. I’ll be discussing the background and effectiveness of the consent model with Jessica Rich and Aryeh Friedman. You can find more information about the event and how to register here. […]

Event at Ohio State University – Protecting Privacy in the Age of AI

On Thursday, April 20, 2023, I will be speaking in an event at Ohio State University to discuss Protecting Privacy in the Age of AI: The Need for a Radical New Direction, with Margot Kaminski as commentator. I will be discussing the need for a radical new direction to protect privacy in today’s age of Big […]

Event at U. Virginia Law – Examining Citron’s Book, THE FIGHT FOR PRIVACY

Examining the Fight for Privacy

On Monday, February 20, 2023, I will be speaking in an event at the University of Virginia School of Law to discuss Professor Danielle Citron’s new book, The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity and Love in the Digital Age, which makes the case for understanding intimate privacy as a civil and human right.   This […]