Daniel Weitzner
Daniel Weitzner | |
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Education | Swarthmore College (BA) University at Buffalo (JD) |
Daniel J. Weitzner is the director of the
Online privacy
Weitzner is an expert in
Weitzner and several colleagues wrote the Information Accountability paper, which proposed an alternative approach to information policy where individuals and institutions determine for themselves the way information about them is used lawfully and appropriately by others.[6]
Weitzner co-directs the Decentralized Information Group Tim Berners-Lee and is heading a new, cross-MIT research initiative: MIT Internet Policy Research Initiative funded by the Hewlett Foundation.[7] He facilitated discussions and workshops on technology issues such as artificial intelligence (AI)[8] and encryption.[9]
Weitzner's background in the area of privacy and policy includes his work as a founder of the Center for Democracy and Technology[10] and a stint as the Deputy Policy Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He is also Founding member,[11] Director and Trustee of the Web Science Trust.
Education
Weitzner has a law degree from
the Washington Post, Wired Magazine and Social Research.References
- ^ "Daniel Weitzner is the new White House deputy CTO for Internet policy". govfresh.com.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- National Archives.
- ^ Consumer Data Privacy in a networked world: A framework for protecting privacy and promoting innovation in the global Digital Economy, White House, February, 2012
- ^ OECD Council Recommendation on Principles for Internet Policy Making, OECD, 13 December 2011
- ISBN 9780230369320.
- ^ "MIT launches a trio of new cybersecurity initiatives". betaboston.com.
- ^ Dizikes, Peter (January 18, 2019). "AI, the law, and our future". MIT News. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "Danny Weitzner - Center for Democracy & Technology". cdt.org.
- ^ Lohr, Steve (November 2, 2006). "Group of University Researchers to Make Web Science a Field of Study". The New York Times. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
- S2CID 5104030.
- ^ D. Weitzner, H. Abelson, T. Berners-Lee, J. Feigenbaum, J. Hendler and G. Sussman, Information Accountability, Communications of the ACM, June, 2008.
- ^ James Hendler, Nigel Shadbolt, Wendy Hall, Tim Berners-Lee, Daniel Weitzner, Web Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Web, Communications of the ACM, Vol. 51 No. 7, Pages 60-69