Name Daniel Weitzner | ||
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Professor Daniel Weitzner is the director of the MIT Internet Policy Research Initiative and principal research scientist at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab CSAIL. He teaches Internet public policy in MIT’s Computer Science Department. His research includes development of accountable systems architectures to enable the Web to be more responsive to policy requirements.
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Online privacy
Weitzner is an expert in online privacy who has had significant impact in the field. He served as the Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States from 2011-2012, where he focused on Internet policy and privacy. He was primarily responsible for the creation of the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights and the OECD Internet Policymaking Principles
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. Weitzner's background in the area of privacy and policy includes his work as a founder of the Center for Democracy and Technology and a stint as the Deputy Policy Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He is also Founding member, Director and Trustee of the Web Science Trust.
Education
Weitzner has a law degree from Buffalo Law School and a B.A. in Philosophy from Swarthmore College. His writings have appeared in Science magazine, Yale Law Review, Communications of the ACM the Washington Post, Wired Magazine and Social Research.