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Helen Nissenbaum (Data Privacy Seminar Speaker Series Spring 2022)

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
School of Information Sciences, European Union Center
Date
Mar 22, 2022   12:00 pm  
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European Union Center Events

Data protection and privacy are growing concerns in our ever more connected world. Some believe that over the next decade, data privacy will be recognized as one of society’s most pressing problems. Therefore, the School of Information Sciences in collaboration with the European Union Center at the University of Illinois is pleased to offer this timely seminar series which brings world class privacy experts of diverse backgrounds and perspectives to share their points of view with us each month.

You will need to register in advance via this link in order to join these virtual meetings.

Data Privacy Seminar Series Spring 2022 Speakers:

  • Lecture 1, January 20, 2022, 12-1pm, Meg Leta Jones
  • Lecture 2, February 17, 2022, 12-1 pm, Anita Allen
  • Lecture 3, March 22, 2022, 12-1 pm, Helen Nissenbaum
  • Lecture 4, April 20, 2022, 12-1 pm, Michele Gilman
  • Lecture 5, May 4, 2022, 12-1 pm, danah boyd

Helen Nissenbaum is Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, and Computer Science, at New York University, where she is also Director of the Information Law Institute. Her eight books include Obfuscation: A User’s Guide for Privacy and Protest, with Finn Brunton (MIT Press, 2015), Values at Play in Digital Games, with Mary Flanagan (MIT Press, 2014), and Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life (Stanford, 2010). Her research has been published in journals of philosophy, politics, law, media studies, information studies, and computer science. Grants from the National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator have supported her work on privacy, trust online, and security, as well as studies of values embodied in design, search engines, digital games, facial recognition technology, and health information systems. Recipient of the 2014 Barwise Prize of the American Philosophical Association, Prof. Nissenbaum has contributed to privacy-enhancing software, including TrackMeNot (for protecting against profiling based on Web search) and AdNauseam (protecting against profiling based on ad clicks). Both are free and freely available. Nissenbaum holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Stanford University and a B.A. (Hons) from the University of the Witwatersrand. Before joining the faculty at NYU, she served as Associate Director of the Center for Human Values at Princeton University.

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