Daniel Weitzner

Daniel J. Weitzner

Weitzner in Paris 2002

Professor Daniel Weitzner is the Director of the MIT CSAIL Decentralized Information Group and 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.

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.[1] He was primarily responsible[2] for the creation of the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights[3] and the OECD Internet Policymaking Principles[4]

Weitzner co-directs the Decentralized Information Group Tim Berners-Lee and is heading a new project on Internet Privacy Policy funded by the Hewlett Foundation.[5] Weitzner's background in the area of privacy and policy includes his work as a founder of the Center for Democracy and Policy[6] and a stint as the Deputy Policy Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He is also Founding member,[7] 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,[8] Yale Law Review, Communications of the ACM[9][10] the Washington Post, Wired Magazine and Social Research.

References

  1. ↑ "Daniel Weitzner is the new White House deputy CTO for Internet policy". govfresh.com.
  2. ↑ "We Can’t Wait: Obama Administration Calls for A Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights for the Digital Age". The White House.
  3. ↑ Consumer Data Privacy in a networked world: A framework for protecting privacy and promoting innovation in the global Digital Economy, White House, February, 2012
  4. ↑ OECD Council Recommendation on Principles for Internet Policy Making, OECD, 13 December 2011
  5. ↑ "MIT launches a trio of new cybersecurity initiatives". betaboston.com.
  6. ↑ "Danny Weitzner - Center for Democracy & Technology". cdt.org.
  7. ↑ LOHR, STEVE (November 2, 2006). "Group of University Researchers to Make Web Science a Field of Study". Retrieved May 2015.
  8. ↑ Berners-Lee, Tim; Hall,, W.; Hendler, J.; Shadbolt, N.; Weitzner, D. (2006). "Creating a Science of the Web". Science 313 (5788): 769–771. doi:10.1126/science.1126902. PMID 16902115.
  9. ↑ D. Weitzner, H. Abelson, T. Berners-Lee, J. Feigenbaum, J. Hendler and G. Sussman, Information Accountability, Communications of the ACM, June, 2008.
  10. ↑ 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
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