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The Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School is an intellectual center that explores the implications of the Internet and new information technologies for law and society. The ISP is guided by the values of democracy, development, and civil liberties. Our work includes copyright, media law and policy, transparency, and privacy.

Upcoming Events

Call for Abstracts and Participants: Freedom of Expression Scholars Conference

Date: 
Friday, February 26, 2016 - 11:15pm

The Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression and the Information Society Project at Yale Law School invite applications to participate in the fourth annual Freedom of Expression Scholars Conference (FESC).  The conference will be held on April 30-May 1, 2016, at Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut. We ask all those interested in participating in the conference, whether as an author or otherwise, to respond by February 26, 2016. (Note the new extended deadline.)

FAIA: Nuala O'Connor

Date: 
Monday, February 29, 2016 - 12:00pm
Whither the Internet? Individual Liberty, Community, and Surveillance
 
Nuala O’Connor is the President & CEO of the Center for Democracy & Technology. She is an internationally recognized expert in Internet and technology policy, particularly in the areas of privacy and information governance. Nuala is passionate about the ways technology and the Internet can be instruments of global free expression and individual freedom, and she is committed to finding policy solutions that affect real people. Nuala has experience in both the public and private sectors. She was the Global Privacy Leader at General Electric (GE), where she was responsible for privacy policy and practices across GE’s numerous divisions. She worked at Amazon.com as Vice President of Compliance & Consumer Trust and Associate General Counsel for Data & Privacy Protection. And later, Nuala served as Deputy Director of the Office of Policy & Strategic Planning, Chief Privacy Officer and as the Chief Counsel for Technology at the US Department of Commerce, where she worked on global technology policy including Internet governance and industry best practices.
 
Co-sponsored by Yale Law Women and Center for Global Legal Challenges