Parry Aftab

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Parry Aftab, Esq. was one of the first lawyers to practice Internet law, when she began practicing in the field shortly after the Web was launched. She is the Executive Director of WiredSafety.org, the largest online safety and educational program.

Her areas of expertise are Children Online, Worldwide Cybercrime Protection and Prevention, Privacy, Data Collection and Security, Workplace Risk Management and Security, Consumer Protection, Advertising and the Internet, E-Commerce, Cyberstalking and Harassment, Child Exploitation and Child Pornography.

She is The Privacy Lawyer columnist for Information Week Magazine.

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[edit] Education

  • City University of New York, BA, 1981
  • Hunter College, Valedictorian (Completed 4 yr degree in 2 yrs), Phi Beta Kappa (Nu Chapter)
  • New York University School of Law, JD, 1984

[edit] Consulting and advisory activities

She consults for and works with law enforcement agencies, worldwide, on cybercrime prevention, cyber-terrorism, law enforcement and security matters. She has worked with FBI, U.S. Customs, Interpol, Scotland Yard, the Home Office, Tokyo Metropolitan Police and Japan's National Police, Hong Kong Police and the RCMP.

She is often invited to testify before Congressional and Senate hearings and is frequently consulted by U.S and international governmental regulatory authorities on children's matters and overall Internet policy issues, privacy, security and law.

Parry is a regular source to major media outlets worldwide on Internet privacy, marketing, advertising and regulatory issues, as well as children and online safety and security. She has been quoted or featured in most leading magazines, including Newsweek, U.S News & World Report, Family Circle, Good Housekeeping, Reader's Digest, Better Homes and Gardens, Information Weekly, Teen People, Ladies Home Journal, Smart Business Magazine, The London Times Magazine, New York Magazine, Playboy and Cosmopolitan Magazine.

She is also frequently consulted by leading news publications and appears often as a commentator on international, national and local television news programs.

She has been providing public service safety information for many years. Parry provides parent Internet education and online safety content for such diverse sites as Children's Television Workshop, Disney, Microsoft, Oracle, Verizon, AT&T and MSNBC and many of the social networking sites.

Her online discussions and writing are often published and quoted by legal journals and even judges in their decisions.

[edit] Selected honors

  • Activist of the Year Award, 2002 Awarded by Media Ecology Association
  • Internet Pioneer of the Year, 2001 Awarded by Family PC Magazine
  • Home Office, UK Child Protection, Criminal Laws and Law Enforcement Task Forces
  • Singapore Broadcasting Authority, PAGi advisory and founder of Cybermums and Dads

[edit] Organizations

  • The Internet Society Elected Chair, Internet Societal Task Force and Societal Steering Group (worldwide, 2001)
  • Member of Public Policy Committee ISOC (2001-present)
  • Chair, Privacy and Security Working Group of The Internet Society Task Force (2000-2001)appointed member since 1999
  • WiredSafety (wiredsafety.org) the world's largest Internet safety and help group, formerly functioned as Cyberangels, recipient of President's Service Award, 1998, Executive Director (1998-present)
  • Wired Kids (wiredkids.org) Executive Director (1999-present)
  • Ad Council Advisory Committee member (1999 - present)
  • Cyberlawenforcement (cyberlawenforcement.com) the group for law enforcement volunteers and networks on cybercrime investigations and prevention Executive Director (2000-present)
  • UNESCO President, US National Action Committee, Innocence in Danger (1998-present)
  • K-9 Angels a September 11th relief program for search and rescue dogs *Executive Director (2001-present)
  • Children's Television Workshop Online (Sesame Workshop) Advisory Board (1998 - present)
  • The National Urban League Technology Advisory Committee (1997 - present)
  • New York State Bar Association Committee on Internet and Litigation of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section

[edit] Publications and related activities

She has written the books The Parent's Guide to Protecting Your Children in Cyberspace (McGraw-Hill, January 2000) and A Parents' Guide to the Internet (SC Press, October 1997).

Aftab has contributed to the books Child Abuse on the Internet.... Ending the Silence (2001, editor Carlos A. Arnaldo), The Technical Response: Blocking, Filtering And Rating The Internet, The Best In E-Commerce Law (2001, Warren E.Agin), and was the editor of Children's Online Privacy Law.

Her writings have been published in Information Week, New York Law Journal, Legal Times, Preventive Law Reporter, Working Women Magazine, The Texas Lawyer, Children's Legal Rights Law Journal, New Jersey Law Journal, and The Internet Lawyer.

Aftab has been featured in Reader's Digest (US edition), TV Guide (US edition), Biography Magazine, New York Sunday Times, and the International Herald Tribune.

[edit] Selected online activities

  • Frequent Chair and Moderator of Law.com legal seminars
  • Advisor and Featured Expert, Children's Television Workshop Web site
  • Privacy and safety advisor to Disney Online's Internet safety project, http://surfswellisland.com
  • Advisor and Contributor, GetNetWise
  • Advisor and Contributor, ABC's Children's First

[edit] Selected speaking engagements

  • White House Conference on Missing and Exploited Children, October 2nd, 2001 (Only panel speaker selected to discuss Internet issues). Other speakers included President George W. Bush, Colin Powell, John Ashcroft, Rod Paige and many distinguished others.
  • Council of Europe, Children's Online Safety, Belgium, November 2001
  • Microsoft, Privacy and Security Summit, Privacy Speaker, San Francisco, November 2001
  • Intellectual Property Organization, Featured Speaker on Internet Law, Privacy and Digital Rights, New York, November, 2001
  • SCOPE, Keynote Speaker, Cyberterrorism, New York, October 2001
  • Rappateour, E.U. Online Content Regulation, Luxembourg, June 2001
  • Bertelsmann Foundation, Experts Meeting, Singapore, February 2001
  • Microsoft, Privacy and Security Summit, Speaker, Seattle, November 2000
  • Keynote Speaker, House of Lords, Kids Helping Kids, London (April 2000)
  • Keynote Speaker, Singapore Broadcasting Authority and Ministry of Information Conference, Children *Online, Regulatory Issues, Singapore (November 1999, May 2000, February 2001)
  • Panelist, FTC Hearings on COPPA Regulations, Washington (June 1999)
  • Keynote Speaker, White House Summit, Online Content, Los Angeles (June 1998)
  • Keynote Speaker, C.A.R.U., Conference On Children's Online Privacy (September 1998)
  • Featured Speaker, Littleton Town Meeting hosted by Tom Brokaw and Jane Pauley, MSNBC (April 1999)

[edit] Controversy

Parry Aftab was involved in the controversy surrounding Katie.com between 2000 and 2004, during which she was criticized for being overly aggressive towards Katie Jones. As of 2005, she is currently working with MySpace in trying to fight cyberstalking.

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