Marc Rotenberg
| Marc Rotenberg | |
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| Born |
April 20, 1960 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | USA |
| Education |
Harvard College; Stanford Law School; Georgetown University Law Center |
| Occupation | President, Electronic Privacy Information Center; Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center |
| Known for | Privacy advocacy, Internet law, chess |
Marc Rotenberg is President and Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in Washington, DC.[1] [2] He teaches Information Privacy Law and Litigation Under the Federal Open Government Laws at Georgetown University Law Center, and testifies frequently before Congress on emerging privacy and civil liberties issues, such as access to information, encryption policy, consumer protection, computer security, and communications privacy. He is a frequent guest on Bloomberg TV, CNN, C-SPAN, MSNBC, FoxNews, and National Public Radio, and contributes to The Economist, The New York Times, and USA Today.
He testified before the 9-11 Commission on "Security and Liberty: Protecting Privacy, Preventing Terrorism." He has authored many "friend of the court" briefs on law and technology, and has litigated important open government and privacy cases, including EPIC v. DHS, 653 F.3d 1 (D.C. Cir. 2011), which established the right of air travelers to opt-out of airport body scanners and required the TSA to take public comments on the program. On behalf of EPIC, he is currently challenging the NSA domestic surveillance program in a petition to the US Supreme Court. In re EPIC, 13-58, filed July 7, 2013.[3]
Rotenberg has served on several national and international advisory panels, including the expert panels on Cryptography Policy and Computer Security for the OECD, the Legal Experts on Cyberspace Law for UNESCO, and the Countering Spam program of the ITU. He chairs the ABA Committee on Privacy and Information Protection. He is a former Chair of the Public Interest Registry, which manages the .ORG domain. In 2010, he was named the North America representative to the At-Large Advisory Committee of ICANN.[4]
Marc has helped establish several organizations that promote public understanding of computer technology and encourage civil society participation in decisions concerning the future of the Internet. These include the Public Interest Computer Association (1983),[5] the Public Voice Coalition (1996), the Public Interest Registry (2003), and the Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council to the OECD (2009).
Marc Rotenberg is editor of Privacy and Human Rights: An International Survey of Privacy Laws and Developments (EPIC 2006), Privacy Law Sourcebook: United States Law, International Law, and Recent Developments (EPIC 2004), Under the Federal Open Government Laws (EPIC 2010), and co-editor of Privacy Law (Aspen Publishing 2007) and "Privacy and Technology: The New Frontier" (MIT Press 1999).
Marc Rotenberg is a graduate of Harvard College and Stanford Law School, and received an Ll.M. in International and Comparative Law from Georgetown University Law Center. He served as Counsel to Senator Patrick J. Leahy on the Senate Judiciary Committee after graduation from law school. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and the recipient of several awards including the World Technology Award in Law, the Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility, the American Lawyer Top Lawyers Under 45, and the Vicennial Medal (2012) from Georgetown University. A tournament chess player, Rotenberg is a three-time Washington, DC Chess Champion (2007, 2008, 2010) and works to promote chess in the DC public schools in cooperation with the US Chess Center, the recipient of the 2012 USCF National Scholastic Service Award.
Marc Rotenberg grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. His brother Jonathan founded the Boston Computer Society at age 13.
References
- ↑ "TECHNOLOGY; The Privacy Group That Took On Intel" By Jeri Clausing, New York Times. 1 February 1999
- ↑ "Privacy Group Is Taking Issue With Microsoft" By Steve Lohr, New York Times. 25 July 2001
- ↑ "In Re Electronic Privacy Information Center, Petitioner"
- ↑ "Marc Rotenberg" ICANN
- ↑ "New Tool for Public Affairs Lobbies" By David Burnham, New York Times. 25 August 1983
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