Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, PRIVACY NEWS: Former FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Director among new EPIC advisory board members, (Mar 6, 2014)
Organizations Mentioned:Princeton University
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has announced the new members to its 2014 Advisory Board. The incoming members of the Advisory Board include David Vladeck, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center and Co-director, Institute for Public Representation.
Vladeck is a leading expert in Administrative Law and returned to Georgetown University after serving as Director of the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection until 2012. He was appointed to the FTC by Chairman Jon Leibowitz in April 2009.
Another edition to the board is Edward Felten from Princeton University. Felton was named the FTC’s first Chief Technologist in 2010.
The EPIC Advisory Board is a distinguished group of experts that include leading innovators, scholars, and technologists. Among other activities, members of the EPIC Advisory Board often add their insights to “friend of the court” briefs that EPIC prepares for federal and state courts on emerging privacy and civil liberties issues.
EPIC Board Chair Deborah Hurley said, “We are very pleased to welcome our new members to the EPIC Advisory Board. This is an extraordinary group of individuals who will bring much to our work.”
EPIC is a public interest research center based in Washington, D.C. EPIC focuses public attention on emerging privacy and civil liberties issues, frequently testifies in Congress, and files amicus briefs in federal and state courts.
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