• Clifford Lynch at UCLA: Stewardship in the Age of Algorithms

    2–4 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2017 Presentation Room, Charles E. Young Research Library Free admission; no reservations required The term “algorithms” is increasingly used as shorthand to describe complex, large-scale socio-technical systems such as social media platforms, analytic systems, recommendation engines, and personalization that depend on frequently opaque and constantly changing computational algorithms. With the explosion in analytic and…

  • Intellectual freedom workshop

    I am excited to be part of a half-day workshop on intellectual freedom being conducted by Maureen Whalen (previously of the Getty Museum) May 19, 2016. Click on the flyer for details. No RSVP necessary.

  • DataLex: Privacy, Big Data & the Law

    UC Santa Cruz is holding a day-long event on Tuesday, October 13 at the intersection of big data, privacy, and the law. A diverse and renowned group of speakers and a format designed to engage the audience is going to make for a fascinating and fun day… (Full disclosure: I’m moderating one of the panels.)…

  • An invitation to meet the authors of graphic novella “Terms of Service”

    The graphic novella Terms of Service: Understanding Our Role in the World of Big Data examines the role of technology and the implications of sharing our personal information online. I am pleased to join the UCLA Library in presenting authors Michael Keller, a multimedia reporter at Al Jazeera America, and Josh Neufeld, a nonfiction cartoonist,…

  • Invitation to the book signing for Big Data, Little Data, No Data

    Christine Borgman’s brand-new book, Big Data, Little Data, No Data: Scholarship in the Networked World is for anyone who bandies about the words “big data”. Read this interview and come to the book signing 4-6pm February 25 (flyer)!  

  • A data protection seminar for the UCLA community

    Concerned about all the data breach talk in the news lately? Wondering if your departmental practices need review? Join us on February 10th to learn about the policies and practices that can help you avoid getting into a breach situation and what to do if it does happen. This event is free, but seating is…

  • James Bamford at UCLA

    In celebration of its 10th anniversary, the UCLA Board on Privacy and Data Protection invites you to a presentation by James Bamford, author, journalist, and documentary producer dubbed The N.S.A.’s Chief Chronicler in a New Yorker profile. Author of four national bestsellers on the NSA and the intelligence community, Bamford wrote the September 2014 WIRED…

  • Joanne McNabb giving keynote at MMWCON

    I’m so pleased that Joanne McNabb, Director of Privacy Education and Policy in the Office of the California Attorney General, will be speaking at the Mobility and Modern Web Conference (MMWCON), being held September 17–19 at UCLA. Formerly the Head of the California Office of Privacy Protection, Joanne has been a terrific privacy resource to…

  • A Symposium on Privacy and Security: UCLA Joins the National Debate

    On April 25, 2014, the UCLA School of Law, Department of Political Science, and Office of Information Technology cosponsored the daylong Symposium on Privacy and Security (#uclaprivacysym). Bringing together three panels of thought leaders to discuss privacy, security, terrorism, and civil liberties, the event was the brainchild of Cindy Lebow in PoliSci. The terrific and…