Eyes on Privacy
This panel will focus on the evolution and impact of privacy law on individuals through an analysis of data protection and consent.
Panel Moderator
Woodrow Hartzog
Woodrow Hartzog is a Professor of Law and Computer Science at Northeastern University School of Law and the Khoury College of Computer Sciences. He is also a Resident Fellow at the Center for Law, Innovation and Creativity (CLIC) at Northeastern University, a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, a Non-resident Fellow at The Cordell Institute for Policy in Medicine & Law at Washington University, and an Affiliate Scholar at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School. His research on privacy, media, and robotics has been published in scholarly publications such as the Yale Law Journal, Columbia Law Review, and California Law Review and popular publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Guardian. He has testified multiple times before Congress and has been quoted or referenced by numerous media outlets, including NPR, BBC, and The Wall Street Journal. He is the author of Privacy’s Blueprint: The Battle to Control the Design of New Technologies, published in 2018 by Harvard University Press.
Panelists
Jason Bernstein
Jason Bernstein is a partner and co-chair of the Data Security and Privacy group at the law firm of Barnes & Thornburg.
He is paid to be psychotic, neurotic, and paranoid about his client’s data security. He thinks about what can go wrong, what the threats are, and how to prevent breaches. He helps his clients anticipate the bad things, and advises them on what they can do to prevent them from happening. But, if things do go wrong, he knows from experience how to handle the situation.
He works with clients to proactively improve data security risk management and develop policies and procedures for incident response. Jason helps companies assess whether they need to comply with the new GDPR, CCPA, and other emerging requirements. He works with companies after a data breach to evaluate the situation, notify affected individuals and agencies, and guide the company in communications to minimize effects on brand reputation.
Jason is a frequent speaker nationally to various organizations and conferences on how companies can respond to emerging cybersecurity threats, improve their risk management, and more effectively negotiate agreements with customers and vendors.
Peter Lefkowitz
Bio coming soon…
Peter McLaughlin
Bio coming soon…
Curtis Rogers
Curtis Rogers worked in international business for most of his life. He was Director of the Far east for Quaker Oats and Manager of the Far East and Canada for the Mennen company. He has lived in Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Singapore. He has also run a family multistore chocolate business and established a marketing company for European businesses.
He had the hobby of genealogy since he was a teenager and was appointed the manager of the FTDNA Rogers surname Project approximately 20 years ago. When autosomal DNA was introduced for use with genealogy, in partnership with another person, he developed tools for the Rogers Project that he wanted to share with other genealogists. He started GEDmatch to provide these tools to other genealogists for free. The site grew solely by word of mouth.
On April 28, 2018, Curtis learned that GEDmatch was used to catch The Golden State Killer and a revolution in forensics had begun. Since that time it is estimated genetic genealogy has been used to solve more than 130 vicious crime cold cases and identify more than 30 otherwise unidentified remains.
Curtis Rogers received a BS in Psychology from Denison University, an MBA from Michigan State University, and an MS in Counseling Psychology from Barry University.
Dana Simberkoff
Dana Louise Simberkoff is the Chief Risk, Privacy and Information Security Officer at AvePoint. She is responsible for AvePoint’s privacy, data protection, and security programs. She manages a global team of subject matter experts that provide executive level consulting, research, and analytical support on current and upcoming industry trends, technology, standards, best practices, concepts, and solutions for risk management and compliance. Ms. Simberkoff is responsible for maintaining relationships with executive management and multiple constituencies both internal and external to the corporation, providing guidance on product direction, technology enhancements, customer challenges, and market opportunities.
Ms. Simberkoff has led speaking sessions at data privacy and security events around the globe. She was featured in Forbes, writes a monthly column for CMSWire, was featured as an IDC Connect “Secret CSO”, and was highlighted in the CSO Online list of “12 Amazing Women in Security”. She served as a founding member of the Women Leading Privacy Advisory Board and served as a past member of the Education Advisory Board for the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Ms. Simberkoff holds a BA from Dartmouth College and a JD from Suffolk University Law School.
Brian Whiteley
Brian Whiteley is Barclay Damon’s former Commercial Litigation Practice Group leader. He primarily concentrates his practice on complex commercial litigation, representing corporate and individual clients in matters that include securities and ERISA class-action litigation, shareholder disputes, arbitrations, wage-and-hour class-action litigation, trade secret and noncompetition matters, software licensing and intellectual property disputes, contract actions, employment discrimination suits, and wrongful termination suits.
In addition to his litigation practice, Brian advises clients on labor and employment issues and executive compensation. He also has considerable experience with data privacy issues in the USA and in Europe with the GDPR.
He has been a featured speaker at seminars such as The Knowledge Group, “Best Trends and Practices in Avoiding Trade Secrets and Third-Parties Litigation” and the Boston Bar Association’s Seminar, “Best Practices for Working With Experts in the State and Federal Courts.”
He was selected to Super Lawyers Massachusetts: Business Lit, 2010-2019 and to Super Lawyers Massachusetts: Employment & Labor, 2011-2014. He received the 2014 Boston Bar Association President’s Award for the Marathon Assistance Project and was a 2013 NYS Bar Association Empire State Counsel Honoree.
He received a B.A. from Trinity College and a J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law.