Marc Rotenberg
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Marc Rotenberg is President and Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center
(EPIC) in Washington, DC. He teaches Information Privacy Law 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, D.C. Cir. No. 10-1157, the effort to suspend the airport body scanner program. He is a member of the United States D.C. Circuit, First Circuit, Second Circuit, Third Circuit, Fourth Circuit, Fifth Circuit, Sixth Circuit and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal.
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.
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, the Public Voice Coalition, and the Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council to the OECD.
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).
Marc Rotenberg is a graduate of Harvard College
and Stanford Law School
. 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 and the Norbert Weiner Award for Social and Professional Responsibility. A tournament chess player, Rotenberg is a three-time Washington, DC Chess Champion (2007, 2008, 2010). He is also a scholastic crew referee and maintains the websites for the Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Rowing Association (WMIRA) and the Virginia Scholastic Rowing Association (VASRA).
Marc Rotenberg grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. His brother Jonathan founded the Boston Computer Society
at age 13, which became at one time the largest and most influential computing association in the world.
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Electronic Privacy Information Center is a public interest research group in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values in the information age...
(EPIC) in Washington, DC. He teaches Information Privacy Law at Georgetown University Law Center
Georgetown University Law Center
Georgetown University Law Center is the law school of Georgetown University, located in Washington, D.C.. Established in 1870, the Law Center offers J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D. degrees in law...
, 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
CNN
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, C-SPAN
C-SPAN
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, MSNBC
MSNBC
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, FoxNews, and National Public Radio, and contributes to The Economist
The Economist
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, The New York Times
The New York Times
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, and USA Today
USA Today
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.
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, D.C. Cir. No. 10-1157, the effort to suspend the airport body scanner program. He is a member of the United States D.C. Circuit, First Circuit, Second Circuit, Third Circuit, Fourth Circuit, Fifth Circuit, Sixth Circuit and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal.
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
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
, 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
Public Interest Registry
Public Interest Registry is a not-for-profit corporation created by the Internet Society in 2002 to manage the .org top-level domain. It took over the operation of the domain from VeriSign on 1 January 2003. Afilias manages the technical operations of the .org registry under a contract with the...
, which manages the .ORG domain. In 2010, he was named the North America representative to the At-Large Advisory Committee
At-Large Advisory Committee
The At-Large Advisory Committee is an advisory committee to ICANN, the organization that administers the Internet's Domain Name System and addressing system...
of ICANN.
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, the Public Voice Coalition, and the Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council to the OECD.
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).
Marc Rotenberg is a graduate of Harvard College
Harvard College
Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...
and Stanford Law School
Stanford Law School
Stanford Law School is a graduate school at Stanford University located in the area known as the Silicon Valley, near Palo Alto, California in the United States. The Law School was established in 1893 when former President Benjamin Harrison joined the faculty as the first professor of law...
. 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
American Bar Foundation
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, and the recipient of several awards including the World Technology Award
World Technology Award
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in Law and the Norbert Weiner Award for Social and Professional Responsibility. A tournament chess player, Rotenberg is a three-time Washington, DC Chess Champion (2007, 2008, 2010). He is also a scholastic crew referee and maintains the websites for the Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Rowing Association (WMIRA) and the Virginia Scholastic Rowing Association (VASRA).
Marc Rotenberg grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. His brother Jonathan founded the Boston Computer Society
Boston Computer Society
The Boston Computer Society was an organization of personal computer users, based in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., that ran from 1977 to 1996...
at age 13, which became at one time the largest and most influential computing association in the world.