Wendy Seltzer
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Wendy Seltzer is an American lawyer and currently a fellow at the Information Society Project
at Yale Law School
. She was previously with Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy. Seltzer is also a Fellow with Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society
, where she founded and leads the Chilling Effects clearinghouse, aimed at helping Internet users to understand their rights in response to cease-and-desist threats related to intellectual property and other legal demands.
Seltzer sits on the board of directors of the Tor Project
, and is a North American representative to the ICANN
At-Large Advisory Committee
, where she has advocated for increased ICANN transparency and protection of the privacy of some Internet users.
Previously, she was a visiting assistant professor at the Northeastern University School of Law
and Brooklyn Law School
and before that, a staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation
, specializing in intellectual property and free speech issues.
Seltzer has an A.B. from Harvard College
and J.D. from Harvard Law School
. She is also a Perl
programmer.
Information Society Project
The Information Society Project at Yale Law School is an intellectual center studying the implications of the Internet and new information technologies for law and society...
at Yale Law School
Yale Law School
Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...
. She was previously with Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy. Seltzer is also a Fellow with Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Berkman Center for Internet & Society
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is a research center at Harvard University that focuses on the study of cyberspace. Founded at Harvard Law School, the center traditionally focused on internet-related legal issues. On May 15, 2008, the Center was elevated to an interfaculty initiative of...
, where she founded and leads the Chilling Effects clearinghouse, aimed at helping Internet users to understand their rights in response to cease-and-desist threats related to intellectual property and other legal demands.
Seltzer sits on the board of directors of the Tor Project
Tor (anonymity network)
Tor is a system intended to enable online anonymity. Tor client software routes Internet traffic through a worldwide volunteer network of servers in order to conceal a user's location or usage from someone conducting network surveillance or traffic analysis...
, and is a North American representative to the ICANN
ICANN
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is a non-profit corporation headquartered in Marina del Rey, California, United States, that was created on September 18, 1998, and incorporated on September 30, 1998 to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks previously performed directly...
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...
, where she has advocated for increased ICANN transparency and protection of the privacy of some Internet users.
Previously, she was a visiting assistant professor at the Northeastern University School of Law
Northeastern University School of Law
Northeastern University School of Law is a law school in Boston, Massachusetts. From the time of its founding in 1898, the law school's mission has focused on addressing the needs of students and of society....
and Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn Law School is a law school located in Brooklyn Heights, in Downtown Brooklyn, New York.-History:Founded in 1901 by William Payson Richardson and Norman P. Heffley, Brooklyn Law School was the first law school on Long Island. Using space provided by Heffley’s business school, the law...
and before that, a staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is an international non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal organization based in the United States...
, specializing in intellectual property and free speech issues.
Seltzer has an A.B. from Harvard College
Harvard College
Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...
and J.D. from Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
. She is also a Perl
Perl
Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall in 1987 as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions and become widely popular...
programmer.