Presented at
The Eleventh HOPE (2016),
July 22, 2016, 1 p.m.
(60 minutes)
As America debates policing reforms, police departments continue to rapidly acquire surveillance technology in secret, often with federal grant funds. Whether it's Stingray cell surveillance devices or social media monitoring software, invasive tools are being deployed without democratic debate or safeguards to prevent racial profiling. But while this war against surveillance may seem like a losing one at times, advocates are winning key battles in cities across the U.S. Join civil liberties advocates and ACLU attorneys from New York, San Francisco, and Seattle for a discussion of how to increase transparency, frame the debate, and create meaningful policy reforms that protect civil liberties and civil rights.
Presenters:
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Mariko Hirose
Mariko Hirose is a senior staff attorney at the New York Civil Liberties Union, where she has worked on issues involving free speech, privacy, government transparency, and criminal justice. She previously served as a fellow at the Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project of the American Civil Liberties Union. She is also an adjunct professor at the Fordham University School of Law, where she teaches a course on privacy and surveillance in the digital age. Mariko is a graduate of Yale University and Stanford Law School.
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Jared Friend
Jared Friend is a senior privacy and technology attorney at Hintze Law. His representative areas of experience are free/open-source licensing and compliance, online and mobile tracking, FTC inquiry and order compliance, regulatory data security compliance, development of internal privacy and data security practices, biometrics, and regulatory policy. Jared was formerly the director of the Technology and Liberty Program at the ACLU of Washington, where he was responsible for driving policy work at the intersection of free speech, privacy, and developing technology and for collaborating with the policy and litigation teams throughout the ACLU. Jared attended Berkeley School of Law, where he received the Law and Technology Certificate, worked for the Samuelson Technology Clinic, and was a member of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal submissions team. Prior to law school, Jared worked for a number of technology companies in the Seattle area in test engineering roles.
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Matt Cagle
Matt Cagle is a technology and civil liberties policy attorney at the ACLU of Northern California, where he focuses on privacy, government surveillance, and free speech issues related to technologies used by businesses and governments. At the ACLU, Matt works on legislation affecting technology policy, promotes startup best practices, and collaborates with the litigation team. Prior to joining the ACLU as a policy attorney, Matt was an associate with BlurryEdge Strategies, a legal and business consulting practice providing legal advice to startups on products including connected devices, social networking platforms, and search services. With BlurryEdge, Matt worked extensively with companies fighting demands for user information and the removal of content, and he has authored multiple transparency reports. Matt is originally from Arizona, graduated summa cum laude with honors from the University of Arizona, and attended Stanford Law School.
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