On Friday, May 16, Anthropology graduate student Orla O’Sullivan, G1, hosted the Digital Security Workshop “Privacy is a Fundamental Human Right: Electronic Policy and Your Civil Liberties.” This roundtable discussion featured attorneys Kabbas Azhar ’18 and Megan Iorio from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). EPIC is a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the right to privacy through research, advocacy, and litigation.

The event began with a practicum led by O'Sullivan, who guided attendees through the development and implementation of personal digital risk assessment plans. Orla brings five years of experience working at the intersection of human rights, social development, and digital technology.

Later, Azhar and Iorio facilitated a roundtable discussion on issues relating to privacy law and policy in the US, with particular focus on data privacy and protection at borders, and on emerging concerns within an unsettled policy context.

“Privacy is a Fundamental Human Right: Electronic Policy and Your Civil Liberties” is the second installment of O’Sullivan’s Digital Security series, and follows “Data Scrambling: Fundamental Concepts in Digital Privacy & Security.”