Privacy and Surveillance With New Technologies

Never has privacy been more important than today, when businesses can track every click of your mouse and governments can collect vast amounts of information on citizens without their knowledge-all thanks to technological innovation. New technologies have made our lives better but at what cost to privacy? What does privacy mean in the Internet age? How do. we reap the benefits of new technology while guarding our privacy?

Peter P. Swire is the C. William O'Neill Professor of Law at the Moritz College of Law of the Ohio State University and is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and the Future of Privacy Forum. From 1999 to early 2001, Professor Swire was the Clinton administration's Chief Counselor for Privacy. Kenesa Ahmad is an attorney with a strong background in mobile privacy and cyber security. From 2011 to 2012 she completed a fellowship at the Future of Privacy forum in Washington, D.C. Currently, she is an associate in the global privacy practice of Promontory Financial Group.