Albert
Cahn
S.T.O.P. – Surveillance Technology Oversight Project
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Executive Director
Yale Law School Information Society Project
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Visiting Fellow
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Overview
Albert Fox Cahn is the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project’s ( S.T.O.P.’s) founder and executive director, and he is also a fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society Project, Ashoka, N.Y.U Law School’s Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, and the Day One Project. As a lawyer, technologist, writer, and interfaith activist, Mr. Cahn began S.T.O.P. in the belief that emerging surveillance technologies pose an unprecedented threat to civil rights and the promise of a free society.
Mr. Cahn is a frequent commentator on civil rights, privacy, and technology matters. He is a contributor to the New York Times, Boston Globe, Guardian, WIRED, Slate, NBC Think, Newsweek, and dozens of other publications. He has lectured at Harvard Law School, New York University School of Law, Columbia University, and Dartmouth College. Mr. Cahn previously served as an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he advised Fortune 50 companies on technology policy, antitrust law, and consumer privacy.
In addition to his work at S.T.O.P., Mr. Cahn serves on the New York Immigration Coalition’s Immigrant Leaders Council, the New York Immigrant Freedom Fund’s Advisory Council, and is an editorial board member for the Anthem Ethics of Personal Data Collection.
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- Yale Law School’s Information Society Project Fellow
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- New York Immigration Coalition’s Immigrant Leader Council
- Day One Project Fellow
- New York, NY, USA
- Conversations & Presentations
- In-Depth Consultations
- Materials Review (Scripts, Policies, etc.)
- Research & Data
- Workshops & Trainings
- Academia
- Nonprofit / Community
- Activism or Advocacy
- Legal or Criminal Justice
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- Yale Law School’s Information Society Project Fellow
- Ashoka Fellow
- N.Y.U Law School’s Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy Fellow
- New York Immigration Coalition’s Immigrant Leader Council
- Day One Project Fellow