Megan Brown Co-Authors National Security Institute’s New Law and Policy Paper on ‘Privacy Regulation and Unintended Consequences for Security’

August 14, 2019

Washington, DC — Megan L. Brown, partner in Wiley Rein’s National Security, Privacy, Cyber & Data Governance, and Telecom, Media & Technology practices, co-authored a new law and policy paper published today by the National Security Institute (NSI) at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School. The paper is co-authored with NSI Visiting Fellow James B. Burchfield.

The paper addresses:

• The federal urgency to act in response to public concern and the rapid global and domestic expansion of comprehensive privacy regulation.
• Implications privacy regulation can have for data protection and beneficial security activities.
• The argument that artificial intelligence (AI), biometrics, and certain data categories are all critical to security innovations and activities and must be protected in privacy regulation.
• Actionable recommendations to ensure privacy regulation appropriately balances individual rights with security.

The paper is available here. The NSI press release can be found here.

Ms. Brown – who served in the U.S. Department of Justice as Counsel to two U.S. Attorneys General – is an NSI Senior Fellow and Associate Director for Cybersecurity Programs. She regularly speaks and writes on security and privacy, and previously published Cyber Imperative: Preserve and Strengthen Public-Private Partnerships for NSI. Additionally, she is co-author of a pivotal IoT Security Report published by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. She serves on the U.S. Chamber’s Cybersecurity Leadership Council and is on the Board of the Women’s High-Tech Coalition.  Ms. Brown frequently speaks on law and policy affecting the technology sector, including emerging privacy and security regulation.

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