Marc Rotenberg: Difference between revisions

|birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

| education = [[Harvard College]];<br />[[Stanford Law School]];<br />[[Georgetown University Law Center]]

'''Marc Rotenberg''' (born April 20, 1960) is president and founder of the Center for AI and Digital Policy, an independent non-profit organization, incorporated in Washington, D.C.<ref>[https://www.caidp.org Center for AI and Digital Policy]</ref> MarcRotenberg is the editor of ''The AI Policy Sourcebook'',<ref>[https://epic.org/bookstore/ai2020/ ''The AI Policy Sourcebook'' (2020)]</ref> a member of the OECD Expert Group on AI, and helped draft the Universal Guidelines for AI.<ref>[https://thepublicvoice.org/ai-universal-guidelines/ Universal Guidelines for AI]</ref> He teaches the GDPR and privacy law at [[Georgetown Law]] and is coauthor of ''Privacy Law and Society'' (West Academic 2016) and ''The Privacy Law Sourcebook'' (2020). MarcRotenberg is a founding board member and former Chairchair of the [[Public Interest Registry]], which manages the .ORG domain.

The Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP) aims to promote a better society, more fair, more just — "a world where technology promotes broad social inclusion based on fundamental rights, democratic institutions, and the rule of law." CAIDP began as a project of the [[Michael Dukakis Institute.]] CAIDP has provided AI policy advice to many organizations around the world, including the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, the CAHAIAmerican Law Institute, the Council of Europe Committee on AI, the Club de Madrid, the European Commission and the European Parliament, the European Law Institute, the G7 and the G20, (Italianthe presidency)Global Partnership on AI, the Government of Colombia, the National Security Commission on AI (US), the National AI Advisory Committee (US), the Organization of American States, and the US CongressOffice of Science and Technology Policy, and many others.

In 2020, CAIDP published "Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Values," athe comprehensivefirst comparative review of national AI policies and practices in 30 nations.<ref>[https://www.caidp.org/aisci-2020/ ''Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Values'' (2020)]</ref> CAIDP publishesalso weeklybegan publication of the CAIDP Update,<ref>[https://www.caidp.org/news ''CAIDP Update'']</ref> and hostshosting monthly Conversations with AI policy experts, authors, and artists. Speakers have included [[Shalini Kantayya]] (the director of Coded Bias), [[Cade Metz]] (the author of Genius Makers), and [[Gregor Strojin]] (the President of the CAHAI). In 2021, CAIDP launched the first AI policy clinic and issued certificates to thosea dozen participants who completed a course in AI policy analysis.

Marc Rotenberg was president and executive director of the [[Electronic Privacy Information Center]] (EPIC), an independent, public interest research center in Washington, D.C., which he co-founded in 1994. EPIC was involved with a wide range of civil liberties, consumer protection, and human rights issues. EPIC pursued several successful [[consumer privacy]] complaints with the US Federal Trade Commission, concerning Uber (collection of location data), Snapchat (faulty privacy technology), WhatsApp (revised privacy policy after acquisition by Facebook), Facebook (changes in user privacy settings), Google (roll-out of Google Buzz), Microsoft (Hailstorm log-in), and Choicepoint (sale of personal information to identity thieves). EPIC prevailed in significant Freedom of Information Act cases against the CIA, the DHS, the Dept. of Education, the FBI, the NSA, the ODNI, and the TSA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://epic.org/foia/|title = Freedom of Information Act}}</ref> EPIC filed many "friend of the court" briefs on law and technology, including [[Riley v. California]] (U.S. 2014)(concerning cell phone privacy), and litigated important privacy cases, including [[EPIC v. DHS]] (D.C. Cir. 2011), which led to the removal of the x-ray body scanners in US airports, and [[EPIC v. NSA]] (D.C. Cir. 2014), which led to the release of the NSA's formerly secret cybersecurity authority. EPIC also challenged the NSA's domestic surveillance program in a petition to the US Supreme Court, In re EPIC (U.S. 2013), after the release of the "Verizon Order" in June 2013.<ref>[https://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.aspx?FileName=/docketfiles/13-58.htm "In Re Electronic Privacy Information Center, Petitioner"]</ref> One of EPIC's cases concerned the obligation of the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] to establish privacy regulations prior to the deployment of commercial drones in the United States. EPIC v. FAA (D.C. Cir. 2016).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://epic.org/privacy/litigation/apa/faa/drones/|title=EPIC v. FAA}}</ref>

In 2017, EPIC launched a project on Democracy and Cybersecurity to determine the extent of Russian interference with the 2016 Presidential election and to prevent future attacks on democratic institutions.<ref>[https://epic.org/democracy/ "Democracy and Cybersecurity: Preserving Democratic Institutions"]</ref> EPIC pursued four Freedom of Information Act lawsuits. In EPIC v. ODNI, EPIC sought the public release of the report of the Intelligence Community on the Russian interference with the 2016 election. In EPIC v. FBI, EPIC sought records concerning the Bureau's response to an attack by a foreign government on the political institutions of the United States. In EPIC v. IRS, EPIC sought the release of Donald Trump's tax returns. In EPIC v. DHS, EPIC helped determine the role of DHS in election integrity. At the 2017 EPIC Champion of Freedom Awards Dinner in Washington, DC, EPIC honored former world chess champion, author, and human rights advocate Garry Kasparov <ref>[https://epic.org/june5/ "2017 EPIC Champions of Freedom Awards Dinner"]</ref> In EPIC v. Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.epic.org/privacy/litigation/voter/epic-v-commission/|title=EPIC v. Presidential Election Commission}}</ref> EPIC successfully blocked the "Kobach Commission" from obtaining state voter data. EPIC charged that the Commissioncommission had failed to undertake a privacy impact assessment, required by law. Exactly six months after EPIC filed suit, the Commissioncommission was disbanded. Under court order resulting from EPIC's case, the White House subsequently deleted the voter data that was wrongfully obtained.

RotenbergMarc was forced out of his position at EPIC after a terminated employee and a board member who was upset that Marc would not endorse her book conspired to place a false and defamatory story.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.protocol.com/epic-director-marc-rotenberg-leaving-coronavirus | title=EPIC director leaves after backlash over handling of COVID-19 test | date=21 April 2020 }}</ref> (The article was described by an EPIC staff member as "vindictive.") In fact, Marc wentfiled tosuit a mostly empty building to pay bills, update organizational records, arrange for the early payment of staff salaries, and protect the interests of board members in case he was unable to return to work. Marc subsequently suedagainst EPIC in DC Superior Court for unlawful termination and received a settlement.<ref>Rotenberg v. EPIC, Civil Complaint for Monetary and Equitable Relief, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, June 25, 2020</ref> Marc thensubsequently filed a 76-page complaint in Federal District Court against The Protocol and POLITICO, the parent company.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dockets.justia.com/docket/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2021cv00903/229622 | title=ROTENBERG v. POLITICO LLC et al }}</ref> In support of his claims, he cited an opinion of future Supreme Court Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson.<ref>Zimmerman v.In AlOctober Jazeera Am.2021, LLC,POLITICO 246was F.sold Supp.to 3dAxel 257, 272 (D.D.CSpringer. 2017)In (JudgeNovember Ketanji2022, Brownthe Jackson)Protocol citingwas Farah vshuttered. EsquireIn Magazine,March 736 F.3d 5282023, 533-34,a 407federal U.S.court App.dismissed D.C. 208 (D.C. Cir. 2013).</ref> Thethe case is still pending.

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Marc Rotenberg has served on many national and international advisory panels, including the expert panels on Cryptography Policy and Computer Security for the [[OECD]], the Legal Experts on Cyberspace Law for [[UNESCO]], and the Countering Spam program of the [[ITU.]] He is a former Chairchair of the ABA Committee on Privacy and Information Protection. He is a member of the International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications,<ref>https://www.berlin-privacy-group.org/</ref> the FREE Group (European Area of Freedom Security & Justice),<ref>https://free-group.eu</ref> and other organizations dedicated to the protection of fundamental rights.

In 2021, MarcRotenberg was named to the Reference Panel of the Global Privacy Assembly (the global network of privacy officials and experts) and the CAHAI (the AI expert panel of the Council of Europe). In May, he was shortlisted (#2) for the post of UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to Privacy. In June, he received the ACM Policy Award for “long-standing high impact leadership on privacy and technology policy.”<ref>[https://awards.acm.org/award_winners/rotenberg_UNI1560''ACM Honors Marc Rotenberg with Policy Award'' (June 9, 2021)]</ref> In December, MarcRotenberg was named as an Expertexpert for the Global Partnership on AI for a three-year term and also a Fulbright Specialist for a four-year term. Marc was recently named to expert panels for the Center for European Policy Studies (EU-US data flows), the OECD (AI, privacy, and data protection), and the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.

Marc Rotenberg has helped establish several organizations that promote public understanding of computer technology and encourage civil society participation in decisions concerning the future of the Internet. These include the Public Interest Computer Association (1983),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/26/us/new-tool-for-public-affairs-lobbies.html|title=New Tool for Public Affairs Lobbies|newspaper=The New York Times|date=26 August 1983|last1=Burnham|first1=David}}</ref> Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (1985), the conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy (1991),<ref>http://www.cfp.org/</ref> the Public Voice Coalition (1996), the [[Public Interest Registry (2003)]], the Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council to the OECD (CSISAC) (2009),<ref>http://www.csisac.org</ref> and the EPIC Public Voice Fund (2018).

Marc Rotenberg is co-editor of ''Privacy in the Modern Age: The Search for Solutions'' (The New Press 2015), a collection of articles on the future of privacy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://epic.org/privacy-book/|title=EPIC - Privacy in the Modern Age: The Search for Solutions}}</ref> Other books include ''The Privacy Law Sourcebook: United States Law, International Law, and Recent Developments'' (EPIC 2020),<ref>https://epic.org/bopokstorebookstore/pls2018pls2020/ {{Dead link|datetitle=FebruaryThe 2022}}Privacy Law Sourcebook: United States Law, International Law, and Recent Developments</ref> ''Privacy and Human Rights: An International Survey of Privacy Laws and Developments'' (EPIC 2006), ''Litigation Under the Federal Open Government Laws'' (EPIC 2010), ''Information Privacy Law'' (Aspen Publishing 2007) and "Privacy and Technology: The New Frontier" (MIT Press 1999). MarcRotenberg has also published articles and commentaries in legal, technical, and popular journals, including the ACS Supreme Court Review, Communications of the ACM, Computers & Society, CNN, Costco Connect, the Duke Law Journal, the Economist, the European Data Protection Review, The Financial Times, Fortune, the Indiana Law Review, the Harvard Business Review, the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, the Harvard International Review, Issues in Science and Technology, the Japan Economic Forum, the Minnesota Law Review, Newsweek, Scientific American, the Stanford Technology Law Review, Techonomy, and USA Today, among others.

RotenbergMarc is a graduate of [[Harvard College]] and [[Stanford Law School]], and received an LL.M. in international and comparative law from [[Georgetown Law]]. At Harvard, he was a founding editor of the ''[[Harvard International Review]]'' and a head teaching fellow in computer science. At Stanford he was an articles editor of the ''[[Stanford Law Review]]'' and president of the Stanford Public Interest Law Foundation. He was also the research assistant to [[A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.]], when the Judge and former FTC Commissioner (the first African American appointed as a commissioner on any regulatory commission) was a visiting professor at Stanford Law School. He served as counsel to Senator [[Patrick J. Leahy]] on the [[Senate Judiciary Committee]] after graduation from law school. He is a Life Fellow of the [[American Bar Foundation]], a Life Member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]], a Sustaining Member of the [[European Law Institute]], and the recipient of several awards, including the [[Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility]], the American Lawyer Top Lawyers Under 45, and the Vicennial Medal (2012) for distinguished service from Georgetown University. He was included in the "Lawdragon 500", a listing of the leading lawyers in America, and received the ABA Cyberspace Law Excellence Award, the World Technology Award for Law, and the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology Award for Outstanding Contribution to Law and Technology.

Marc Rotenberg grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. His brother [[Jonathan Rotenberg]] founded the [[Boston Computer Society]] at age 13. Marc is married to Anna Markopoulos Rotenberg, a former economist and now ESL teacher in the District of Columbia and Alexandria Public Schools. A tournament chess player, RotenbergMarc is a three-time Washington, D.C., chess Champion (2007, 2008, 2010) and works to promote chess in the DC public schools in cooperation with the [[US Chess Center]], [[ChessGirlsDC]], and the newly established [[ChessGirlsDCDC Chess Association]].<ref>{{cite Marcweb | url=https://www.dcchessassociation.org | title=DC Chess Association }}</ref> Rotenberg is also a licensed US Coast Guard captain.