We'd like to congratulate Latanya Sweeney (Co-PI on the Privacy Tools project) on being appointed as the Chief Technologist of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Excerpt from the FTC press release:
Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez announced the appointments of Latanya Sweeney as the agency’s Chief Technologist...
Dr. Sweeney is a professor of government and technology at Harvard University and the founder and director of Harvard’s data privacy lab. She has testified before Congress and the European Commission and participated in numerous federal regulatory and advisory committees. She is a fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics. Sweeney holds a Ph.D. in computer science, master’s degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Harvard.
Dr. Sweeney’s research has focused on the de-identification of data, developing privacy technologies, and the protection of health information.
“Technology issues are increasingly central to the FTC’s work, and I am delighted to welcome Latanya to the FTC,” Chairwoman Ramirez said. ”She has done groundbreaking work in the anonymization of sensitive consumer information and privacy technology, and I look forward to the contributions she will make to the FTC’s efforts to protect consumers.”
Dr. Sweeney will join the FTC as Chief Technologist in January; she will advise the agency on evolving technology and policy issues.