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Let's Talk About Digital Threats to Democracy webinar series hosted by LWVME, LWVAK and LWVCO

About this event

This is a part of a series presented by LWV of Maine. To register, please use the following link: https://democracymaine.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c0ed71ebb226aa00ec5540a0b&id=fbdff52619&e=22d6d8bb80

We'll be joined by Latanya Sweeney, Ph.D. She is Professor of the Practice of Government and Technology at the Harvard Kennedy School and in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Editor-in-Chief ofTechnology Science, founder and director of both the Public Interest Tech Lab and of the Data Privacy Lab, former Chief Technology Officer at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, and Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science, Technology and Policy at Carnegie Mellon University.

Latanya Sweeney has 3 patents, more than 100 academic publications, and her work is explicitly cited in two U.S. regulations, including the U.S. federal medical privacy regulation (known as HIPAA). She is a recipient of the prestigious Louis D. Brandeis Privacy Award, the American Psychiatric Association's Privacy Advocacy Award, an elected fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics, and has testified before government bodies worldwide. She earned her PhD in computer science from MIT in 2001; the first Black woman to do so.

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Date and Time

Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 3:00 PM until 4:00 PM

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Registration Info

Registration is not Required
To Register, use the following link: https://democracymaine.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c0ed71ebb226aa00ec5540a0b&id=fbdff52619&e=22d6d8bb80


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