FPF-CAN Speaker Series featuring Mary Madden and Michele Gilman
The FPF-Capital Area Academic Network invites you to join us for a roundtable discussion featuring Mary Madden (Researcher, Data & Society Institute) and Michele Gilman (Venable Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Education, University of Baltimore School of Law). Mary and Michele will discuss their latest research: “Privacy, Poverty and Big Data: A Matrix of Vulnerabilities for Poor Americans.”
On Wednesday, October 25, 2017, from 3:00 – 4:00pm, Mary and Michele will share their research with us and engage in a discussion about their findings. An opportunity to network with the authors and fellow attendees will follow the discussion from 4:00 – 5:00pm. Please R.S.V.P. to reserve your seat — space is limited.
When:
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
Where:
Future of Privacy Forum
1400 I Street Northwest
Suite #450
Washington, DC 20005
We look forward to seeing you on the 25th!
Can’t join us in person? Join us virtually using the following Zoom link:
This event is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1654085
About the Research:
This Article examines the matrix of vulnerabilities that low-income people face as a result of the collection and aggregation of big data and the application of predictive analytics. It reports on original empirical findings from a large, nationally-representative telephone survey with an oversample of low-income American adults, and highlights how these patterns make particular groups of low-status Internet users uniquely vulnerable to various forms of surveillance and networked privacy-related problems. In particular, a greater reliance on mobile connectivity, combined with lower usage of privacy-enhancing strategies, may contribute to various privacy and security-related harms. The Article then discusses three scenarios in which big data—including data gathered from social media inputs—is being aggregated to make predictions about individual behavior: employment screening, access to higher education, and predictive policing. As policymakers consider reforms, the Article urges greater attention to impacts on low-income persons and communities.
About the presenters:
Mary Madden is a veteran technology researcher, writer and public speaker, having studied trends in American internet users’ behaviors and attitudes for more than a decade. She is currently leading a Data & Society initiative to understand the privacy and security experiences of low-socioeconomic status populations. Supported by a grant from the Digital Trust Foundation, the project will provide freely accessible survey data to researchers working in this area and will seek to answer key questions that can help ground current policy conversations and debates about privacy and security in the digital age.
Mary is also an Affiliate at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University where she has collaborated with the Berkman Center’s Youth and Media Project to apply quantitative and qualitative research methods to study adolescents’ technology use and privacy management on social media. Prior to her role at Data & Society, Mary was a Senior Researcher for the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. She is a nationally recognized expert on privacy and technology, trends in social media use, and the impact of digital media on teens and parents. Mary is also a member of the National Cyber Security Coalition’s Data Privacy Day Advisory Committee and the Research Advisory Committee for the Future of Music Coalition’s Artist Revenue Streams Project.
Michele Gilman is the Venable Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Education at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Professor Gilman teaches in the Civil Advocacy Clinic, where she supervises students representing low-income individuals and community groups in a wide range of litigation, legislation, and law reform matters. She also teaches evidence, federal administrative law, and poverty law. Professor Gilman writes extensively about privacy, poverty, and social welfare issues, and her articles have appeared in journals including the California Law Review, the Vanderbilt Law Review, and the Washington University Law Review. She is a co-director of the Center on Applied Feminism, which works to apply the insights of feminist legal theory to legal practice and policy. She received her B.A. from Duke University, and her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
