Continuing their conversation on data privacy, host Elisa Poteat and guest Alex Joel dive deeper into the global privacy dilemma. How did the Snowden revelations influence today’s privacy tensions with Europe? And with technology vastly outpacing the law, is Congress having a hard time keeping up?

Alex Joel is a Scholar-in-Residence and Adjunct Professor at the Washington College of Law:

www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiat…eam/alex-joel/

References:

The Church Committee:

www.senate.gov/about/powers-proc…rch-committee.htm

The Pike Committee:

archive.org/details/PikeCommitteeReportFull

Presidential Policy Directive 28:

www.fbi.gov/file-repository/ppd…res-signed.pdf/view

Executive Order 12333:

www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/defau…ed12333.pdf

Alex Joel, "Protect Privacy. That's an Order." Lawfare. April 2021:

www.lawfareblog.com/protect-privacy-thats-order

Alex Joel, "Getting the T's and C's Right: The Lessons of Intelligence Reform." Just Security. November 2020:

www.justsecurity.org/73452/getting-…igence-reform/

Alex Joel, "Seek and Speak the Truth." Just Security. April 2020:

www.justsecurity.org/69706/seek-and…eak-the-truth/

Alex Joel, "9/11 All Over Again." Just Security. April 2020:

www.justsecurity.org/69706/seek-and…eak-the-truth/

TLS Project: Transatlantic Data Flows in the Wake of Schrems II:

www.justsecurity.org/69706/seek-and…eak-the-truth/

The Tech, Law & Security Program American University Washington College of Law:

www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiat…grams/techlaw/

U.S.-EU Privacy Shield:

crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11613

EU Data Transfer Requirements and U.S. Intelligence Laws: Understanding Schrems II and It'sImpact on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield:

crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46724

Government access to personal data held by the private sector: Statement by the OECD Committee on Digital Economy Policy:

www.oecd.org/digital/trusted-go…private-sector.htm