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Debbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva” talks to Cameron Kerry, Former General Counsel and Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce in the Obama Administration, Ann R. & Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution, Center for Technology & Innovation. At Brookings and the MIT Media Lab, Cameron Kerry is applying his experience as a government thought leader on technology and public policy as a speaker, writer, and researcher on current issues in these areas. His work is focusing especially on privacy and information security and the application of privacy principles to fast-changing global business and technology. We discuss our meeting at the Berkeley Forum and the now mainstream nature of privacy, his unique path in public, private and academic spheres, why privacy is so important for him, surveillance no longer requires human presence, recent developments regarding the Cloud Act and data transfer between the US, the EU, and the UK, 2 streams of thought on surveillance and data transfers, the ADPPA (American Data Privacy Protection Act), California privacy vs. the ADPPA, US Chamber of Commerce objections to ADPPA, his privacy concerns about current technologies, human vs. consumer rights and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.

This episode is a MUST listen for anyone who wants to know what is happening with Data Privacy in the U.S. on a state-federal and International level. 

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