Googling the NSA: Accountability in the Age of Big Data

Googling the NSA: Accountability in the Age of Big Data

Tuesday March 25th, from 4:30-7:00 in the Stamp Union Ballroom Lounge. 

This MLAW Programs event--in collaboration with the UMD Law School-- will feature the following panelists: Professor Michael Greenberger (UMD law school); Professor James Grimmelman (UMD law School); Professor James Lynch (Criminology, UMCP); and Leonard Moodispaw (CEO, KEYW Holding Corp).  

The panels will discuss recent revelations regarding the NSA and big data (telephone metadata). Comments will focus on technology, legal values, existing and potential government programs and policies.   Presentations will touch on the following themes: Whether big data collection is useful;  whether it infringes on 1st Amendment freedom of speech and association, and 4th Amendment privacy rights; and whether less chilling innovations are available. Panelists will also address issues pertaining to governance, oversight and accountability of big data regimes, along with distinguishing oversight standards for programs emanating from the government and from the private sector (Google, Facebook, and others). 

The panel will be following by a reception, with food and drink. 

Please attend, meet the panelists, make comments and ask plenty of questions. 

For more information please contact me at Rkoulish@umd.edu