2021 Technology, Media, & Privacy Law: Implications for Public Health and Safety

About the Technology, Media, & Privacy Law Conference

The Technology, Media, & Privacy Law Conference addresses how technological advancements are reshaping privacy and free speech issues in the fields of law, journalism, and public policy. During 2020, the perils of COVID-19 and misuse of deadly force by police officers put a sharp point on concerns for transparency and informational privacy. In this virtual gathering, experts from law, media, and nonprofit advocacy will examine how government monopolization of data can exacerbate risk to vulnerable populations — and how invasive law enforcement technologies can amplify those risks.

The TMPL conference is hosted by the Center for Governmental Responsibility (CGR) at the University of Florida Levin College of Law and the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications.

The 2021 Technology, Media & Privacy Conference will be held on Zoom and is free. Florida CLE credits: 8.5 general credits and 6.5 technology credits from The Florida Bar.

View the recording of the 2021 Conference morning session here.

View the recording of the 2021 Conference afternoon session here.

2021 Conference Schedule:

Friday March 19, 2021

• 9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. ET | Welcome Address
  • Jon Mills, Center for Governmental Responsibility, University of Florida Levin College of Law
  • Frank LoMonte, Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, CNN Senior Council
• 9:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. ET | Session 1: Global Privacy Issues in the Pandemic Era
  • Mark Cole, University of Luxembourg
  • Ronald Krotozynski, University of Alabama School of Law
  • Maryam Jamshidi, University of Colorado Boulder’s Colorado Law
  • Russell L. Weaver, University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
  • Zahra Stardust, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
• 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. ET | Session 2: Transparency of Policing Technology
  • Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications
  • Albert Fox Cahn, Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P)
  • Hannah Bloch-Wehba, Texas A&M University School of Law
  • Tarak Shah, Human Rights Data Analysis Group
  • Rachel Harmon, University of Virginia School of Law
• 12:30 p.m.– 1:30 p.m. ET | Lunch/Breakout Rooms
  • Digitizing of Court Records
    • David Ardia, University of North Carolina School of Law Center for Media Law and Policy
    • James B. Lake, Thomas & LoCicero LP
    • Bill Girdner, Courthouse News Service
  • News Gathering and Border Security
    • Zita Arocha, University of Texas at El Paso Department of Communication
    • George Fishman, Former Department of Homeland Security Official
    • Victoria Baranetsky, General Counsel, The Center for Investigative Reporting
  • You are the Product: The Risks, Rewards, and Dangers of Surveillance Capitalism
    • William F. Hamilton, University of Florida Levin College of Law
    • Daniel Regard, Intelligent Discovery Solutions, Inc.
    • Amy K. Sanders, Pennsylvania State University Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications
• 1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. ET | Session 3: Access to Arrest Records: Accountability and Equity Issues
  • Frank LoMonte, Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, CNN Senior Council
  • Amy Gajda, Brooklyn Law School
  • Cynthia Conti-Cook, Civil Rights Attorney
  • Jason Tashea, Justice Tech Downloads
• 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET | Session 4: Medical Data, Surveillance, and the Pandemic
  • Jon Mills, Center for Governmental Responsibility, University of Florida Levin College of Law
  • Pedro Allende, Former Department of Homeland Security Official
  • Amy K. Sanders, Pennsylvania State University Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications
  • Sara Sidner, CNN
  • Al-Amyn Sumar, New York Times

Articles by participants

• Jason Tashea: https://www.dayoneproject.org/post/digitizing-state-courts-expanding-access-to-justice
• Jason Tashea: https://wearecommons.us/the-justice-system-as-a-digital-platform/
• Jon L. Mills, Lucca Viana, Danielle Black, The Pandemic and Privacy: The Global Culture of Intrusion
• Al-Amyn Sumar: https://journals.flvc.org/civic/article/view/127491/127658
• Amy Kristin Sanders: https://journals.flvc.org/civic/article/view/127490/127657
• Cynthia Conti-Cook: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/clr/vol22/iss1/4/

The speaker lineup is subject to change.