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Helen Nissenbaum

American philosopher and information scientist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1954 · age 72

Helen Nissenbaum is professor of information science at Cornell Tech. She is best known for the concept of "contextual integrity" and her work on privacy, privacy law, trust, and security in the online world. Specifically, contextual integrity has influenced the United States government's thinking about privacy issues.

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Barwise Prize2014

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Nissenbaum co-created the TrackMeNot and AdNauseam browser extensions, which demonstrated the use of obfuscation to maintain user privacy.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1954 · age 72