Upcoming Madison Vision Series speaker, Mary Ellen Callahan

Speaking on privacy issues

Madison Vision Series
 

Mary Ellen Callahan will be the final speaker for the Madison Vision Series for the academic year on Wednesday, March 29 at 3:30 p.m. in the Forbes Center Concert Hall. She will speak on issues and policies concerning privacy within the United States. Callahan

Callahan served as chief privacy officer of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from 2009 until August 2012.  Prior to joining the Department of Homeland Security in 2009, as a partner in the D.C. office of an international law firm, she focused on privacy, security, data protection, consumer protection and e-commerce issues across a wide variety of industries including retail, technology, entertainment, financial services, healthcare, telecommunications and government contracts. She advised businesses, including multinational companies, on a variety of privacy and information governance issues, including privacy and security policies. Callahan also performed audits of clients’ privacy and security policies as related to relevant state and federal legislation and created and implemented requisite compliance strategies and programs, as well as drafted website privacy policies and terms of use.

She is also experienced as a litigator and has represented clients before federal administrative agencies, in federal and state courts in the District of Columbia and in federal courts in Virginia and New York. Callahan is currently the Chair of Jenner & Block’s Privacy and Information Governance Practice.

Callahan is a prolific writer and speaker on cutting-edge commercial privacy issues. She provides advice and counsel to an array of clients in industries that include media, public health and health care, manufacturing, online retail, government contracts, energy and other critical infrastructure sectors.

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Published: Monday, March 27, 2017

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2020

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