Alex Joel is a Senior Project Director and Resident Adjunct Professor at the American University Washington College of Law, where he leads the Privacy Across Borders initiative for the school’s Tech, Law and Security Program. From 2005 to 2019, Mr. Joel served as the Civil Liberties Protection Officer for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. For the last five years of his tenure at ODNI, he also served as Chief Transparency Officer. Before ODNI, Mr. Joel worked as an attorney at the Central Intelligence Agency; as the privacy and technology attorney for Marriott International; and as a technology attorney at a Washington D.C. law firm. Mr. Joel began his career as an officer in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps. Mr. Joel is a former member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Privacy Professionals.
Sessions in which Mr Alex Joel participates
lunes 10 junio, 2024
Introduction The revised Convention 108 of the Council of Europe is being ratified by a growing number of countries. It will soon reach the required threshold to trigger the entry into force of the convention, as well as bring a paradigm shift in the landscape of global data governance. This session will discuss the key implications of this treaty, in addition to its role in shaping t...
jueves 13 junio, 2024
Introduction This session will discuss the redress mechanisms in the field of national security. The speakers will examine the effectiveness, challenges, and multiple considerations regarding redress mechanisms, aiming to strike a balance between security imperatives and the protection of civil liberties and fundamental human rights.