Leigh Freund
Network Advertising Initiative President & CEOAs President & CEO of NAI, Leigh Freund leads the organization’s growth and helps set the agenda and strategic priorities. Leigh joined NAI in 2015 after an eleven-year career at AOL Inc., where she served as vice president & chief counsel for global public policy. Before joining AOL, Leigh worked at K&L Gates and on Capitol Hill with Rep. Fred Upton. Leigh brings more than a decade of substantive expertise in privacy, advertising, and public policy in the digital sector to her work at NAI. She has first-hand knowledge of the tremendous contributions third parties have made in the digital advertising space and is a passionate believer in strong self-regulation. Leigh holds an undergraduate degree in political science from Kalamazoo College and a J.D. from Georgetown University. She is a participant in several industry organizations devoted to compliance with key regulatory initiatives and principles, including the Interactive Advertising Bureau and Digital Advertising Alliance.
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Discussion: Honey, Who¹s Minding The Data?
Date/Time: 4:00 PM
One of the oldest industry groups focused on privacy policy reflect on the state data security and ownership in the age of heightened consumer awareness. How are basic concepts around privacy like personally identifiable information themselves being recast as new data points pile into user profiles? How are new devices, personal and intimate, posing unforeseen challenges? And how will the industry respond to new FCC proposals for privacy regulation?