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Lindsey Shinn
Morgan Lewis Public Interest Fellow

Lindsey Shinn joined CDT in the Fall of 2009 as a Morgan Lewis Public Interest Fellow. Lindsey is working to strengthen CDT's voice in international policy debates, particularly focusing on issues in the European Union.

Lindsey received her J.D. from UC Hastings College of the Law, graduating magna cum laude in 2009. During her summers, Lindsey was a summer associate in the IP Group at Morgan Lewis and a judicial extern for the Honorable Jeffrey S. White of the Northern District of California. During the academic year, Lindsey served as the Executive Managing Editor of the Hastings Law Journal. She also competed in several moot court competitions, highlighted by her team's second place finish and best petitioner brief award at the John Marshall Law School Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law.

Prior to law school, Lindsey worked at the intersection of technology and education, including positions at an education-based website, a start-up high ... More »

Lindsey Shinn joined CDT in the Fall of 2009 as a Morgan Lewis Public Interest Fellow. Lindsey is working to strengthen CDT's voice in international policy debates, particularly focusing on issues in the European Union.

Lindsey received her J.D. from UC Hastings College of the Law, graduating magna cum laude in 2009. During her summers, Lindsey was a summer associate in the IP Group at Morgan Lewis and a judicial extern for the Honorable Jeffrey S. White of the Northern District of California. During the academic year, Lindsey served as the Executive Managing Editor of the Hastings Law Journal. She also competed in several moot court competitions, highlighted by her team's second place finish and best petitioner brief award at the John Marshall Law School Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law.

Prior to law school, Lindsey worked at the intersection of technology and education, including positions at an education-based website, a start-up high school, and a company that assists non-profits with their Internet initiatives. Lindsey graduated from Brown University in 2000 with a double concentration in History with honors and Computer Science.

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Blog Post - CDT Submits Comments to European Commission on Privacy
1/6/2010 International

Although Europe and the US have taken different regulatory approaches to consumer privacy -- the EU adopted a comprehensive privacy directive in 1995 while the US has a patchwork quilt of incomplete laws with many gaps -- consumers, businesses and regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are grappling with the privacy implications of many of the same changes in technology and business practices.  In response, reviews of privacy are underway in both the US and Europe: The Federal Trade Commission is conducting a series of public roundtable discussions to explore the privacy challenges posed by the vast array of 21st century technology and business practices that collect and use consumer data.  At the same time, the European Commission is conducting an online “Consultation on the legal framework for the fundamental right to protection of personal data.”   

The EU consultation seeks input on three questions: views on the new challenges to personal data protection in the EU in light of new technology and globalization; whether the legal framework sufficiently meets these challenges; and what action, if any, would be needed to address the identified challenges.

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