Nuala O’Connor
Nuala O’Connor is the President & CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology. She is an internationally recognized expert in Internet and technology policy. Nuala has experience in both the public and private sectors. She was the Global Privacy Leader at General Electric, where she was responsible for privacy policy and practices. Prior to joining CDT, she worked at Amazon.com as VP of Compliance & Consumer Trust and Associate General Counsel for Data & Privacy Protection. Nuala’s time in the technology sector began at DoubleClick, then as Deputy Director of the Office of Policy & Strategic Planning, Chief Privacy Officer and as the Chief Counsel for Technology at the US Department of Commerce. She became the first statutorily appointed Chief Privacy Officer in federal service when she was named as the first Chief Privacy Officer at the Department of Homeland Security. Learn more at https://cdt.org/staff/nuala-o%E2%80%99connor/.
