A Conversation on Data and Privacy with former Facebook GC Chris Kelly

Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 12:00 pm
Harvard Law School campus
Pound Hall, Rm 201

This event is co-sponsored by Harvard Law School's Center on the Legal Profession.

Chris Kelly worked extensively in developing Facebook’s early approaches to public policy challenges including privacy.  This event will provide a free form discussion about Kelly’s career path, the goals of Facebook’s privacy policies, their interplay with Facebook’s business model, and strategies for implementation. We will also discuss more generally the current political environment in which user-data-driven technology companies find themselves, potential re-implementation, and the possible role of domestic and international privacy regulation. Finally, we’ll find out what Kelly has been involved with since leaving Facebook professionally, politically, and personally.  Kelly will be in discussion with Prof. Ron Dolin, who is currently teaching “Law 2.0: Technology’s Impact on the Practice of Law” at HLS.

About Chris Kelly:
Chris Kelly, HLS ’97, is an entrepreneur, attorney, and activist. From September 2005 to August 2009, he served as the first General Counsel, Chief Privacy Officer and Head of Global Public Policy at Facebook. As an early leader at Facebook, he helped it grow from its college roots to the ubiquitous communications medium it is today. In 2010, Kelly was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for California Attorney General. Since his departure from Facebook and campaign for Attorney General, he has become a prominent investor in award-winning independent films, restaurants, and technology start-ups including MoviePass, Fandor, Organizer, and rentLEVER. Kelly became a co-owner of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings in May 2013.