Aaron Alva
Strategic advisor in security, privacy, & AI | Legal + Technical | Translate complex technical concepts to enable meaningful actions | 10 years as regulator/enforcer
- Role
- Tech Advisor Technologist - Counsel at Federal Trade Commission
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Aaron Alva
Aaron is a fellow at Harvard\'s Berkman Klein Center and the founder of Alva Strategy…
Experience
Tech Advisor Technologist - Counsel
Sep 2015 — Present
Advise case teams and senior agency officials on highly consequential and frequently novel issues of law, policy, and technology leading to over $5 billion in settlements improving privacy & security for hundreds of millions of individuals and new US-based legal requirements.Regularly initiate & manage actions in strategically critical areas including AI, automated systems, health privacy, geolocation privacy, browser privacy, smart TV privacy, deceptive privacy controls, API security, biometric systems, platform harms, ad tech, misuses of security-provided info, and more.Develop and contribute to obtaining novel relief through legal actions such as requiring companies to conduct harm-reducing risk management approaches, limit certain sensitive data uses, develop scientifically sound evidence that outputs from automated systems are accurate before use, limit retention to the shortest time necessary to fulfill the purpose for which personal information was collected, and more.Translate technical concepts & complex risks/harms to non-technical senior leadership and case teams as an internal subject matter expert on emerging technologies including on AI, privacy, and security issues.
Education
University of Washington School of Law
Doctor of Law (J.D.)
2012 — 2015
University of Central Florida
Major: Political Science | Minor: Secure Computing (Digital Forensics)
2008 — 2011
University of Washington
Masters of Science, Information Management
2011 — 2014
Skills
- Risk Management
- Computer Forensics
- Security
- Project Management
- Cloud Computing
- Cloud Forensics
- Information Assurance
- Computer Security
- Cyber Security
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