Julie Brill

Julie Brill is an American lawyer who serves as corporate vice president and deputy general counsel for Privacy and Regulatory Affairs at Microsoft. She served as a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2010 to 2016.

Julie Brill
Brill at Microsoft's Redmond campus, July 2017
Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission
In office
April 6, 2010 – March 31, 2016
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byPamela Jones Harbour
Succeeded byNoah Joshua Phillips
Personal details
EducationPrinceton University
New York University School of Law

Early life and education

Born in Houston, Texas,[1] Brill attended Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey, graduating in 1977; she was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 2012.[2] She graduated magna cum laude with a BA in economics from Princeton University, and in 1985 obtained a JD from New York University School of Law[1] as a Root-Tilden-Kern scholar.[3]

Career

Brill served as assistant attorney general for consumer protection and antitrust for the state of Vermont from 1988 to 2008. In 1991, she and her staff discovered that 3,000 Vermont residents were identified as having tax liens against them by a consumer credit reporting agency.[4] She also worked to coordinate with other states as co-chair of the Privacy Working Group at the National Association of Attorneys General.[5]

In 2009 President Barack Obama nominated Brill to serve as a commissioner for the FTC.[6] The nomination was confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate on 3 March 2010, and she was sworn in on 6 April 2010.[7][8] While at the FTC, Brill focused on the privacy implications of emerging technologies, including how personal data is gathered and used.[4][9] She took action against a wide range of technology companies for failing to secure personal data properly, calling for more protection for consumers regarding the inappropriate use of data behind the scenes.[10] She supported the development of a "do not track" feature to allow Internet users to tell websites to stop tracking their online activities,[11] and created a "Reclaim Your Name" project to encourage more transparency within the data broker industry.[12] In 2014 she appeared on CBS 60 Minutes to discuss the data broker industry and what needs to change to provide more control for consumers.[13]

Brill wrote the Commission's unanimous decision in ProMedica dissolving the merger of two hospitals in Toledo, Ohio,[14] which was upheld on appeal by the Sixth Circuit of the United States Circuit Court.[15] She received the New York University School of Law Alumna of the Year Award in 2014,[16] and was elected to the American Law Institute in 2013.[17] In 2014 she received the Privacy Leader of the Year Award from the International Association of Privacy Professionals.[12]

See also

References
  1. "Julie Brill, Commissioner". Federal Regulatory Directory. Thousand Oaks, CA: CQ Press, 16th edition, 2014, p. 241.
  2. Mann, Mary (May 29, 2015). "Zach Braff Inducted Into Columbia High School Hall of Fame". The Village Green.
  3. "Alumna of the Month November 2010". New York University School of Law.
  4. Golden, Hallie (July 8, 2015). "Defending The Digital Consumer". Government Executive. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  5. McConnell, Bill (September 4, 2012). "Q&A with the FTC's Julie Brill By Bill McConnell" (PDF). The Deal. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  6. "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts, 11/16/2009". whitehouse.gov. November 16, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  7. "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate, 11/17/09". whitehouse.gov. November 17, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  8. "Julie Brill". Federal Trade Commission. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  9. Selinger, Evan; Hartzog, Woodrow (April 15, 2015). "Why you have the right to obscurity". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  10. Brill, Julie (September 8, 2013). "Regulators Must Guide the Internet of Things". The New York Times. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  11. "Stage set for online privacy showdown". The Miami Herald. November 11, 2010. p. 2B. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  12. Bracy, Jedidiah (March 10, 2014). "Knocking Down Silos and Weaving the Tapestry: A Look at the Priorities of FTC Commissioner Julie Brill". The IAPP. International Association of Privacy Professionals. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  13. "The Data Brokers: Selling your personal information". 60 Minutes. CBS News. March 9, 2010. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  14. Hunt, Deborah S. (Clerk of the Court) (April 22, 2014). "Sixth Circuit Opinion Denying Respondents Petition for Review of a Final Order of the Federal Trade Commission" (PDF). United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
  15. Brill, Julie (June 2012). "In the Matter of ProMedica Health System, Inc. Docket No. 9346. Opinion of the Commission" (PDF).
  16. "Milbank Tweed Forum features a conversation with FTC Commissioner Julie Brill '85". NYU Law. March 3, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  17. "The American Law Institute Elects 69 New Members". The American Law Institute. October 31, 2013. Retrieved September 6, 2019.

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