Julie Brill

Julie Brill is an American lawyer who served as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from April 6, 2010 to March 31, 2016. She is currently corporate vice president and deputy general counsel for Privacy and Regulatory Affairs at Microsoft.

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

Early life and education

Brill graduated from Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey in 1977 and was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 2012.[1]

Brill graduated, magna cum laude, from Princeton University, and from New York University School of Law, where she studied under a Root-Tilden Scholarship.[2]

Career

While at the FTC, Brill also focused on privacy implications of emerging technologies, including how personal data is gathered and used, and its effect on consumer privacy.[3][4] Brill served as assistant attorney general for consumer protection and antitrust for the state of Vermont from 1988 to 2008. In 1991, Brill and her staff discovered that 3,000 Vermont residents were identified as having tax liens against them by a consumer credit reporting agency.[4] While serving at the state level, Brill also worked to coordinate with other states as co-chair of the Privacy Working Group at the National Association of Attorneys General.[5]

In her speeches and publications Brill has called on industry and policymakers to improve privacy in both consumer protection and competition principles.[6][7] Brill wrote the Commission's unanimous decision in ProMedica dissolving the merger of two hospitals in Toledo, Ohio.[8] Brill's ProMedica decision was recently upheld on appeal by the Sixth Circuit of the United States Circuit Court.[9]

Brill was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as a Commissioner on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in 2009.[10] Her nomination was confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate on March 3, 2010 and she was sworn in on April 6, 2010.[11] Brill took action against a wide range of technology companies for failing to secure personal data properly, calling for more protections for consumers regarding the inappropriate use of data behind the scenes.[12] Brill supported the development of a “do not track” feature to allow Internet users to tell websites to stop tracking their online activities and collecting information about them.[13] While at the FTC, Brill created the “Reclaim Your Name” project designed to encourage more transparency within the data broker industry.[14] She appeared on CBS 60 Minutes in 2014 to discuss the data broker industry and what needs to change to provide more control and information for consumers.[15]

Brill 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]

Reception

Brill has been named "the Commission's most important voice on Internet privacy and data security issues",[18] a "key player in U.S. and global regulations",[19] "one of the top minds in online privacy",[20] one of the top four U.S. government players "leading the data privacy debate",[21] "one of the top 50 influencers on big data",[22] and a "game-changer".[23] In 2014 she received the Privacy Leader of the Year Award[24] from the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

References
  1. Mann, Mary (May 29, 2015). "Zach Braff Inducted Into Columbia High School Hall of Fame". The Village Green.
  2. "Root-Tilden-Kern Public Interest Scholarships - NYU School of Law". www.law.nyu.edu. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  3. "Why you have the right to obscurity". Christian Science Monitor. April 15, 2015. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  4. "Defending The Digital Consumer". Government Executive. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  5. McConnell, Bill (September 4, 2012). "FTC's Julie Brill By Bill McConnell" (PDF). Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  6. "Julie Brill". June 7, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  7. "Julie Brill". June 7, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  8. 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.
  9. Brill, Julie (June 2012). "In the Matter of ProMedica Health System, Inc. Docket No. 9346 Opinion of the Commission" (PDF).
  10. "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts, 11/16/2009". whitehouse.gov. November 16, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  11. "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate, 11/17/09". whitehouse.gov. November 17, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  12. "Regulators Must Guide the Internet of Things". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  13. "THE MIAMI HERALD 11 NOVEMBER 2010". Issuu. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  14. "Knocking Down Silos and Weaving the Tapestry: A Look at the Priorities of FTC Commissioner Julie Brill". Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  15. "The Data Brokers: Selling your personal information". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  16. "Milbank Tweed Forum features a conversation with FTC Commissioner Julie Brill '85". NYU Law. NYU Law News. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  17. "The American Law Institute Elects 69 New Members". The American Law Institute. The American Law Institute. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  18. Swift, Mike (June 10, 2014). "Profile: FTC's Brill emerges as key player in national,international regulation" (PDF). mlex Market Insight.
  19. Harrison, Erin (December 22, 2014). "The Privacy Puzzle". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  20. Ng, Cindy (July 23, 2014). "Top 8 Minds in Online Privacy". Varonis Blog. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  21. Bachman, Katie (January 24, 2014). "The Hawks and Doves of Washington's Privacy Debate". AdWeek.
  22. Hilhorst, Arthur (January 21, 2015). "Big Data 2015: Top 100 Influencers and Brands". Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  23. High, Kristal (September 13, 2013). "Politic365 honors its 2013 class of game changers". Archived from the original on February 26, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  24. "Knocking Down Silos and Weaving the Tapestry: A Look at the Priorities of FTC Commissioner Julie Brill". privacyassociation.org. Retrieved July 3, 2018.

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