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Testimony before the UK Parliament’s House of Lords European Affairs Committee on UK-EU Data Adequacy,
May 21, 2024.
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Testimony before The President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee,
April 13, 2023.
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Moderator, “Data Portability as an Interim Step Toward Interoperability,”
OECD Webinar on Data Portability, Jun. 10, 2021.
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Testimony before OECD Competition Committee on “Data Portability, Interoperability, and Competition,”
Jun. 9, 2021.
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Comments submitted to the European Data Protection Board on EDPB Recommendations 01/2020 on Measures that Supplement Transfer Tools to Ensure Compliance with the EU Level of Protection of Personal Data,
Dec. 21, 2020.
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Response to Question for the Record from Senator Krysten Sinema,
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, Dec. 9, 2020.
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Testimony before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation on "The Invalidation of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and the Future of Transatlantic Data Flows,"
Washington, DC, Dec. 9, 2020. (Video)
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Appendix 1 to Testimony before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation - "Statutory and Non-Statutory Ways to Create Individual Redress for U.S. Surveillance Activities,"
Washington, DC, Dec. 9, 2020.
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Appendix 2 to Testimony before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation - "Updates to U.S. Foreign Intelligence Law Since 2016 Testimony,"
Washington, DC, Dec. 9, 2020.
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"The Portability and Other Required Transfers Impact Assessment (PORT-IA): Assessing Competition, Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Other Considerations,"
Public comments in response to the request from the European Commission for comments on the proposed European Strategy for Data (“Data Strategy”), May 28, 2020.
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"Issues of Concern Under the CLOUD Act for Australian Legislation Amendment (International Production Orders) Bill 2020"
Apr. 29, 2020.
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Possible Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Breach Issues in the Proposed National Medical Claims Database Under Section 303 of S. 1895,
white paper on The Lower Health Care Costs Act, S. 1895, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, Sep. 27, 2019.
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High Level Policy Hearing: Building a European Data Economy
presented before European Political Strategy Centre, European Commission, Mar. 28, 2017.
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"Swire Testimony in Landmark EU Privacy Case"
Expert to the Irish High Court in Irish Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook and Max Schrems, Feb. 7, 2017.
Swire has published this 300-page expert statement on U.S. surveillance law as applied to EU privacy law, in the current case in Ireland challenging the legality of transferring personal data to the U.S.
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Testimony before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation on "How Will the FCC's Proposed Privacy Regulations Affect Consumers and Competition?"
Washington, DC, Jul. 12, 2016.
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Reply Comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission on Protecting the Privacy of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services,
Jul. 6, 2016.
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Comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission on Protecting the Privacy of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services,
May 24, 2016.
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"US Surveillance Law, Safe Harbor, and Reforms Since 2013,"
presented before the Belgian Privacy Authority’s Forum on “The Consequences of the Judgment in the Schrems Case,” Dec. 18, 2015.
The White Paper draws on Swire's background as a scholar of both EU data protection law and US surveillance law. It addresses serious misunderstandings of US national security law, reflected in official statements made in the Schrems case and elsewhere.
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Question for the Record from Sen. Grassley about Encryption,
Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Jul. 27, 2015.
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Testimony before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on "Going Dark: Encryption, Technology, and the Balance Between Public Safety and Privacy"
Washington, DC, July, 2015. Video (starts at 02:16:57)
Swire testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on how law enforcement and intelligence agencies are not going dark, but are in a golden age of surveillance.
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Comments to the FCC on Consumer Broadband Privacy,
presented before Federal Communications Commission Workshop on Broadband Consumer Privacy, Washington, DC, April 28, 2015.
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"Lessons from Fair Lending Law for Fair Marketing and Big Data,"
presented before Federal Trade Commission Workshop on “Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion?” Washington, DC, September, 2014.
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Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, "Examining Recommendations to Reform FISA Authorities"
February, 2014. (Video)
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Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, "Hearing on the Report of the President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies"
January 2014. (Video)
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Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, "Hearing on the Report of the President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies,"
(closed session) January, 2014.
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Testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee on "A Status Update on the Development of Voluntary Do-Not-Track Standards"
April, 2013.
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Testimony before the Senate Homeland Security Committee on “State of Federal Privacy and Data Security Law: Lagging Behind the Times?”
July, 2012. (Video)
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Testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee on “The Need for Privacy Protections: Is Industry Self-Regulation Adequate?”
June, 2012. (Video)
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"De-Identification and the Privacy Multistakeholder Process,"
comments to the Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Apr. 6 2012.
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Statement on the Administration’s Privacy Report,
Feb. 23, 2012.
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Comments on Alternative Mortgage-Servicing Compensation,
Dec. 20, 2011 (with Jordan Eizenga).
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“Internet Privacy: The Impact and Burden of EU Regulation,”
statement to the House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, September 15, 2011.
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"Effective National Mortgage Servicing Standards Are Essential,"
statement Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Aug. 8, 2011.
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"Wrap Up on Privacy and Location Based Services,"
Federal Communications Commission: “Helping Consumers Harness the Potential of Location Based Services,” June 28, 2011.
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"Delivering ERISA Disclosure for Defined Contribution Plans,"
Comments submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, June, 2011.
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"Why the Federal Government Should Have a Privacy Policy Office, comments submitted to the Department of Commerce.”
Comments submitted to the U.S. Department of Commerce, January 28, 2011.
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Comments submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Health Data Breach Guidelines,
May 22, 2009.
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Testimony to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution on "Laptop Searches and Other Violations of Privacy Faced by Americans Returning From Overseas Travel"
Washington, DC, Jun. 25 2008.
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Comments submitted to the Federal Trade Commission on Proposed Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising,
April 10, 2008 (with Annie I. Antón).
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“Protecting Consumers: Privacy Matters in Antitrust Analysis,”
Testimony submitted to the Federal Trade Commission on Privacy and Antitrust, October 19, 2007.
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Testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, on electronic medical records and privacy,
June 19, 2007.
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Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on National Security Letters,
April 11, 2007.
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Testimony before the White House Privacy and Civil Liberties Board,
Dec. 5, 2006.
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Testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, on “Privacy in the Commercial World II,”
June 20, 2006. (Video)
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Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on “Personal Information Gathered by the Government from Information Resellers,”
April 4, 2006.
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Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, on Section 218 of the Patriot Act,
April, 2005.
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Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, on Sections 209 & 217 of the Patriot Act
April, 2005.
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Comments submitted to federal financial regulatory agencies on short privacy notices,
Mar. 29, 2004.
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Testimony before the House Financial Services Committee on “Reauthorization of the Fair Credit Reporting Act,”
May, 2003.
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Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on “Privacy and the Homeland Security Department,”
July, 2002.
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Comments submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on medical privacy regulation,
April, 2002.
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Comments submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on medical privacy regulation
March, 2001.
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"Privacy and the Future of Justice Statistics," Proceedings of a National Conference on Privacy, Technology, and Criminal Justice Information,
SEARCH — The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics (2001).
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Comments submitted to the U.S. Department of Commerce on the proposed safe harbor for transborder data flows,
December, 1998.
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Testimony before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, concerning proposed reform of bank insolvency laws,
June, 1995.