An Oral History Interview with Jules Polonetsky
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This oral history interview is sponsored by and a part of NSF 2202484, “Mining a Usable Past: Perspectives, Paradoxes, and Possibilities with Security and Privacy,” at the Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. The interview is with Jules Polonetsky, CEO of the Future of Privacy Forum. He reflects on his upbringing in New York’s Brighton Beach, his early political career, and his transition from public service to corporate privacy roles at DoubleClick and AOL. Polonetsky discusses the founding and evolution of the Future of Privacy Forum, his perspectives on consumer data practices, and the relationship between self-regulation, policy development, and civil society. He offers reflections on privacy law in the U.S. and Europe, emerging technologies such as AI, and the institutional dynamics that shape privacy governance today.
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Oral history is an interview of Jules Polonetsky, CEO of the Future of Privacy Forum by Gerardo Con Diaz, University of California, Davis from August 30, 2024.
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NSF 2202484, “Mining a Usable Past: Perspectives, Paradoxes, and Possibilities with Security and Privacy”
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Polonetsky, Jules. (2025). An Oral History Interview with Jules Polonetsky. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/274225.
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