Wendy Seltzer is an American attorney and a staff member at the

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, where she is the chair of the Improving Web Advertising Business Group. She was previously with Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy. Seltzer is also a

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with Harvard's

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, where she founded and leads the Lumen clearinghouse, which is aimed at helping Internet users to understand their rights in response to cease-and-desist threats related to intellectual property and other legal demands. Seltzer sits on the board of directors of the

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. A former At-large Liaison to the ICANN board of directors, she has advocated for increased transparency of the organization of, and for increased protection of, the privacy of Internet users. From April to July 2007, she was a

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at the

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. Previously, she was a visiting assistant professor at the Northeastern University School of Law and

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, and a fellow at the

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, and served on the board of directors of the

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. Before that, she was a staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, specializing in intellectual property and free speech issues. Seltzer has an A.B. from

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and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She is also a

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Publications

"EFF Members Build Liberated TVs."
''Deeplinks'' (May 23, 2005). Electronic Frontier Foundation.

References

External links

Official website

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Wendy Seltzer's blog

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''Digital TV Liberation Front'' — Broadcast Flag
at Electronic Frontier Foundation
Fulbright Chair Speaker SeriesMP3
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