Latanya Sweeney
Harvard professor; former FTC chief technologist; privacy and algorithm-bias researcher
Latanya Sweeney showed in the 1990s that most Americans can be identified from just ZIP code, birth date and sex, reshaping US health-privacy rules. Her 2013 study found online ads suggesting arrest records appeared more often for Black-sounding names.
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