SciPy 2023

Subpoenas Less Scary
07-13, 10:45–11:15 (America/Chicago), Zlotnik Ballroom

Your users have entrusted their data to you. But what happens when a law enforcement government agency demands you share the data with them? We will demystify the process of receiving and responding to law enforcement’s demands for data. We demonstrate how designing around privacy can limit what needs to be shared. To make subpoenas less scary, we break them down as a technical process, and share the protections we implemented at Mozilla. If you want to understand the real-world impact of your approaches to privacy, this talk is for you.

Staff Data Scientist at Mozilla. Prior lives include building a data department from scratch and getting a PhD in non-commutative algebra. Come talk to me about industry vs academia, careers in data science, under-rated places in Chicago, and who should have won the NBA playoffs.

David Zeber is a Staff Data Scientist at Mozilla who enjoys prototyping innovative approaches to improving the user search experience. While at Mozilla, he also led research into online tracking and privacy-preserving technologies for working with user data. He holds a PhD in applied probability from Cornell University.