Parry Aftab | |
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 Aftab accepting an award from FBI Director Robert Mueller in 2010 | |
| Occupation | Lawyer, author, charity head, board member, speaker, consultant |
| Language | English, Spanish and some Russian |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | US |
| Education | Hunter College (BS) New York University School of Law (JD) |
| Notable works | The Parent's Guide to the Internet, StopCyberbullying Global, A Parent's Guide to Protecting Your Children in Cyberspace |
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| aftab | |
Parry Aftab is an Internet privacy and security lawyer, considered one of the founders of cyberlaw and founder of the world's largest and oldest cybersafety charity. Named by The Boston Herald as "the leading expert in cybercrime in the world," Aftab wrote the first cybersafety book in the world for parents (in 1996) and has received a long list of honors and has been appointed to the boards of directors and advisory boards of several companies, including TRUSTe, Facebook, MTV and Sesame Street Online.[1] She is a longtime Internet safety expert[2] who founded the Internet safety organization WiredSafety, StopCyberbullying and the consulting firm, WiredTrust. She was "the Privacy Lawyer" columnist for Information Week Magazine for many years. In 2016 Parry Aftab founded Cybersafety India and the StopCyberbullying and sextortion and morphing prevention initiatives for India.[3] She resides in both the US and Canada.
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