Peter Swire

Peter P. Swire
Peter Swire at 2015 New America event
Born (1958-05-15) May 15, 1958 (age 66)
EducationPrinceton University,
Université Libre de Bruxelles,
Yale Law School
Occupation(s)Professor, Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology,
Senior Counsel, Alston & Bird
SpouseAnnie Antón
Websitewww.peterswire.net

Peter P. Swire (born May 15, 1958) is the J.Z. Liang Chair in the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology.[1] Swire is also Professor of Law and Ethics in the Scheller College of Business and has an appointment by courtesy with the School of Public Policy. Swire is also a senior fellow at the Future of Privacy Forum.

During the Clinton administration, he became the first person to hold the position of Chief Counselor for Privacy in the Office of Management and Budget. In this role, he coordinated administration policy on privacy and data protection, including interfacing with privacy officials in foreign countries. He may be best known for shaping the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy Rule while serving as the Chief Counselor for Privacy. In November 2012 he was named as co-chair of the Tracking Protection Working Group of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), to attempt to mediate a global Do Not Track standard.[2][3] In August 2013, President Obama named Swire as one of five members of the Director of National Intelligence Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies.[4]

  1. ^ [1]“Swire to Continue Defining the Field of Cybersecurity as J.Z. Liang Chair,” Georgia Tech College of Computing, November 29, 2022
  2. ^ [2] "Mediator Joins Contentious Effort to Add a ‘Do Not Track’ Option to Web Browsing", New York Times, 28 November 2012
  3. ^ [3] W3C Tracking Protection Working Group (TPWG)
  4. ^ "Review Group". Archived from the original on 2015-05-17. Retrieved 2015-05-13. About the Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies