Jennifer King

Dr. Jennifer King is the Director of Privacy at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford University. She is a privacy researcher who uses human-computer interaction methods to examine the privacy “gap” between people’s expectations and how technological systems function. Her publications include privacy focused investigations of smartphones, online social networks, radio-frequency identification [RFID], and digital video surveillance. Dr. King holds a PhD in information science and a professional master’s degree in information management and systems from U.C. Berkeley’s School of Information. Prior to her research career, Ms. King worked in security and product management for several Internet companies, most recently Yahoo!.