About

Rebecca Williams (she/her) is an artist, lawyer, and writer. She currently works as a Senior Strategist for the Privacy & Data Governance unit of the ACLU. Additionally, Rebecca serves as a Research Lead for the Surveillance Resistance Lab, a budding research unit dedicated to fighting oppressive surveillance in all its forms. Previously Rebecca has researched how data and technology reconstruct power in society at the Harvard Kennedy School, the Sunlight Foundation, the White House, and more. Rebecca holds a B.A. in Communication & Film Studies from the University of Massachusetts and a J.D. from Western New England Law School. She has won numerous legal tech awards, including the American Bar Association's first 10 Women to Watch in Legal Tech. Rebecca lives in New York City with her dog, Hannah Arendt.