Ariel Fox Johnson's Profile
About Ariel Fox Johnson
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Ariel Fox Johnson is a senior advisor for data privacy to Common Sense Media. Ariel was formerly senior counsel for global policy at Common Sense, and has extensive experience in educational and children's privacy and emerging U.S. consumer laws. She has helped shape policy and legislative debates around privacy and children's digital well-being, briefing policymakers, industry, and community leaders on data privacy and platform questions. She has testified before the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and state legislatures across the country on how technology can be designed to better protect individuals.
Ariel is the founder of Digital Smarts Law & Policy LLC and an adjunct professor of privacy law at Cleveland State University's College of Law. She has also worked in-house for Zoom and at multinational law firms, advising on global privacy and online safety laws. Ariel is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.