Principles for the
Biometric data, which includes information extracted from the human body through technological means, is increasingly being used for purposes beyond medical treatment. This project will investigate the underlying technologies and socio-technical systems through which biometric data is collected and processed, as well as the legal, political, technological, and economic context in which these technologies are being developed and used.
This project was launched in partnership with the European Law Institute in 2024. ALI members may join the Members Consultative Group.
Nita Farahany
Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC
Gianclaudio Malgieri
Universiteit Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd
Essex Court Chambers, London, England
Steven O. Weise
Proskauer Rose LLP, Los Angeles, CA
James Donato
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, San Francisco, CA
Laura K. Donohue
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
Daniel C. Girard
Girard Sharp LLP, San Francisco, CA
Abbe R. Gluck
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
David M. Gossett
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, DC
Patrick J. Grother
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Teresa Wilton Harmon
Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL
Woodrow Hartzog
Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA
Michele C. Kane
The Walt Disney Company (Retired), Burbank, CA
John Z. Lee
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, Chicago, IL
Jennifer Lynch
Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Erin E. Murphy
New York University School of Law, New York, NY
David J. Oberly
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Washington, DC
Natalie Ram
University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law, Baltimore, MD
Jameson Spivack
Future of Privacy Forum
Peter P. Swire
School of Cybersecurity & Privacy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Daniel Mack Traynor
U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND
Jennifer M. Urban
University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA
Jonathan T. Weinberg
Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, MI
Christiane C. Wendehorst
University of Vienna, Department of Civil Law, Vienna, Austria
Rebecca Wexler
Columbia Law School, New York, NY
Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid
Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY
Marcus Smith
Charles Sturt University, Centre for Law and Justice, Barton, Australia
Christopher Edward Appel
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Washington, DC
John P. Burton
Rodey Law Firm, Santa Fe, NM
Stephen Yee Chow
Stephen Y. Chow, PC, Boston, MA
Tara M. Desautels
California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Two, San Francisco, CA
Angela Foster
Law Office of Angela Foster, North Brunswick, NJ
Paul J. Geller
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Boca Raton, FL
Jared Genser
Perseus Strategies, LLC, Washington, DC
Llewellyn Joseph Gibbons
University of Toledo College of Law, Toledo, OH
Amy Keller
DiCello Levitt, Chicago, IL
Miquel Martin-Casals
Institute of European and Comparative Law, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain
Christopher J. McFadden
Court of Appeals of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
Christopher T. Nace
Nace Law Group Accident & Injury Attorneys, Washington, DC
George M. Newcombe
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (Retired), Palo Alto, CA
Tracy Hresko Pearl
University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, OK
Jacqueline C. Romero
Baker & Hostetler LLP, Philadelphia, PA
Marc Rotenberg
Center for AI and Digital Policy, Washington, DC
Gelvina Rodriguez Stevenson
The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA
H. Mark Stichel
RKW Law Group, Baltimore, MD
Guy Miller Struve
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (Retired), New York, NY
Andrew W. Torrance
University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, KS
Liza Vertinsky
University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law, Baltimore, MD