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 A. 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
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
Michele C. Kane
The Walt Disney Company (Retired), Burbank, CA
John Z. Lee
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, Chicago, IL
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
Marcus Smith
Charles Sturt University, Centre for Law and Justice, Barton, Australia
Jameson Spivack
Future of Privacy Forum
Peter P. Swire
School of Cybersecurity & Privacy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Jennifer M. Urban
University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA
Jonathan T. Weinberg
Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, MI
Rebecca Wexler
Columbia Law School, New York, NY
Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid
Fordham University School of Law, New York, NY
Jared Genser
Perseus Strategies, LLC, Washington, DC