Stanford CIS
Lauren Gelman

Lauren Gelman

Lauren is an experienced attorney, frequent speaker and start-up advisor who has worked in the field of Internet law and policy since 1995. She is the founder of BlurryEdge Strategies, a legal and strategy consulting firm located in San Francisco that advises technology companies and investors on cutting-edge legal issues. (Clients include: Lookout Mobile Security, Nest Labs, Fitbit, Github, Strevus, Krux Digital, BoingBoing, Gracenote, Imatchative, Trulia, reddit, Euclid Analytics, Don.na, Imgix, Wickr, private and institutional angels and investors, researchers) She regularly participates on behalf of clients or as an expert in policy debates (NTIA mobile Notices, DOE Smart Energy, W3C Do Not Track, FTC IoT, etc.)

Lauren previously led the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School and taught at the Law School and the Department of Engineering. Prior to that she worked in Washington DC on policy issues for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the ACM Public Policy Committee, and at RealNames in Silicon Valley.

At Stanford Law School, Lauren taught Internet Privacy, Governance in Virtual Worlds, Advanced Cyberlaw and Fair Use, and Privacy and Free Speech Online. She served as the Dean of State of Play Academy (SOPA), a virtual world law and technology community, sat on the Board of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) and served on the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Secure Flight Working Group at the Department of Homeland Security.

Lauren is the co-editor of Securing Privacy in the Internet Age, the author of Privacy, Free Speech and Blurry-Edged Social Networks published by the Boston College Law Review as well as dozens of other articles on Internet issues. Lauren received a B.S. in Biology and Society from Cornell University, an M.S. in Science, Technology and Public Policy from The Elliott School George Washington University, and her law degree from Georgetown University. She is a member of the California Bar.

Recent articles

Press

Computer hacking for 8-year-olds

The hacker who goes by the pseudonym CyFi won't share her real name and declines to be photographed without her signature aviator sunglasses. At the annual…

Project

Notice by Design

The Notice by Design program applies human‐computer interaction research and experimentation to consumer problems such as online privacy. This widely-discussed…

Project

Documentary Film Program

The Documentary Film Program provides filmmakers with information about fair use, access to insurance for liability arising out of copyright litigation, and acc…

Blog

Citizen Journalism at its Best

While searching online for information about a new grocery store opening in my neighborhood,  I came across a wonderful blog dedicated to all things Noe Valley.…

Publication

Packets

Packets is production of the Stanford Center for Internet & Society (CIS). It is written by members of the Stanford Law and Technology Association (SLATA),…