Chris Jay Hoofnagle

Professor of Practice

chris@ischool.berkeley.edu

(510) 666-3783

341 Berkeley Law Building (North Addition)

W 9-10:30, Th 3:35-4:35

hoofnagle.berkeley.edu

linkedin.com/in/chris-hoofnagle-043aabb3

@hoofnagle

Focus

Internet law, information privacy, consumer protection, cybersecurity, computer crime, regulation of technology, edtech

Research areas

Information Policy
Law
Privacy
Security

Biography

Chris Jay Hoofnagle helps students from different disciplinary perspectives understand the effects of law on technology. He is author of The Quantum Age (with Simson Garfinkel) and?Federal Trade Commission Privacy Law and Policy (both published byy?Cambridge University Press). He holds dual appointments in Information and in the School of Law, where he is Professor of Law in Residence. An elected member of the American Law Institute, Hoofnagle advises emerging technology companies as counsel to Gunderson Dettmer LLP.
He is licensed to practice in California and Washington, D.C.

Education

B.A., University of Georgia (1996)
J.D., University of Georgia School of Law (2000)