About the IAPP

Ariel Fox Johnson is the founder of Digital Smarts Law & Policy, LLC. She is also a senior advisor to Common Sense Media, adjunct law professor at Cleveland State University’s College of Law, and an advisory board member at the Future of Privacy Forum. Ariel previously worked as senior privacy counsel at Zoom and senior global policy counsel at Common Sense Media, focusing on educational and children’s privacy and online safety and emerging consumer laws. Ariel has testified before Congress and other lawmakers on how technology can be designed to better protect individuals' privacy, safety, and wellbeing. Ariel is a graduate of Harvard College and Law School. She was a law clerk for the Hon. Peter J. Messitte (D. Md.), and has also worked on privacy, media, intellectual property, and technology matters at corporate law firms.