Christopher Calabrese

Microsoft

Senior Director, Global Privacy Policy

Chris Calabrese is the Senior Director of Global Privacy Policy at Microsoft where he helps lead the company’s global public policy work on privacy issues. He previously worked in senior roles advocating for the responsible use of new technologies at the Center for Democracy & Technology and the American Civil Liberties Union. Chris has testified before Congress and appeared in many media outlets, including National Public Radio, Fox News, New York Times and Associated Press. Chris has also led several national ACLU campaigns on privacy and was named one of Washington’s Top Lobbyists by The Hill newspaper. Chris is a graduate of Harvard University and holds a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center.

 

Contributions by Christopher Calabrese

  • Balancing Innovation and Compliance in the Era of AI
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2025
  • PETS: How Can We Drive Progress? National Strategies and Regulator Perspectives
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2024
  • 2024’s Privacy Priorities and Perspectives (with Pinots, Pilsners and Pop)
    Speaker at In-Person Mid-Atlantic KnowledgeNet: 1 Feb. 2024
  • A Proposal for a New Global Framework for Trusted Data Sharing
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2023
  • Post-‘Schrems II’ EU/U.S. Transfer Impact Assessments and Supplementary Measures
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2022