National Journal's Tech Daily Dose
reports that Hogan & Hartson partner
Mary Ellen Callahan has been tapped as
Chief Privacy Officer at the Department of Homeland Security. Callahan has represented the
MPAA in a variety of matters before the Federal Trade Commission on such issues as privacy, spam, and marketing to children. A few examples of Callahan's work can be found
here,
here, and
here. Interestingly, Callahan worked on MPAA matters at Hogan with partner
Christine Varney, who has been nominated as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Justice Department's
Antitrust Division.
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