Privacy Behind the Bathroom Door

About this episode

The episode features law student Jo Ross discussing his paper on the EPA's wastewater monitoring practices and data privacy concerns.

Today, we are excited to feature a current law student on the Podcast. Joining us is a second-year law student, Jo Ross. Jo is a junior staffer on the Administrative Law Review at American University Washington College of Law, and as part of his graduation requirements, has written an incredible paperdiscussing the Environmental Protection Agency’s wastewater monitoring practices. Specifically, Jo analyzed whether the EPA needs to be doing more from a data privacy perspective to ensure that American’s privacy rights are not being violated through wastewater monitoring systems.

People in this episode

Guest: Jo Ross

Topics covered

• data privacy
• wastewater monitoring
• Environmental Protection Agency
• law student
• privacy rights

Keywords

• EPA
• wastewater
• data privacy
• law student
• privacy rights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Environmental Protection Agency, Administrative Law Review, American University Washington College of Law

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