Mark Becker, CIPP/G, CIPP/US
Mark Becker is a Senior Policy Advisor with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Mark provides policy advice and guidance to DHS headquarters and components in a variety of technology-related areas including unmanned aircraft systems and biometrics.
Prior to joining DHS, Mark worked in the private sector as a privacy consultant to government and private sector clients. He has also served as a senior attorney and privacy officer for a publicly-traded market research company, a director of regulatory affairs for a telecommunications company, and as an attorney-advisor for the Federal Communications Commission.
Mark is a published author of book chapters and articles on privacy and telecommunications law. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional in U.S. private-sector privacy laws and regulations (CIPP/US) and U.S. government privacy laws, regulations and policies (CIPP/G).
Mark received his J.D. from Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center and his B.S. from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.