Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM

Cobun Zweifel-Keegan is the Managing Director of IAPP, Washington, D.C. Through this role, Cobun works to integrate the diverse voices of privacy professionals into the evolving tech policy conversation, engaging with business representatives, civil society, congressional leaders, and federal government stakeholders.
Prior to returning to IAPP, Cobun served as Deputy Director of Privacy Initiatives at BBB National Programs, where he advised independent mechanisms that bring accountability and transparency to business privacy practices through voluntary—but enforceable—frameworks like Privacy Shield and the Cross-Border Privacy Rules. Through this work, Cobun also facilitated the development of new programs to clarify best practices in emerging areas such as youth privacy and artificial intelligence.
Cobun first worked at IAPP as a Westin Research Fellow, focusing his research on the global spread of uniform data privacy norms with the advent of the privacy profession. On this topic, in collaboration with IAPP President and CEO J. Trevor Hughes, Cobun published a chapter in the Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Privacy, “Enter the professionals: organizational privacy in the digital age.”
Cobun is a graduate of the University of Colorado School of Law where he served as Executive Editor of the Colorado Technology Law Journal. While in law school, Cobun sought a broad range of privacy and communications law perspectives, interning at Hogan Lovells, the Federal Trade Commission, the Colorado Technology Association, and AT&T.
Named after a creek in West Virginia, Cobun became fascinated with privacy when he realized his unique name made his online presence easily trackable. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology at Colorado College. This background in social science further inspired his interest in the design of mechanisms that spread privacy norms.
Contributions by Cobun Zweifel-Keegan
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Heard around DC — FTC on edtech, federal legislation, biometrics and more
United States Privacy Digest -
A View from DC – Roundup & reflections for May 13, 2022
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Heard around DC — Roundup and reflections for May 6, 2022
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Heard around DC — Roundup and reflections for April 29, 2022
United States Privacy Digest -
Heard around DC – Roundup and reflections for April 22, 2022
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Heard around DC – Roundup and reflections for April 14, 2022
United States Privacy Digest -
Mapping a Path to Career Success in Privacy: Former IAPP Westin Fellow’s Insight
Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2022 -
Heard Around DC — Roundup and reflections for April 8, 2022
United States Privacy Digest -
Heard around DC – Roundup and reflections for April 1, 2022
United States Privacy Digest -
Heard around DC — Roundup and reflections for March 25, 2022
United States Privacy Digest -
Hidden privacy lessons in the FTC’s CafePress security enforcement
The Privacy Advisor -
Heard around DC — Roundup and reflections for March 14, 2022
The Privacy Advisor -
A globalized CBPR framework: Peering into the future of data transfers
The Privacy Advisor -
Adapting GDPR/CCPA Data Rights Processes for CPRA, CDPA, ABCD, WXYZ and Beyond
Adapting GDPR/CCPA Data Rights Processes for CPRA, CDPA, ABCD, WXYZ and Beyond -
Deal or No Deal: How Brexit Could Affect Data Adequacy
Web Conference Speaker -
How independent dispute resolution fosters the exercise of data subject rights
Privacy Perspectives -
Tips for shy persons attending the IAPP Global Privacy Summit
Privacy Perspectives -
Review: 'Corporate Surveillance in Everyday Life'
The Privacy Advisor -
Trump's voter data request tests state public data rules
Westin Research Center -
IAPP members commemorate Pride Month with events, LinkedIn group
Privacy Perspectives