Helen Nissenbaum is professor of Media, Culture and Communication and Computer Science at New York University, and a Director of the Information Law Institute. She is best known for her work on privacy, privacy law, trust, and security in the online world. Her context-based approach to privacy has been influential in United States government thinking about privacy issues.
She is a contributor to the TrackMeNot privacy-through-obfuscation extension for Firefox and Chrome.
Nissenbaum has written or edited a number of books: