Parry Aftab

Parry Aftab
Aftab accepting an award from FBI Director Robert Mueller in 2010
Occupation	Lawyer, author, charity head, board member, speaker, consultant
Language	English, Spanish and some Russian
Nationality	American
Citizenship	US
Education	Hunter College (BS) New York University School of Law (JD)
Notable works	The Parent's Guide to the Internet, StopCyberbullying Global, A Parent's Guide to Protecting Your Children in Cyberspace
Website
aftab.com

Parry Aftab is an Internet privacy and security lawyer. ^[1] She is the founder of the Internet safety organization WiredSafety, StopCyberbullying and the consulting firm, WiredTrust.

Career

Aftab was appointed by UNESCO's Director General Federico Mayor as the chief of the U.S. National Action Committee for UNESCO's World Citizen's Committee on Protecting Innocence in Danger group in 1999 to address online sexual exploitation of children. ^[2] She became a member of the Board of Directors for the non-profit, TRUSTe in 2003. ^[3] In 2005, the United States Congress issued a resolution that recognized her efforts to combat cyberbullying as Executive Director of StopCyberbullying and WiredSafety. ^[4]

Aftab was "the Privacy Lawyer" columnist for Information Week Magazine for many years.^{[ citation needed ]}

Her organization, WiredSafety, became a member of Facebook's Safety Advisory Board in 2009 ^[5] and in April, Aftab appeared on Good Morning America for its town hall meeting on sexting. ^[1] In 2010 she received the FBI Director's Community Leadership Award and ^{[6] [7]} was one of 28 members in the Online Safety and Technology Working Group of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. ^[8] She was one of 29 members of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force, run by Harvard's Berkman Center. ^[9]

In July 2011, Aftab was the victim of a swatting incident at her home when the police were contacted with claims that her house was the site of murders and hostages. Aftab was on vacation at the time and a local police swat team investigated the false claims. ^{[10] [11]}

She was the co-recipient of the RCMP's Child Recovery Award in 2011. ^[12] Aftab was the organizer for a 2015 anti-cyberbullying event in Ireland, ^[13] and has been a member of the advisory boards for MTV's A Thin Line, ^[14] Fair Play, Sesame Street Online and the Ad Council. ^[15] Her clients have included Facebook, Disney and Nickelodeon. ^[16]

In 2016 Parry Aftab founded Cybersafety India and the StopCyberbullying and sextortion and morphing prevention initiatives for India. ^[17] She resides in both the US and Canada.

Publications

• Child Abuse on the Internet. Ending the Silence, Carlos A. Arnaldo, Ed., Chapter 21: "The Technical Response: Blocking, Filtering and Rating the Internet", pp. 135–140 (2001) ISBN   92-3-103728-5 ISBN   978-9231037283
• Inocencia en Peligro : Conviva con sus Hijos y Protéjalos Cuando Naveguen por Internet (2001) ISBN   970-10-3297-7 ISBN   978-9701032978
• The Parent's Guide to Protecting Your Children in Cyberspace (1999) ISBN   0-07-135752-1 ISBN   978-0071357524
• Parents Guide to the Internet: And How to Protect Your Children in Cyberspace (1997) ISBN   0-9660491-0-1 ISBN   978-0966049107
• Parent's Guide to the Internet - UK edition (2000) ISBN   0077096746 ISBN   978-0077096748
• Ciberbullying, Guia Practica - Spain/Espana (2004) ISBN   84-9726-336-7 ^{[ dead link ]}
• INTERNET con los menores riesgos. Guía práctica para madres y padres - Spain/Espana (2003) ISBN   84-9726-310-3 ^{[ dead link ]}

References

1. Kazdin, Cole and Imaeyen Ibanga (April 15, 2009). "The Truth About Teens Sexting; 'GMA' Holds a Town Hall Meeting to Discuss the Growing Teen Trend". Good Morning America . WABC . Retrieved May 31, 2010.
2. UNESCO launches campaign to fight Internet pedophilia. CNN (June 15, 1999). Retrieved on December 28, 2015.
3. Execs and Accounts for February 14, 2003. ClickZ (February 14, 2003). Retrieved on December 28, 2015.
4. Congressional Record, Volume 151, Part 8, May 19, 2005 to June 6, 2005. Government Printing Office. June 2011. pp. 870–. ISBN   9780160889400.
5. El-Rahman, Minara. "Facebook Safety". Find Law. Retrieved December 16, 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. Travers, Bryan L. (November 22, 2010). "Child Safety Advocate and Cyber Law Legal Expert to Be Honored by FBI Director". FBI Press Release. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
7. "Children's cyber protector Parry Aftab of Bergen honored by FBI". Cliffview Pilot. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
8. (June 4, 2010) OSTWG Final Report, accessed December 22, 2015
9. "The Berkman Center Announces Formation of Internet Safety Task Force to Identify and Develop Online Safety Tools | Berkman Klein Center". cyber.harvard.edu. September 24, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
10. Chen, Adrian (July 25, 2011). "Internet Prankster Sends SWAT Team to Cyberbullying Expert's House". Gawker. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
11. Glynn, Casey (July 26, 2011). "Cyber expert Parry Aftab's N.J. home targeted in hostage hoax". CBS News. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
12. Forberg, Sigrid (2011). "Finding missing children with Facebook" (PDF). Gazette. 73 (2): 11.
13. Danaher, Dan (April 27, 2015). "Experts to draft plan on online bullying". Irish Examiner.
14. "About Us: A THIN LINE, MTV's sexting, cyberbullying, digital dating abuse campaign : www.athinline.org" . Retrieved December 23, 2015.
15. "Parry Aftab: Executive Profile & Biography". Businessweek.com. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
16. Berger, Rod (December 24, 2013). "Cyberlaw & Education Profiled with Parry Aftab". EdTechReview.
17. "Pioneers of US's anti-cyber bullying movement to launch India campaign | Bengaluru News - Times of India". The Times of India . June 2016.

External links

• Aftab's web site