Bio
David Banisar is Senior Legal Counsel at ARTICLE 19 and leads the organisation’s work on transparency and information rights, including the right to information, environmental protection and sustainable development. He has worked in the field of information policy for over 20 years and has authored numerous books, studies and articles on freedom of information, freedom of expression, media policy, whistleblowing, communications security, and privacy and data protection. He is vice chair of the UNCAC Civil Society Coalition and co-chair of the UK BOND Transparency group.
David was previously Deputy Director of Privacy International and has also been a research fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, a visiting fellow at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society and the University of Leeds, and Policy Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, DC. He has also served as an advisor and consultant to numerous organisations, including the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the UN Development Programme, and the Open Society Institute. He has a Juris Doctor in law and public policy from The Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.
He tweets at @a19right2info
Related Publications
The impact of the General Data Protection Regulation on whistleblowing
- whistleblower protection
- whistleblowing
- GDPR
- data protection
The index of civic participation and influence on lawmaking in Kazakhstan
- public consultations
- Kazakhstan
Speak Up: Empowering Citizens Against Corruption
- whistleblower protection
- whistleblowing
Overview of corruption and anti-corruption in Côte d’Ivoire
- anti-corruption legislation
Reform of Public Procurement in Ukraine: Performance Results of Prozorro e-Procurement System from January to June 2017
- open data
- social accountability
- e-government
- TI Ukraine
David Banisar
Affiliation
ARTICLE 19
Professional Title
Senior Legal Counsel & Head of Transparency
Region
- Global
Country/Territory
Topics
Specialisms
Transparency; Access to Information; Whistleblowing; Media and Freedom of Expression; Privacy and Data Protection; Sustainable Development & Environment