Helen Nissenbaum

Helen Nissenbaum
Nissenbaum in 2008
Alma materStanford University
University of the Witwatersrand
Known forContextual integrity
AwardsBarwise Prize (2014)
Scientific career
FieldsInformation science, Human–Computer Interaction, Privacy, Digital Media
InstitutionsCornell Tech
Websitenissenbaum.tech.cornell.edu

Helen Nissenbaum is professor of information science at Cornell Tech. She is best known for the concept of "contextual integrity" and her work on privacy, privacy law, trust, and security in the online world. Specifically, contextual integrity has influenced the United States government's thinking about privacy issues. Nissenbaum co-created the TrackMeNot and AdNauseam browser extensions, which demonstrated the use of obfuscation to maintain user privacy.