
Ariel is the founder of Digital Smarts Law & Policy LLC, where she provides research and advocacy support to nonprofits and helps organizations of all kinds improve their digital practices. She is a senior advisor for data privacy to Common Sense Media and an adjunct professor of privacy law at Cleveland State University’s College of Law. She recently completed an EdSafe AI Catalyst fellowship. Previously, Ariel was senior counsel for global policy at Common Sense, and a senior privacy attorney at Zoom, advising on global privacy and online safety laws. She has extensive experience in educational and children’s privacy and emerging U.S. consumer laws. Ariel has helped shape policy and legislative debates around privacy and children’s digital well-being, briefing policymakers, industry, and community leaders on data privacy and platform questions. She has testified before the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and state legislatures across the country on how technology can be designed to better protect individuals. She has also worked at multinational law firms. Ariel is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.
AI is transforming how children learn and live, and policymakers, industry, and educators owe it to the next generation to set in place a responsible policy that embraces this new technology while at the same time ensuring all children’s well-being, privacy, and safety is respected.
The next administration should better protect children’s privacy by supporting privacy laws and providing resources to federal agencies.