Oct 11, 2021
Jordan Fischer, Esq. focuses her research
on data privacy and cybersecurity, bringing an interdisciplinary
approach to her pedagogy. Professor Fischer explores the convergence of
the law and technology, researching the practical implications of
regional data protection regulations within a backdrop of the
global economy. She applies her experience working with
multinational companies to better understand the evolution of
security and privacy within changing regulatory and legal
frameworks to balance consumer and end-user rights with enterprise
innovation and efficiencies.
Professor Fischer clerked at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg for Koen Lenaerts, who is now the president-judge of the court. Jordan is also a Cybersecurity Lecturer at UC Berkeley.
In addition to teaching, Professor Fischer is the Global Privacy Team Lead at Beckage, a boutique international and domestic data security and privacy law firm. She focuses her practice on international data privacy, cybersecurity and cross-border data management. Professor Fischer’s background in business and technology enables her to provide critical legal guidance to balance business growth and development with data management.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How Jordan charted her own course with a global perspective
- How coming from a family of entrepreneurs provided a good foundation for practicing law and becoming an entrepreneur
- The 5-year evolution of data privacy
- The reasons that data privacy and technology has become such a strong practice
- Going from innovation and improvements to the inclusion of safety, privacy and reducing risk
- Why technology skyrocketed during the pandemic
- The education side of Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
- Why the small business matters in cybersecurity
- The best approach to using technology
- Two roles that inform each other resulting in the best of both
- How Jordan balances the two roles of teaching and running a practice
- Using forward thinking and setting expectations to create success
- Time blocking and “Deep Work”