parry aftab, cyberangels executive director

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Parry is our executive director, a mother of two and a lawyer specializing in internet privacy and security law. She is also special counsel to Darby & Darby, a 105 year old intellectual property and new media law firm in New York. She writes frequently on cyberlaw topics and has written several books. She is also a frequent resource to and guest of tv and print journalists and media. To read more about her articles, and those written about her, or in which she is referred, see the media pages.

She is also the author of The Parent's Guide to Protecting Your Children in Cyberspace, McGraw-Hill, published in the US in 2000. Amazon contributes 5% of all book sales from our site, click here to order. Her new book was received with major acclaim and is already in its third printing, just a few months after it came out. Her book was adapted and rewritten for the UK, Singapore and has also been translated into Spanish.

 

When Parry was appearing on CNN in 1997 in connection with the Supreme Court's oral argument on the Communications Decency Act, she was asked to explain the CDA, free speech and filtering software. The response she received from parents around the world was overwhelming...and that's when A Parents' Guide to the Internet, her first book, was born. UNESCO also named her to head up their online safety project for children in the U.S.

Parry is also the single-mother of two, Michael and Taylor. Michael is a recent college graduate and works for WABC Radio, and Taylor is attending college. Michael also works for the New York Giants. Both hope to follow their mom into Internet-related careers.

When Taylor applied to college, she was asked to write an essay about the person she admired most. She wrote about her mom. Taylor's essay describes Parry very well.

Parry formed and hosted Court TV's Law Center's Legal Helpline, hosted AOL's Legal Discussion Board and writes regularly for online services and the legal press. She is the first non-Russian member of the United Nation's NGO International Informatization Academy in their new human rights division.

She is a specialist in privacy law online and consults with many multinational organizations and governments on Internet law and electronic commerce. Parry is a member of the National Urban League's Technology Advisory Committee, Sesame Street's advisory board, the Ad Council's Advisory Committee, SOC-UM's board of directors, and Baltimore County School's P.I.E. steering committee. She is also a member of The Internet Society's Societal Steering Group, and Vice Chair of its Privacy Working Group. Want to reach her? E-mail her at [email protected].