Matt Malone – VISS24
Balsillie Scholar, Balsillie School of International Affairs; Director, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
Matt Malone is currently a Balsillie Scholar at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. He is also the founder of Open by Default, and the incoming Director of the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic and the Samuelson-Glushko Professor, both at the University of Ottawa.
Matt’s main research interest pertains to the various ways law protects secret information, especially in the context of trade secrecy, confidential information, access to information, privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity. He also maintains a broad interest in legal issues pertinent to modern workplaces, in particular workplace investigations. He runs the Network of Canadian Workplace Investigators. He is called to the bar in British Columbia, California, and New York.
Matt is a graduate of the University of Toronto (hBA), Hebrew University of Jerusalem (MA), and McGill University (LLB, BCL). He practiced law full-time in California at Morrison & Foerster and Van Dermyden Makus and began his academic as an Assistant Professor at Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law. He is currently an academic partner at the Investigative Journalism Foundation and an advisory board member of the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association.
Matt Malone is currently a Balsillie Scholar at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. He is also the founder of Open by Default, and the incoming Director of the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic and the Samuelson-Glushko Professor, both at the University of Ottawa.
Matt’s main research interest pertains to the various ways law protects secret information, especially in the context of trade secrecy, confidential information, access to information, privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity. He also maintains a broad interest in legal issues pertinent to modern workplaces, in particular workplace investigations. He runs the Network of Canadian Workplace Investigators. He is called to the bar in British Columbia, California, and New York.
Matt is a graduate of the University of Toronto (hBA), Hebrew University of Jerusalem (MA), and McGill University (LLB, BCL). He practiced law full-time in California at Morrison & Foerster and Van Dermyden Makus and began his academic as an Assistant Professor at Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law. He is currently an academic partner at the Investigative Journalism Foundation and an advisory board member of the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association.
