Mary Madden is a veteran technology researcher, writer and public speaker. She is currently leading a Data & Society initiative to understand the privacy and security experiences of low-socioeconomic status populations. The project provides freely accessible survey data to researchers working in this area and will seek to answer key questions that can help ground current policy conversations and debates about privacy and security in the digital age.

Mary is also an Affiliate at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, where she has collaborated with the Berkman Center’s Youth and Media Project to apply quantitative and qualitative research methods to study adolescents’ technology use and privacy management on social media. Prior to her role at Data & Society, Mary was a Senior Researcher for the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. She is a nationally recognized expert on privacy and technology, trends in social media use, and the impact of digital media on teens and parents.