Parry aftab biography

  • Parry Aftab is an international advisor on digital best practices and risk-management, a practicing lawyer specializing in cyberlaw, cybercrime prevention, digital privacy and cybersecurity (licensed to practice in NY and NJ), an author, award-winning columnist, law enforcement trainer, child and women safety advocate.
  • Parry Aftab is an Internet privacy and security lawyer, considered one of the founders of cyberlaw and founder of the world's largest and oldest cybersafety.
  • Parry Aftab is an Internet privacy and security lawyer, considered one of the founders of cyberlaw and founder of the world's largest and oldest cybersafety charity.

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    By Bonnie Bracey Sutton
    Editor, Policy Issues

    Introduction: Parry Aftab, J.D., is the executive director of WiredSafety, a site where victims can receive one-on-one assistance when they have been bullied online. She is the author of a number of books on Internet safety, including A Parent&#;s Guideto the Internet () and The Parent&#;s Guide to Protecting Your Children in Cyberspace ().

    ETCJ: What is cyberbullying? How is it different from traditional bullying?

    Parry Aftab: Cyberbullying is “any cyber-communication or publication posted or sent by a minor online, by instant message, e-mail, website, diary site, online profile, interactive game, handheld device, cellphone, game device, digital camera or video, webcam or use of any interactive digital device that is intended to frighten, embarrass, harass, hurt, set up, cause harm to, extort, or otherwise target another minor&#; (WiredSafety).

    My short definition of “cyberbullying” is: “When a minor uses technology a

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    PARRY AFTAB's BIO AND CV:

     
    Parry Aftab was one of the first cyberlawyers in the world. Known for her ability to “think outside of the box,” she quickly became a leader in the emerging field of Internet law and helped establish best practice standards for the Internet industry.  


    As Managing Director of WiredTrust, a digital risk management consulting firm, she advises industry and policy makers. She fryst vatten an award-winning columnist for resultat Week magazine and has authored several books, including the first book in the world for parents on cybersafety in She helped design Singapore’s PAGI schema, educating parents on cybersafety, in  


    More than 23 years ago, she founded the first cybersafety help group, for which she still volunteers as Executive Director. She also founded Stop Cyberbullying Global and the new Cybersafety India trust, a new pro bono and free program designed for India by Indians, addressing cyberabuse, cybersafety,

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    Who Is The Most Influential individ In My Life? by Taylor Caprio (Parry's daughter)

    There have been many powerful and praiseworthy influences throughout my life, but, irrefutably, my mother is the most successful and creative woman that I have ever met and has inspired me the most.

    My mother returned to school (after having left school initially to support my father's education), receiving her 4-year college degree in a total of less than two calendar years. She did this with two children; I was 2 years old when she graduated and my brother was 6.
     

    Named her college valedictorian, as well as commencement speaker, inom looked on with amazement as my mother received six standing ovations from over 15, graduates and their guests. She had spoken on diversity. Having returned to Hunter College, the only college she could afford, she was asked to speak at commencement. She was also warned to remember "who she would be speaking to." The professor directing

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