Tal Zarsky is Dean and a Professor of Law at the University of Haifa’s Faculty of Law. His research focuses on Information Privacy, Cyber-Security, Internet Policy, Social Networks, Telecommunications Law, Online Commerce, Algorithmic Decisions and the Legal Theory of Private Law. He published numerous articles and book chapters in the U.S., Europe and Israel. His work is often cited in a variety of contexts related to law in the digital age. Prof. Zarsky has advised various regulators, legislators and commercial entities on matters related to his fields of expertise. He served on a variety of advisory boards and is a frequent evaluator of articles and research grants for various international foundations.
Prof. Zarsky was a Fellow at the Information Society Project, at Yale Law School and a Global Hauser Fellow, at NYU Law School. His academic visits and teaching appointments include the law schools at the universities of Pennsylvania, Amsterdam and Ottawa. He completed his doctorate dissertation, which focused on Data Mining in the Internet Society, at Columbia University School of Law. He earned a joint B.A. degree (law and psychology) at the Hebrew University with high honors and his master degree (in law) from Columbia University.