Jules PolonetskySpeaker and Booking Agent Information

For AOL's brands (America Online, AIM, Netscape, Compuserve, Mapquest, MoviePhone, Spinner, WinAmp, ICQ, Advertising.com), the team was responsible for a wide range of consumer protection and risk management issues, including privacy, advertising policy, content and community standards, product standards, parental controls, safety, and accessibility for users with disabilities.

Jules was the chief privacy officer and special counsel of DoubleClick, the advertising and marketing technology business that was the largest internet corporation in New York City at the time, from March 2000 until April 2002.

In that capacity, he assisted DoubleClick clients in establishing and enforcing privacy rules, as well as overseeing compliance with data protection regulations for DoubleClick subsidiaries across the world. Jules managed DoubleClick's government affairs and consumer-related advertising practices as a special counsel.

Jules served as the NYC Consumer Affairs Commissioner under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani from January 1, 1998, until March 2000, when he joined DoubleClick. Jules was responsible for ensuring that all consumer advertising and sales adhered to City, State, and Federal consumer protection rules as New York City's senior consumer law enforcement official.

Between 1994 to 1997, Jules was a member of the New York State Assembly. Jules worked as a legislative staffer to Congressman Charles Schumer from November 1992 to September 1993, and as a District Representative for Congressman Steve Solarz from 1990 to 1992. From 1989 to 1990, Jules worked at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan's New York office.

He is a graduate of Yeshiva University and the New York University School of Law, and he is admitted to the bars of New York, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. In addition, Jules is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US).

TRUSTe, the International Association of Privacy Professionals, the Privacy Committee of the Direct Marketing Association, the Children's Advertising Review Unit of the Council of BBB's, the Better Business Bureau (NY Region), and the Network Advertising Initiative are among the privacy and consumer protection organizations on which Jules has served on the boards.

Jules was the chair of the Internet Advertising Bureau's CPO Council from 2000 to 2002. Jules was designated one of New York City's top technology executives by Crain's NY Business magazine in 2001.

Jules has testified or appeared as an industry expert before Congressional committees and the Federal Trade Commission, and is a regular speaker at privacy and marketing business events. Jules was named to the Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee of the Department of Homeland Security in 2011.