Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Is the constitutional right to privacy merely a fantasy in the age of mass surveillance and data collection? What societal consequences arise when governments and corporations wield unprecedented and unchecked information-gathering powers?

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Smita Hashim, chief product officer, Zoom
Tiffany Li, associate professor of law, University of San Francisco
Emilio Garcia-Ruiz, editor-in-chief, San Francisco Chronicle
Gloria Duffy (moderator), co-president and co-CEO, Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California