Melodi Dinçer

Melodi (she/her/ella) is Policy Counsel for the Tech Justice Law Project. She is a tech justice lawyer with expertise in data privacy, “AI” policy, and biometric surveillance. Her critical approach explores how legal and political institutions enable corporate technologies to target marginalized communities in our schools, workplaces, homes, streets, and beyond. She has authored numerous agency comments and amicus briefs filed before the Federal Trade Commission, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, U.S. Copyright Office, California Privacy Protection Agency, and various state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. Melodi is also a Resident Fellow and Lecturer with the Institute of Technology, Law and Policy at UCLA, where she continues to teach courses on data privacy, tech law and policy, and tech justice advocacy.