Yafit Lev-Aretz

Asst Professor

Zicklin School of Business

Department: Law

Areas of expertise:

Email Address: yafit.lev-aretz@baruch.cuny.edu

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Education

S.J.D. - Doctor of Judicial Science, Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School Philadelphia PA

LLM, Law, Columbia University School of Law United States

LL.B. - The Bachelor of Laws Degree, Law, Bar Ilan University Israel

SemesterCourse PrefixCourse NumberCourse Name
Fall 2023LAW1101Fundamentals of Business Law
Fall 2023LAW1101Fundamentals of Business Law
Fall 2022LAW1101Fundamentals of Business Law
Spring 2022LAW1101Fundamentals of Business Law
Fall 2021LAW1101Fundamentals of Business Law
Spring 2021LAW1101Fundamentals of Business Law
Fall 2020IDC4050HHon Feit Hum Sem I
Fall 2020LAW1101Fundamentals of Business Law
Spring 2020LAW1101Fundamentals of Business Law
Spring 2020LAW1101Fundamentals of Business Law
Fall 2019LAW1101Fundamentals of Business Law
Fall 2019LAW1101Fundamentals of Business Law
Spring 2019LAW1101Fundamentals of Business Law
Spring 2019LAW1101Fundamentals of Business Law
Fall 2018LAW1101Fundamentals of Business Law
Fall 2018LAW1101Fundamentals of Business Law

Journal Articles

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Sanfillippo, M. R. (2019). Topic polarization and push notifications. First Monday, 24(9). 15.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2017). Breaking News: How Push Notifications Alter the Fourth Estate. First Monday, 22.

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Packin, N. (2016). Big Data and Social Netbanks, What Happens When Tech Companies Become Financial Companies? . ACM COMPUTERS & SOCIETY,

Book Chapters

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Packin, N. (2020). Algorithmic Analysis of Social Behavior for Profiling, Ranking, and Assessment. In Barfield, W. (Ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms Cambridge, MA,United States. Cambridge University Press.

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Packin, N. (2018). Access to Payments and Credit in the Age of Big Data. In Morse, E. A. (Ed.), Electronic Payment Systems: Law and Emerging Technologies The American Bar Association.

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Packin, N. (2018). Algorithms and Discrimination. In Barfield, W., & Pagallo, U. (Eds.), Research Handbook of Law and AI (pp. 88-113). Northampton, MA,United States. Elgar.

Law Reviews

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Packin, N. G. (2024). Decentralized Credit Scores: Black Box 3.0 (No.2). American Business Law Journal.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2022). Nobody is Watching Me: Towards Human-Centric Privacy and Humanless Information Protection, The Virginia Journal of Law and Technology (No.2). The Virginia Journal of Law and Technology.

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Strandburg, K. (2020). Regulation and Innovation: Approaching Market Failure from Both Sides (No.1). The Yale Journal on Regulation.

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Strandburg, K. (2020). Privacy regulation and Innovation Policy The Yale Journal of Law and Technology .

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2019). Data Philanthropy (No.6). The Hastings Law Journal.

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Packin, N. (2016). Big Data and Social Netbanks: Are You Ready to Replace Your Bank? HOUSTON LAW REVIEW .

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Packin, N. (2016). On Social Credit and the Right to be Unnetworked COLUMBIA BUSINESS LAW REVIEW.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2015). The Subtle Incentive Theory of Copyright Licensing BROOKLYN LAW REVIEW .

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2014). Combating Trademark Infringement Online: Secondary Liability v. Partnering Facility COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF LAW & THE ARTS .

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2013). Copyright Lawmaking and Public Choice: From Legislative Battles to Private Ordering HARVARD JOURNAL OF LAW & TECHNOLOGY.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2012). Second Level Agreements AKRON LAW REVIEW .

Media Contributions

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Packin, N. G. (2023). Who’s Afraid Of (Suing) DeFi Entities?.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2022). The Home-Sharing Industry and Privacy With Yafit Lev-Aretz (EP. 69) The Fordham Intellectual Property, Media, & Entertainment Law Podcast, (The Fordham Intellectual Property, Media, & Entertainment Law Podcast).

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2021). S5:E7 - Apple’s #SpyPhone, an Apple App Store Settlement, and the Expansion of Government Facial Recognition Software [DevNews].

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2019). Privacy And Power: Your Digital Fingerprint | NBC Nightly News.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl3lmSOCHDY

Interview about data privacy

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2019). Yafit Lev-Aretz and Katherine Strandburg on Privacy Regulation and Innovation - The Engelberg Center Innovation Policy Colloquium Podcast.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2018). TechCrunch - Facebook and the perils of a personalized choice architecture.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/24/facebook-and-the-perils-of-a-personalized-choice-architecture/

Opinion Article titled "Facebook and the perils of a personalized choice architecture"

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2018). Fairness In Machine Learning and AI, with Gal Yona and Yafit Lev-Aretz, Unsupervised Podcast.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2017). TechCrunch - If it talks like a government and acts like a government, it must be a tech giant .

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2017). TechCrunch - Free choice must be free.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2016). American Banker - Don't Let Facebook Likes Sway Credit Decisions.

Presentations

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2024, May 6). Humanized Choice Architecture. Digital Manipulation Workshop. Cornell Tech, New York City: Digital Life Initiative. In Progress.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2024, May 6). Decentralized Credit Scores: The False Hope of Programming Fairness. Governance of Emerging Technologies and Science Conference. Arizona: Arizona State University.

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Packin, N. G. Decentralized Credit Scores. Automating Bias: Cardozo Law Review 2023 Symposium. Cardozo Law School, New York

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2024, July 6). Privacy Notice and the Blame Game. ALSB - Academy of Legal Studies in Business. San Diego, CA: Academy of Legal Studies in Business.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2024, July 6). Humanized Choice Architecture. ALSB - Academy of Legal Studies in Business Conference. San Diego, CA: Academy of Legal Studies in Business. In Progress.

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Packin, N. G. (2024, March 6). Chatting with the Future: Exploring the Legal and Ethical Challenges of ChatGPT and Generative AI. Ethics Week Events, Baruch College. Baruch College: The Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity.

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Packin, N. G. (2024, June 6). Decentralized Credit Scores. Privacy Law Scholars Conference. University of Colorado

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Nielsen, A. (2024, June 6). Privacy Notice and the Blame Game. Privacy Law Scholars Conference. University of Colorado

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2024, October 6). Decentralized Credit Scores. Transatlantic Blockchain Law. Baruch College: Baruch College.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2024, April 6). Grassroots Lobbying and Big Tech. The Tech Policy Program. Online: The Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2024, March 6). Building More Ethical Tech by Reducing Ethical Debt. Tech Policy Program. Online: The Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2021, February 11). Public and Private Sector Uses of Criminal Justice System Data: Perspectives on Digital Punishment, Privacy, and Stigma. Public and Private Sector Uses of Criminal Justice System Data: Perspectives on Digital Punishment, Privacy, and Stigma. : The Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2024, November 6). Facebook: Addiction by Design?. Online: Zicklin Talks Business Webinar Series.

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Strandburg, K. (2020, January 24). Privacy Regulation and Innovation Policy. Penn Law & Innovation Symposium. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Penn Law School.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2020, January 31). Privacy Regulation and Innovation policy. Next Generation of Antitrust, Data Privacy and Data Protection Scholars. NYU Law School: NYU Law School.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2020, February 11). Ethics in Brand Licensing. Ethics in Brand Licensing. Baruch College: The Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity.

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Sanfilippo, M. R. (2020, February 12). One Size Does Not Fit All: Applying a Single Privacy Policy to (too) Many Contexts. Privacy Research Group. New York, NY: Information Law Institute NYU.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2020, February 27). Social Credit and AI Ethics. : Wharton School of Business University of Pennsylvania.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2020, October 29). Personalized Choice Architecture. Digital Manipulation Workshop. Zoom: Cornell Tech.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2020, November 11). Unpacking the Privacy Paradox: The Role of Attitude Certainty in Data Disclosure Decisions (Comment). The Northeast Privacy Scholars Workshop. Zoom: Northeastern University School of Law.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2020, November 11). Cybersecurity During a Pandemic: Inevitably Vulnerable?. Cybersecurity During a Pandemic: Inevitably Vulnerable?. : The Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity.

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Sunfilippo, M. R. (2020, November 16). One Size Does Not Fit All: Applying a Single Privacy Policy to (too) Many Contexts. Law and Tech Seminar. Israel: Bar Ilan University.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2020, November 19). Inside Amazon: The Untold Story of Interest Brawls and Sellers Regulations. Inside Amazon: The Untold Story of Interest Brawls and Sellers Regulations. : The Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2019, April 4). Privacy Regulation and Innovation Policy. NYU School of Law Innovation Policy Colloquium. New York, NY: NYU Law School.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2019, October 31). AI for Good. Artificial Intelligence for Good: How Entrepreneurs are Using AI for the Right Reasons. New York, NY: The Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2019, October 25). Privacy and The Human Element. 3rd Annual Symposium on Data Analytics. Baruch College: Baruch College.

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Sanfilippo, M. (2019, October 23). Privacy and Religious Views. Privacy Research Group. New York, NY: NYU Law School.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2019, September 27). Data Ethics. Data Ethics Roundtable. Washington DC: Georgetown Ethics Lab.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2019, September 19). Push Notifications and News Agendas. The Law Faculty Research Seminar. New York, NY: Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2019, August 10). Current Issues in Privacy Scholarship. ALSB Conference. Montreal Canada: The Academy of Legal Studies of Business.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2019, March 19). Personalized Choice Architecture. Algorithms, Humans, and Ethics?. New York, NY: The Center for Corporate Integrity, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2019, March 28). Privacy Regulation and Innovation Policy. Faculty Lunch. New York, NY: Stern School of Business NYU.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2019, March 5). Privacy and the Human Element. Tech Society. Princeton, NJ: Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2019, April 12). AI Ethics. The 2019 CUNY Social Justice and Emerging Technologies Confrence. Queens, NY: CUNY.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2019, August 10). Privacy and the Human Element. ALSB Conference. Montreal Canada: The Academy of Legal Studies of Business.

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Sanfilippo, M. R. (2018, September 13). Privacy and Religious Views. Symposium on Applications of Contextual Integrity. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2018, September 21). Data Philanthropy. Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal Annual Symposium. New York, NY: Fordham Law School.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2018, October 12). Data Philanthropy. Symposium on Business Analytics. New York, NY: Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2018, October 24). Privacy and the Human Element. Privacy Research Group. New York, NY: NYU.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2018, November 27). Personalized Choice Architecture. AI, Law & Policy. Israel: University of Haifa.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2018, November 28). Data Philanthropy. AI legal and ethical implications. Israel: University of Haifa.

Lev-Aretz, Y. (2018, December 3). Data Philanthropy. Georgetown Law-Cornell Tech Data workshop. Washington DC: Georgetown Law School and Cornell Tech.

Other Scholarly Works

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Sanfilippo , M. R. (2020). News coverage gets geo-fragmented.

Research Currently in Progess

Lev-Aretz, Y., & Sanfilippo, M. R.(n.d.). One Size Does Not Fit All: Applying a Single Privacy Policy to (too) Many Contexts. In Progress.

Lev-Aretz, Y.(n.d.). Privacy and religious views . In Progress.

Lev-Aretz, Y.(n.d.). Crypto Native Credit Scoring: A New Type of Predatory Lending.

Honor / AwardOrganization SponsorDate ReceivedDescription
Award for Teaching Excellence The Zicklin School of Business2020

College

Committee NamePosition RoleStart DateEnd Date
Committee on Ceremonial OccasionsCommittee MemberPresent
Zicklin Graduate Curriculum CommitteeAlternate Committee Member Present
Committee on Prizes and AwardsCommittee MemberPresent
The cybersecurity advisory boardLaw Department's LiaisonPresent
Zicklin Center for Corporate IntegrityDirector of Tech Ethics ProgramPresent

Professional

OrganizationPosition RoleOrganization StateOrganization CountryStart DateEnd DateAudience
The Symposium on Applications of Contextual IntegrityCommittee MemberCalifornia3/15/2019Present
The Center for Cyber, Law and Policy (CCLP)Grant Proposal Reviewer, ExternalNon-USIsraelPresentInternational
Northeast Privacy Scholars WorkshopCommittee MemberMassachusettsUnited StatesPresentInternational
The Symposium on Applications of Contextual IntegrityCommittee MemberNew YorkUnited StatesPresentInternational
The Mercatus Center at George Mason UniversityReviewerVirginiaUnited StatesPresentNational
Big Data and SocietyReviewerFully onlineUnited StatesPresentInternational
Journal of Information PolicyReviewerPennsylvaniaUnited StatesPresentNational
Facebook - Joint Academia-Industry Research GroupCommittee ChairNew YorkUnited StatesPresentInternational
SCRIPTed, A Journal of Law, Technology & SocietyReviewerScotlandUnited KingdomPresentNational
Cambridge University PressReviewerNon-USUnited KingdomPresentInternational
Northeast Privacy Scholars WorkshopCommittee MemberNew YorkUnited States2/6/2019Present
FacebookJoint Academia-Industry Research Group ChairNew YorkUnited States11/3/2017PresentInternational
Mid-Atlantic Academy of Legal Studies in Business (MAALSB)Grant Proposal Reviewer, ExternalVirginiaUnited States3/2/20226/2/2022Regional
Future of Privacy ForumReviewer - 12th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers AwardDCUnited States10/25/20212/7/2022International
The Future of Privacy ForumJudgeDCUnited States10/1/202212/1/2021International
Journal of Information PolicyReviewer, Journal Article11/26/201812/17/2018
NYU Law School Conference-RelatedNew YorkUnited States11/8/201811/9/2018
The Center for Cyber Law & PolicyReviewer, Conference Paper5/3/20185/14/2018
The Mercatus Center at George Mason UniversityReviewer, Journal ArticleVirginia United States2/6/20172/20/2017