Cynthia Arlene Khoo

Cynthia Khoo is a technology and human rights lawyer who can be found working wherever the Internet and (in)equality collide. You have a love/hate relationship with the Internet and want to protect human rights. I can help. I’ve dedicated my legal career to making an impact at the intersection of technology law and policy, the Internet, human rights, and civil liberties. This has meant my practice is interdisciplinary and cuts across (tele)communications, privacy, intellectual property, copyright, technology, and human rights law. Much of my work involves legal and policy reform in addition to practicing law, so I spend as much time thinking about what our laws could or should be , as I do about what they currently are and how we can use them to solve problems unique to the digital age. From June 2021 to March 2024, I worked full-time at Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy & Technology in Washington, DC, where I was a Senior Associate. I am currently a Senior Fellow at the Citizen Lab (Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto). This website will continue to be updated and serve as a central record of my work and activities. I remain a member of the Ontario bar and accept new files on a case-by-case basis. I have extensive experience representing clients in proceedings before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) , and have represented clients as interveners before the Supreme Court of Canada . I regularly research and write policy submissions to government consultations and advise on legal, policy, advocacy, and campaign strategies. I also speak at conferences and workshops; deliver presentations, seminars, and talks; meet with politicians and government officials on behalf of clients; and provide commentary in print and broadcast media on behalf of clients or as a subject matter expert.