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Richard Salgado is a faculty member at Harvard Law School, teaching the course 'Modern Surveillance Law' scheduled for Fall 2025. He holds multiple external affiliations including Advisory Board Member of the Tech Law and Security Program at American University Washington College of Law, Senior Associate (Non-resident) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Visiting Fellow on Security and Surveillance with the Cross-Border Data Forum, and Non-Resident Fellow at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society. He also operates a consultancy advising on cybersecurity and surveillance challenges.
His research spans several legal domains:
- Civil Rights and Constitutional Law frameworks
- Criminal Law and Procedure in digital contexts
- International Law implications of technology
- National Security Law and surveillance policies
- Technology Law and regulatory governance
With 13 years as Google's Director of Law Enforcement & Information Security, he managed global responses to national security demands and cybercrime investigations. He has testified before Congress ten times on topics including cross-border data access, election security, and government surveillance.
