18 Facts About Julie Brill

Julie Simone Brill was born on March 12,1959 and is an American lawyer who is Chief Privacy Officer and Corporate Vice President for Global Privacy, Safety and Regulatory Affairs at Microsoft.

Julie Brill was a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission from 2010 to 2016.

Julie Brill was born in Houston, Texas on March 12,1959.

In 1977, Julie Brill graduated from Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey, and was later inducted into the school's hall of fame in 2012.

From 1988 to 2008, Julie Brill served in the Vermont Attorney General's office as Assistant Attorney General for Consumer Protection and Antitrust.

Julie Brill worked to coordinate with other states as co-chair of the Privacy Working Group at the National Association of Attorneys General.

Julie Brill testified in Congress about these issues, and ultimately the Fair Credit Reporting Act was revised in 1996 based on problems discovered by Julie Brill and others.

In 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Julie Brill to replace Pamela Jones Harbour as a member of the Federal Trade Commission.

Julie Brill was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on March 3,2010, and she was officially sworn in on April 6,2010.

Julie Brill advocated for the development of a "do not track" feature to allow Internet users to tell websites to stop tracking their online activities, and created a "Reclaim Your Name" project to encourage more transparency within the data broker industry.

Commissioner Julie Brill advocated for effective antitrust enforcement in the healthcare and high-tech sectors.

Julie Brill wrote the Commission's unanimous decision in ProMedica, dissolving the merger of two hospitals in Toledo, Ohio.

Julie Brill dissented from the Commission's decision to allow two Pharmacy Benefit Manager companies to merge because the merger would likely increase the cost of healthcare, an issue that the FTC began to investigate in 2023.

Additional matters that Julie Brill was involved in at the FTC included the $22.5 million settlement with Google over its circumvention of Safari browser privacy settings in 2012, the $1.2 billion settlement with Teva Pharmaceuticals over its pay-for-delay agreements with generic drug makers in 2015, and the $1 billion settlement with Qualcomm over its anticompetitive licensing practices in 2019.

Julie Brill led the development of several policy initiatives and reports at the FTC, including The Data Broker report in 2014, The Internet of Things report in 2015, and The Big Data report in 2016.

Julie Brill left office on March 31,2016, after serving six years.

Julie Brill's seat was later filled in 2018 by Noah J Phillips, a Republican.

In 2017, Julie Brill joined Microsoft as corporate vice president and deputy general counsel for Privacy and Regulatory Affairs.