Meet Randy Cantz

Data Policy Analyst

Randy Cantz

Randy Cantz is a Data Policy Analyst at CIPL’s Washington D.C. office, where he focuses on AI governance, privacy law, and emerging technology regulation. His work supports CIPL’s engagement with multinational member companies, global regulators, and policymakers on AI policy, cross-border data transfers, children’s data privacy, and organizational accountability.

Prior to joining CIPL, Randy served as a Policy Associate at Freedom Technologies, consulting to federal agencies including NASA, NOAA, and NTIA on spectrum policy, translating complex legislative and regulatory developments into actionable guidance for senior government leadership. While there, he designed the organization’s first AI policy intelligence template and co-authored a published analysis of the Supreme Court’s Loper Bright decision and its implications for technology regulation. He previously worked at the Future of Privacy Forum as a Policy Intern for Ethics and Data in Research, where he conducted original research on the application of the GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA to emerging AI systems, biometrics, and privacy-enhancing technologies for FPF’s members. His work included contributing to FPF’s Biometric Policy Toolkit, co-authoring published analysis of international neuroprivacy regulation in Latin America, supporting a project on privacy-enhancing technologies for an NSF grant proposal, contributing to federal policy comments on the HIPAA Privacy Rule, and leading a working group session with Dr. Yoel Roth, former head of Trust and Safety at Twitter, on misinformation and disinformation governance. He also conducted research on internet governance and cybersecurity policy under Dr. Laura DeNardis at Georgetown’s Center for Digital Ethics.

Additionally, Randy serves as a Class 8 Fellow and Junior Chair of the Editorial and Content Committee at the Internet Law and Policy Foundry, where he promotes original research in emerging technology governance. He holds a Master of Arts in Communication, Culture, and Technology from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Arts in History, with a minor in Public Policy, from the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa.