David Medine

Senior Financial Sector Specialist

David Medine is a consultant to CGAP and was previously CGAP's staff lead on data protection and security. He works to develop novel, consumer-oriented approaches to data protection and to encourage the creation of cyber security resource centers for developing countries.

David has more than 25 years of experience with privacy and consumer financial services. Before joining CGAP, he served as chairman of the U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, an attorney fellow for the Securities and Exchange Commission, and a special counsel at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. From 2002 to 2012, he was a partner in the law firm WilmerHale. Before that, he served as a senior adviser to the White House National Economic Council. From 1992 to 2000, David was the associate director for Financial Practices at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), where in addition to enforcing consumer financial laws, he took the lead on internet privacy. Before joining the FTC, he taught at the Indiana University (Bloomington) School of Law and the George Washington University School of Law. David has a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Chicago Law School and a bachelor’s degree from Hampshire College.

Posts by David Medine

The role of mobile money providers and their agents in protecting customers’ data

This Slide Deck is a supplement to the Blog “How Are Mobile Money Agents Protecting Customers’ Data in Uganda?” (December 2022).

How are Mobile Money Agents Protecting Customers’ Data in Uganda?

The blog presents findings from a research study commissioned by CGAP in partnership with MicroSave Consulting (MSC). The research intends to identify good practices of responsible agents in safeguarding their customers’ data. It also sheds light on the role of providers in promoting these practices in Uganda. The study also examines how Uganda’s Data Privacy & Protection Act has helped strengthen providers’ data protection practices.