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The On this episode of Media Roots Radio, I interview Colin Hobick, a digital privacy rights advocate and filmmaker.

About his newest documentary film, Terms and Conditions May Apply.

Terms and conditions may apply as a full-length documentary film specifically honing in on

the issue of digital privacy rights and the data mining economy of corporate surveillance.

Cullen released his first short film in 2003 and eventually his first full-length, Freedom State, in 2006. In 2007, Cullen would release his first full-length Freedom State in 2006.

In 2007, Cullen would release his first feature-length documentary film titled Monster Camp,

a light-hearted look at the live-action role-playing community.

Terms and conditions may apply premiered in January 2013, a few months before the world

had even heard the name Edward Snowden.

Immediately following the Snowden Prison Revelations, Cullen's film thesis was now proven

true with actual documents to back it up before it was released in theaters in July of 2013.

Because of this, Colin added an addendum to the movie, explaining what these revelations meant.

Colin was ahead of the curve in terms of trying to draw attention to these issues through using film as a medium.

Now while working on multiple films simultaneously, Colin continues to be an activist about bringing awareness to the inherent problem

of corporate data mining and surveillance.

But he also has tried to bring attention to the extreme collusion between Silicon Valley

data mining companies and the U.S. government intelligence sector.

If you checked out our second to last episode, Occupy Silicon Valley, think

of this particular episode as its spiritual sequel.

So the film had its premiere five or six months before the Snowden Revelation. So it premiered

in Park City in January 2013, and then it actually was released in theaters in mid-July.

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