Google Book Search and Privacy
Google Book Search allows anyone to search a massive library of books that Google has scanned. A few years ago, the Authors Guild sued Google to stop the project and…
Cellphone Tracking in China: Tool to Ease Traffic Congestion or to Chill Political Dissidents?
The Chinese Government has announced plans to track 1.7 million cellphone users in Beijing through location technology, in order to help city authorities better manage traffic (see http://www.bjjtgl.gov.cn/publish/portal1/tab165/info23222.htm). However, this…
Online Privacy NY Times Saturday Editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/opinion/19sat2.html The New York Times March 18, 2011 A New Internet Privacy Law? Considering how much information we entrust to the Internet every day, it is hard to believe there…
Privacy of Mobile Ads
The mobile ads boom raises privacy concerns, and creative different forms of self-help that customers have been engaged in, as following: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jeUGlbK8zKnVSVB63DXWt-TLOzYg?docId=CNG.ed01c1f733f7929c0e0ee596f28a0c53.3b1 The vast majority of cell phones and tablet…
Supreme Court Backs Government Transparency Over Corporate Privacy Claims
In FCC v. AT&T, AT&T argued it was a "corporate citizen" entitled to "personal privacy" and thus, entitled to the FOIA exemption that protects an individual's private data. AT&T was…
Resistance to Google’s Street View in Foreign Markets
Google's Street View is a functionality that U.S. Internet users take for granted. When we're looking up a new restaurant to try or checking out a potential apartment, Street View…
Plaintiff Says ‘Help’ Humiliated Her
Kathryn Stockett, author of the bestselling book The Help, is being sued by a former babysitter for her family for invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Ablene…
Do Not Track Bill May Curb Some Unwanted Spying on Internet Activity
A bill has been introduced to Congress that would give consumers a right to block certain companies from tracking consumer Internet activities, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman is predicting…
Plaintiffs Suing ‘Girls Gone Wild’ Creator Get Second Shot to Proceed Anonymously
Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has ruled that plaintiffs suing the producers of the “Girls Gone Wild” videos for filming them engaging in sexually explicit…
PRG Privacy Comments
Professor Ira Rubinstein's comments to the FTC: Comments Professor Helen Nissenbaum's comments: NissenbaumIPTFComments