Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
Price discrimination is the practice by which firms offer differential prices to customers, often based on some observed characteristic. Examples include discounts to students, the elderly, loyalty program members, bulk…
Here's a story below from SANS NewsBites Vol. 14 Num. 94. A high school in Texas is RFID ing students as a means of funding. In addition to the unexpected use…
I came across a recent post regarding proctoring during online exams (http://www.technologyreview.com/news/506346/in-online-exams-big-brother-will-be-watching/). As you might imagine, teachers face a legitimate problem of being assured that students taking online classes are…
There's a story (http://www.securityprivacyandthelaw.com/admin/trackback/289911) about a lawsuit filed against the game company, Blizzard, which seeks class action status. It appears that the company is being sued for enabling two factor…
A recent circuit court ruling held that a company's 'computer crime' policy covered them for losses stemming from a data breach, despite the policy stating otherwise. In the world of…
I had occasion to visit the NYU law librarian recently. I was looking for information regarding WestLaw's search strategy for federal cases. In addition to being very helpul, Gretchen also…
From SANS Newsbites 14(82): --Senator Rockefeller Seeks Information About Data Brokers' Business Practices (October 10, 2012) US Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia) has sent letters to nine data brokerage companies,…
I received a notice about this journal issue: http://idpl.oxfordjournals.org/content/2/4.toc?etoc I'm not sure why I received it, exactly, but it scanning the articles, many of them look quite interesting. It's particularly…
http://blogs.law.stanford.edu/cels2012/ This year's CELS conference will be at Stanford in november. The program is now available at http://www.law.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/event/265957/media/slspublic/PreliminarySchedule.pdf. Lots of good stuff there!
Here's an interesting story, public action, and settlement about a company secretly spying on users from their rental computers.From: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/09/designware.shtm "Seven rent-to-own companies and a software design firm have agreed…