Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
Josh Goldman One twist on privacy self-regulation is regulation through competitive pressures. A recent back-and-forth between Microsoft and Google has turned a spotlight on browser privacy settings and online advertising…
Drew Hodel I’m a law student in an information privacy class and when Google alerted me: “New Really Really Important Privacy Policy. Click here,” …I clicked… but definitely not…
Maud Zimmerman Invasion of Privacy Charges in Rutgers Case These articles discuss the charges that have been brought against Dharun Ravi for using a web cam to spy on his…
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to compel the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enjoin Google's planned changes to its privacy settings. On March 1, 2012,…
Andrew Chiusano DHS monitoring of social media concerns civil liberties advocates Advertisers and corporations are not the only ones mining data from social media sites. The Department of Homeland Security…
Joe Hall here. Google appears to be trying to better measure household and end-user internet traffic, similar to how Nielsen measures cable and television watching habits ("Google Screenwise: New Program…
Google has a new ad campaign in the NY subways! "You live in Peoria. Do you really need a plumber from New York? We didn’t think so. Imagine the…
This is what the Google-FTC consent decree says about changing it sharing practices: II. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent, prior to any new or additional sharing by respondent of…
J.D. Bean Proposed Amendment to the Privacy Act: The Privacy Act Modernization for the Information Age Act of 2011 - Introduced October 18th, 2011 by Senator Daniel K. Akaka chairman of the…
Vladimir Andric http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/technology/as-patient-records-are-digitized-data-breaches-are-on-the-rise.html?_r=1&ref=identitytheft Digital Data on Patients Raises Risk of Breaches Another article confirming the "stick with it like glue" as the major security principle when it…