Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
Jessica Heimler http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/technology/personaltech/protecting-your-privacy-on-the-new-facebook.html?smid=tw-nytimes With Facebook consistently rolling out new features and subsequent privacy settings, many people may be unaware as to how to best protect their online information.…
Akiva Miller The approaches to privacy regulation taken by Europe and the United States are often seen as being at odds with one another. The European regulatory scheme is characterized as…
Peter Kauffman http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/technology/ftc-levies-first-fine-over-internet-data.html Last June, the Federal Trade Commission assessed an $800,000 penalty on Spokeo, a data collection agency, for distributing personal information as a way for potential employers…
Posted by: Akiva Miller It was recently published that defense giant Raytheon has developed a system called "Rapid Information Overlay Technology" (RIOT), designed to powerfully mine information from social networks,…
Post by: Diana Ajuria http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/technology/consumer-data-protection-laws-an-ocean-apart.html?_r=0 This article, Consumer Data Protection Laws, an Ocean Apart, posted February 2, 2013 in the New York Times is focused on the differences between the…
Post by: Abigail Augus Regulating the collection and use of personal information though tort or contract is problematic for a host of reasons and may not provide companies with sufficient…
Every Move You Make By Jesse C. Glickenhaus February 7, 2013 Artist Pierre Derks' installation in the Hague showing rotating live streaming images—a baby in a crib, a security feed…
Privacy Blog Post- Kenneth Villa Path Settles With FTC Over Privacy Row-Will Pay $800K And Establish New Privacy Program Including Outside Audits Tech Crunch http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/01/path-settles-with-ftc-over-privacy-row-will-pay-800k-and-establish-new-privacy-program-including-outside-audits/ Business Week http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/420272?type=bloomberg Path, a…
http://www.futureofprivacy.org/call-for-papers-big-data-and-privacy-making-ends-meet/ The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and the Stanford Center for Internet and Society (CIS) invite authors to submit papers discussing the legal, technological, social, and policy implications of…
A colleague from the NYU Information Law Institute pointed me to a recent study and news article that examines the degree to which Google's Ad Sense displays differential ads according…