Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
By Eugene Levin http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/us/politics/supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-fisa-surveillance-law.html?partner=rss&emc=rss The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, denied standing to a group of plaintiffs, including lawyers, journalists, human rights and privacy advocates, seeking to challenge…
By Samantha Steinfeld http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/05/white-house-follows-eu’s-lead-with-new-internet-rules-of-the-road/ This article, from March of last year, does a good job of synthesizing the notions undergirding this week’s discussion of European privacy laws and…
By Judd Lindenfeld The proposed changes to the European Data Protection Directive were sure to face strong opposition from U.S. lobbyists representing Facebook, Google and other pillars of the…
By Molly Ryan Though the Electronic Communications Privacy Act was passed in 1986, it has not been updated to reflect the evolving communication norms. The recent scandal involving General…
By Owen Kirshner Part 1 - Google AdWords moves a step closer to global acceptance with a win in Australian court. AdWords has been slowly gaining legitimacy throughout the…
By Emma Peters The right to be forgotten has been widely criticized – not only as too far reaching but also as technically impossible to implement. These issues, many…
Shaelyn Dawson http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2013/02/19/116575/google_faces_heat_for_privacy_policies?category=technology This article from only two days ago explains how Google is under fire from both Microsoft and the European Union for its violation of privacy…
Marissa Schwartz Brad Smith was an amazing guest speaker! As lead general counsel for Microsoft, he knows the in and outs of the tech market and even more about…
Emi Briggs http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21499190 http://epic.org/2013/02/europe-prepares-action-against.html http://mashable.com/2012/01/24/google-changes-again-launches-one- privacy-policy-to-rule-them-all/ http://ftc.gov/opa/2012/08/google.shtm On January 2012 Google launched a new master privacy policy that created an umbrella policy to cover its…
Chad Sandler Aaron Swartz was indicted in 2011under the CFAA and wiretapping statute for exceeding his authorized access to the research portal JSTOR and downloading and disseminating articles from JSTOR.…