Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
New York Appellate court finds voyeuristic photographer protected under first amendment: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/arne-svenson-neighbors-photographs-supreme-court-286916 Google charged with antitrust violations by EU: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/16/business/international/european-union-google-antitrust-case.html EU Commissioner Věra Jourová announces she would submit a new proposal…
April 14th, 2015 US Senators Proposes New Privacy Bill to regulate Data brokers By Luis Camargo Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2893672/lawmakers-target-data-brokers-in-privacy-bill.html It has been a long time since companies adopted targeted marketing as…
April 9th, 2015 Talking Barbie By: Rugeradh Tungsupakul According to the recent toy fair in New York City, Mattel, the manufacturer of Barbie dolls, had introduced “Hello Barbie”, a new…
April 9th, 2015 Court finds Hulu did not “knowingly” disclose PII in violation of VPPA, grants summary judgment By: Mariana Cunha e Melo The case One of the seminal cases…
April 9th, 2015 LinkedIn not linked to First Amendment By: Diwaagar Radhakrishnan Sitaraman https://cases.justia.com/federal/district-courts/california/candce/5:2013cv04303/270092/47/0.pdf?ts=1402647762 This blog is a discussion on the decision of the US District Court for the Northern…
April 9th, 2015 Court blocks VPPA class action: Problems with VPPA definitions of "consumer" and "provider" By: Amanda Gayer With widespread concerns emerging about privacy on the internet, many people…
April 3rd, 2015 Verizon’s Mobile ‘Supercookies’ Seen as Threat to Privacy By: Christian Díaz Ordóñez The issue of advertisement campaigns targeted at specific sectors of the consumer base will remain…
April 3rd, 2015 ‘Eavesdropping’ WiFi Barbie is Seriously Creepy By: Andrea Carlon This fall, Mattel is expected to launch ‘Hello Barbie’, a doll that incorporates a voice-recognition technology, which captures…
April 3rd, 2015 Facebook (again) struggles with Privacy By: Fernanda Echavarría http://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-confronts-european-probes-1427975994 http://www.technewstoday.com/22579-facebook-probed-in-europe-over-privacy-issues/ http://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-privacy-probes-ramp-up-in-europe/ http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-facebook-facial-recognition-lawsuit-met-story.html Privacy regulators from Spain, France and Italy have recently joined Dutch, Germany and Belgium authorities…
April 2nd, 2015 Robert Durst case; is there a privacy concern on his alleged confession? By: Tomás Kubick Panel 4 Robert Durst, a real state businessman and millionaire, is being…