Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
Facebook files a patent for identifying cameras through the vagaries of their hardware profiles. The ECJ Advocat General rules that the US/EU data "safe harbor" agreement fail to meet European data protection standards.
Earlier this year, Facebook filed a patent application claiming a method for identifying camera signatures based on features extracted from uploaded images, including faulty pixel positions in the camera and…
California appeals court rules in favor of Facebook over access to social media posts protected under federal law: "Appeals Court Sides with Facebook in Fight over Postings" New Hampshire public…
The FDA has just determined that the New Drug Application combining schizophrenia medication Abilify with a chip / ingestible sensor, is sufficiently complete to allow for a substantive review. The…
Keystroke biometric technologies may play role in new password systems and could be used to identify users: “Future Passwords Will Use Typing Style and Other ‘Cognitive Fingerprints’” Colleges are using big data in…
The summer news provided the Privacy Research Group with quite a bit of discussion. The one topic that provoked the liveliest debate was the recent hack and public release of…
Hackers release account and credit card information from 37 million users of Ashley Madison, a dating website for would-be adulterers. “The Ashley Madison Data Dump, Explained” The Third Circuit affirms…