Redefining Fourth Amendment Law for The Digital Age
Redefining Fourth Amendment Law for The Digital Age. By Macarena Troncoso On March 11, Brian Farrell – accused of being a staff member on silk road 2.0 - pleaded guilty…
HIPAA, Gun Control, and Mental Health
HIPAA, Gun Control, and Mental Health By: Erika Asgeirsson A new HIPAA rule issued in January will allow certain health agencies and medical facilities (“covered entities” under HIPAA) to report…
Germany Is Putting Facebook Through the Rounds
Germany Is Putting Facebook Through the Rounds By Ryan P. K. Brown Things do not bode well for Facebook in Germany. The country’s government has been stepping up its enforcement…
First Alexa, Now Fox! From valuable personal assistant to home and outdoor external spy…
First Alexa, Now Fox! From valuable personal assistant to home and outdoor external spy… By: Annabelle Divoy Why open a dictionary when you can ask Alexa the height of Mount…
Privacy Blog Assignment – Panel 6
Privacy Blog Assignment - Pannel 6 By: Ricardo Leite Ribeiro The article which I am providing the link here was published in the Wall Street Journal on March 2, 2016.…
Pierre-Paul’s Medical Disclosure Claim Against ESPN: Issues of Intersecting Privacy Torts
Panel 5 Pierre-Paul’s Medical Disclosure Claim Against ESPN: Issues of Intersecting Privacy Torts. By: Eliza Marshall The New York Giants’ Jean Pierre-Paul’s suit against ESPN, which pertains to ESPN’s publication…
Privacy Blog (1)
Privacy Blog (1) By: Maggie Kornreich Professor Rubinstein March 24, 2014 http://www.natlawreview.com/article/health-apps-and-hipaa-ocr-publishes-new-guidance-health-app-developers This article addresses whether mobile device applications are subject to HIPAA regulations. In February, the Department of Health…
Information Privacy: Blog Post (Panel 6)
Information Privacy: Blog Post (Panel 6) By:Harry Grabow http://www.marketplace.org/2016/02/10/business/new-frontier-voter-tracking http://fusion.net/story/268108/dstillery-clever-tracking-trick/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/02/08/company-tracked-iowa-caucusgoers-phones/80005966/ In the first United States Presidential campaign since the 2013 Snowden, candidates have expressed varying opinions of both the…
PRG News Roundup: March 23rd
PRG long-time participant Luke Stark's research on emotion has been published in Information Society: https://starkcontrastdotco.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/01972243-2015.pdf DOJ postpones hearing on Apple case: http://fortune.com/2016/03/21/doj-court-hearing-apple-postpone/ Utah tests online voting in state caucus: http://www.npr.org/2016/03/22/471474745/utah-republicans-to-test-online-voting-in-states-caucus
Privacy Blog
Privacy Blog By: Mary Churan Huang http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/google-eu-s-data-protection-authorities-have-absolute-focus-on-privacy-1.2556597 This article discusses the positions taken by some of the world’s largest multinational companies in respect of the EU’s incoming General Data Protection…