PRG News Roundup, September 14, 2022
Google must face most of Texas AG’s antitrust lawsuit, which alleges, among other things, that the company illegally monopolized the advertising technology market. Google won its motion to dismiss an…
PRG News Roundup, April 20, 2022
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held this week that web scraping of publicly accessible data is legal. The case initially arose when LinkedIn sued a company, Hiq Labs, for scraping data…
PRG News Roundup, April 13, 2022
Recently, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a “shields up” message to U.S. organizations, warning of potential cyberattacks relating to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. While no definite threats…
PRG News Roundup, April 6, 2022
The ACLU put out an op ed on the privacy implications of digital currencies, highlighting that the technology may pose more threats to privacy than previously anticipated. The European Union court of…
PRG News Roundup, March 30, 2022
Last week, the United States and the European Commission committed to a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework, which will foster trans-Atlantic data flows and address concerns raised in 2020 by the…
PRG News Roundup, March 23, 2022
The Cyber Law and Policy Scholars Conference (CLPSC) published its Call for Papers. Submissions are due by May 1, 2022. Last Friday, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia dismissed a lawsuit…
PRG News Roundup, March 9, 2022
President Biden signed an executive order calling for a comprehensive review of the federal government’s stance toward cryptocurrencies, including an assessment of the risks to consumers, the financial system, and the climate.…
PRG News Roundup, March 2, 2022
Google has temporarily disabled Google Maps features in Ukraine that provide live information about how busy roads and places are following the recent invasion of Russian forces.A Virginia court refused to…
PRG News Roundup, February 23, 2022
On February 23d, the Privacy Research Group discussed the following current events: The European Commission has put forth a proposal this week on industrial data regulation. The proposal, called the…
PRG News Roundup, February 16, 2022
During the third PRG meeting of the Spring 2022 semester, the following topics were discussed: This week the UN convened an international committee of government experts to conduct preliminary negotiations…