Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
Josh Goldman One twist on privacy self-regulation is regulation through competitive pressures. A recent back-and-forth between Microsoft and Google has turned a spotlight on browser privacy settings and online advertising…
Drew Hodel I’m a law student in an information privacy class and when Google alerted me: “New Really Really Important Privacy Policy. Click here,” …I clicked… but definitely not…
Maud Zimmerman Invasion of Privacy Charges in Rutgers Case These articles discuss the charges that have been brought against Dharun Ravi for using a web cam to spy on his…
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to compel the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enjoin Google's planned changes to its privacy settings. On March 1, 2012,…
Andrew Chiusano DHS monitoring of social media concerns civil liberties advocates Advertisers and corporations are not the only ones mining data from social media sites. The Department of Homeland Security…
J.D. Bean Proposed Amendment to the Privacy Act: The Privacy Act Modernization for the Information Age Act of 2011 - Introduced October 18th, 2011 by Senator Daniel K. Akaka chairman of the…
Vladimir Andric http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/technology/as-patient-records-are-digitized-data-breaches-are-on-the-rise.html?_r=1&ref=identitytheft Digital Data on Patients Raises Risk of Breaches Another article confirming the "stick with it like glue" as the major security principle when it…
Josh Perles Proposed EU Data-Privacy Rules Require Breach Disclosure within 24 Hours Part of a comprehensive suite of data-privacy reforms, the proposed rules would require any firm with…
Caitlin Urbach Privacy of Financial Data News: International Accounts, Voluntary Disclosure, and Privacy The IRS announced on January 9, 2012 that it was instituting another voluntary disclosure program for those…