Google AdWords
By Owen Kirshner Part 1 - Google AdWords moves a step closer to global acceptance with a win in Australian court. AdWords has been slowly gaining legitimacy throughout the…
The right to be forgotten – forget it?
By Emma Peters The right to be forgotten has been widely criticized – not only as too far reaching but also as technically impossible to implement. These issues, many…
Google Faces Heat for Privacy Policies
Shaelyn Dawson http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2013/02/19/116575/google_faces_heat_for_privacy_policies?category=technology This article from only two days ago explains how Google is under fire from both Microsoft and the European Union for its violation of privacy…
ARE YOU BEING SCROOGLED? (What’s a “Scroogle”?)
Marissa Schwartz Brad Smith was an amazing guest speaker! As lead general counsel for Microsoft, he knows the in and outs of the tech market and even more about…
European Union to take Action Against Google
Emi Briggs http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21499190 http://epic.org/2013/02/europe-prepares-action-against.html http://mashable.com/2012/01/24/google-changes-again-launches-one- privacy-policy-to-rule-them-all/ http://ftc.gov/opa/2012/08/google.shtm On January 2012 Google launched a new master privacy policy that created an umbrella policy to cover its…
THE STATE OF CFAA AND THE PASSING OF PRIVACY SCHOLAR ALAN WESTIN
Chad Sandler Aaron Swartz was indicted in 2011under the CFAA and wiretapping statute for exceeding his authorized access to the research portal JSTOR and downloading and disseminating articles from JSTOR.…
Bring on the Privacy-Arms Race!
Yoav Simchoni Vertically-integrated tech companies compete vigorously across multiple product lines to try and capture market share. A large part of this competition revolves around marketing and branding campaigns,…
Netflix Privacy Violation Lawsuit
Alina Mejer http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57377084-93/netflix-pays-$9-million-to-settle-privacy-violation-lawsuit/ In keeping with this week’s discussion about statutes that regulate commercial entities’ use of personal data, this recent article about Netflix highlighted how consumers can…
FTC Cracks Down on Mobile Applications and Coppa Violations
Anisha Mehta Earlier this month the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached an $800,000 settlement with Path for violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (Coppa). The Act regulates…
EU vs US Data Protection
Johnston Chen http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/26/technology/eu-privacy-proposal-lays-bare-differences-with-us.html?_r=0 In January, the United States government and Silicon Valley lobbied against European efforts to increase consumer information privacy law in the European Union. At that time,…