Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
I came across a recent post regarding proctoring during online exams (http://www.technologyreview.com/news/506346/in-online-exams-big-brother-will-be-watching/). As you might imagine, teachers face a legitimate problem of being assured that students taking online classes are…
There's a story (http://www.securityprivacyandthelaw.com/admin/trackback/289911) about a lawsuit filed against the game company, Blizzard, which seeks class action status. It appears that the company is being sued for enabling two factor…
A recent circuit court ruling held that a company's 'computer crime' policy covered them for losses stemming from a data breach, despite the policy stating otherwise. In the world of…
I had occasion to visit the NYU law librarian recently. I was looking for information regarding WestLaw's search strategy for federal cases. In addition to being very helpul, Gretchen also…
From SANS Newsbites 14(82): --Senator Rockefeller Seeks Information About Data Brokers' Business Practices (October 10, 2012) US Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia) has sent letters to nine data brokerage companies,…
I received a notice about this journal issue: http://idpl.oxfordjournals.org/content/2/4.toc?etoc I'm not sure why I received it, exactly, but it scanning the articles, many of them look quite interesting. It's particularly…
http://blogs.law.stanford.edu/cels2012/ This year's CELS conference will be at Stanford in november. The program is now available at http://www.law.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/event/265957/media/slspublic/PreliminarySchedule.pdf. Lots of good stuff there!
Here's an interesting story, public action, and settlement about a company secretly spying on users from their rental computers.From: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/09/designware.shtm "Seven rent-to-own companies and a software design firm have agreed…
In response to congressional requests, the GAO produced a new report on medical device security (http://www.gao.gov/assets/650/647767.pdf). Unlike agencies like NIST, the GAO provided a number of specific recommendations for the…
http://www.markleweeklydigest.org/2012/09/eu-and-us-eye-privacy-in-parallel.html The article linked above adds to the comparative discussion between EU and US privacy regimes. In every conversation I can recall, Americans consider both the European and Canadian models…