Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
Smith v. Maryland, Third Party Doctrine as Applied to Reddit Users Naadia Chowdhury This past Friday, Reddit users were concerned about government internet surveillance and the privacy of their data.…
From Apple to Lavabit: The ECPA and the Legal Struggles Surrounding Encryption By: Debra Slutsky Although the FBI dropped its lawsuit to compel Apple to assist it in unlocking one…
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 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 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… By: Annabelle Divoy Why open a dictionary when you can ask Alexa the height of Mount…
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.…
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) 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) 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…