Netflix Advocates for Amendment to VPPA
Brian Smith Netflix Advocates for Amendment to VPPA Netflix, the popular DVD rental and video streaming service, is currently supporting an amendment to the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA)…
Consumer Advocacy Groups Voice Concerns Over White House Proposal
Danny Blumberg Consumer Advocacy Groups Voice Concerns Over White House Proposal http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/23/4285987/white-house-plan-for-privacy-bill.html The White House's newly released Consumer Data Privacy white paper proposes a co-regulatory process to implement the Consumer…
Eleventh Circuit: suspect can invoke Fifth Amendment and refuse to decrypt hard drive
Roger FordThe Eleventh Circuit held Thursday, in a case with the inauspicious name of In re Grand Jury Subpoena Duces Tecum Dated March 25, 2011 (pdf link), that a suspect…
Obama Administration Unveils Plan to Protect Privacy in the Information Age, including a “Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights”
Jenna Levy Obama Administration Unveils Plan to Protect Privacy in the Information Age, including a “Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights” On February 23, 2012, the White House revealed…
Symposium – No Strings Attached: US Internet Governance in an Increasingly Global World
February 24, 2012, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South The New York University Journal of Legislation & Public Policy and Journal of Law & Liberty…
Advertisers Can’t Be Trusted To Self-regulate on Data Collection, Says EFF
Krystan Hitchcock Advertisers Can't Be Trusted To Self-regulate on Data Collection, Says EFF The Electronic frontier Foundation's opinion that the digital advertising industry can regulate itself properly. The…
Competitive Pressure as a Form of Industry Self-regulation
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…
Google Privacy Policy
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…
Invasion of Privacy Charges in Rutgers Case
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…
Privacy Group Sues to Stop Googles Privacy Changes
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,…