Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
Facebook has announced its long-rumored privacy settlement with Facebook. The complaint focuses on several allegedly deceptive acts by Facebook, as listed in the press release:In December 2009, Facebook changed its…
Is my Mac laptop using cell tower information to calculate and transmit my location to third parties? I believe the answer is yes. Here is my evidence. I cleared recent…
Joe Hall here. An intriguing story flew past my Twitter stream, that begins: "MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Detailed medical information discovered on the back of a first-grader’s school drawing sent Minneapolis…
That's quite an interesting article! Court makes it official: You have no privacy online Eleni Gessiou
Orin Kerr ponders oral arguments in United States v. Jones (reposted from The Volokh Conspiracy): I was at the Supreme Court this morning for the oral argument in United States…
As a follow-up to Helen's post about Verizon's new privacy practices, EPIC has filed an FTC complaint alleging that the move amounts to an unlawful trade practice.
Michael Degusta has a wonderful blog post up about the history of missing software updates for Android smartphones, compared to Apple's iPhone. A sample: In this chart, green blocks represent…
From TalkingPointsMemo: "Feds To Monitor Google’s Privacy Practices For Next 20 Years Sarah Lai Stirland October 24, 2011, 4:10 PM 942 5 The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Monday finalized…
The WSJ just blogged about a recent internet privacy study implicating several high-traffic sites of selling user information to third party SEO companies. Sites include OKCupid!, RottenTomatoes, and yes, the…
CSCW Workshop: Reconciling Privacy with Social Media February 12, 2012 Full Details: http://phitlab.host22.com/cscw2012privacyworkshop.html Call for Participation Much research on privacy in social media has focused on limiting personal information disclosure,…