Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
April 9th, 2015 Court finds Hulu did not “knowingly” disclose PII in violation of VPPA, grants summary judgment By: Mariana Cunha e Melo The case One of the seminal cases…
April 9th, 2015 LinkedIn not linked to First Amendment By: Diwaagar Radhakrishnan Sitaraman https://cases.justia.com/federal/district-courts/california/candce/5:2013cv04303/270092/47/0.pdf?ts=1402647762 This blog is a discussion on the decision of the US District Court for the Northern…
April 9th, 2015 Court blocks VPPA class action: Problems with VPPA definitions of "consumer" and "provider" By: Amanda Gayer With widespread concerns emerging about privacy on the internet, many people…
April 3rd, 2015 Verizon’s Mobile ‘Supercookies’ Seen as Threat to Privacy By: Christian Díaz Ordóñez The issue of advertisement campaigns targeted at specific sectors of the consumer base will remain…
April 3rd, 2015 ‘Eavesdropping’ WiFi Barbie is Seriously Creepy By: Andrea Carlon This fall, Mattel is expected to launch ‘Hello Barbie’, a doll that incorporates a voice-recognition technology, which captures…
April 3rd, 2015 Facebook (again) struggles with Privacy By: Fernanda Echavarría http://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-confronts-european-probes-1427975994 http://www.technewstoday.com/22579-facebook-probed-in-europe-over-privacy-issues/ http://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-privacy-probes-ramp-up-in-europe/ http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-facebook-facial-recognition-lawsuit-met-story.html Privacy regulators from Spain, France and Italy have recently joined Dutch, Germany and Belgium authorities…
April 2nd, 2015 Robert Durst case; is there a privacy concern on his alleged confession? By: Tomás Kubick Panel 4 Robert Durst, a real state businessman and millionaire, is being…
March 27th, 2015 Wyndham and the Unfairness Jurisdiction By: Ajitha Pichaipillai Panel 5 I would like to write to few paragraphs regarding the Article, “An Era of Rapid Change: The…
March 26, 2015 TV Ads Delivered via Google Fiber: Mad Men’s Dreams Come True at the Cost of Viewers’ Privacy? By: Erin L. Bansal http://www.wired.com/2015/03/google-fiber-ads/ http://www.adweek.com/news/television/google-fiber-may-have-created-game-changer-real-measurement-tv-ad-views-163604 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/23/google-plans-experiment-with-targeted-ads-for-television/ Google recently announced…
March 26th, 2015 Consumer Privacy Bill and the role of FTC By: Jyotsana Sinha Panel 5 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/03/23/the-ftc-beefs-up-technology-investigations-with-new-office/ http://www.hldataprotection.com/2015/03/articles/consumer-privacy/insights-on-the-consumer-privacy-bill-of-rights-act-of-2015/ While the government is ready to take the next step by enacting…