Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
By: Piotr Semeniuk According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, last week the Department of Homeland Security confirmed that subsequent six states - Alabama, Florida, Kansans, Nebraska, Utah and Vermont…
By Sisi Wu In 2011, Thomas Cooley Law School filed a defamation lawsuit against a former student who criticized the school on his blog, which he called “Thomas M. Cooley…
By Josh Stager Medical devices have the potential to significantly improve the quality of patient care, but recent innovations demonstrate that the convergence of health information technology and Big…
By Scott Snyder Earlier this month, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of greater privacy protection for the medical data of deceased nursing home patients. The issue…
By Peter Van Valkenburgh A Bill's been floated in the Illinois State Senate that seeks to put an end to anonymous commenting on websites and blogs. The full text is…
By: Amanda Levendowski In January, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) quietly published its long-awaited “Civil Rights/Civil Liberties Impact Assessment” of border searches of electronic devices. The actual impact may be…
By: Bio Kim Following 9/11 the U.S. government went through extensive reforms to improve the communication and coordination between intelligence officials and law enforcement authorities. The recent Boston Marathon…
By: David Gold Should police officers be required to obtain a warrant before searching an arrestee’s cell phone? Under the California Supreme Court’s 2011 opinion in People v. Diaz, the…
By: Josh Baker Article: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/04/secret-surveillance-court/ Government's brief: http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2013/04/fisacourt.pdf The Electric Frontier Foundation (EFF), a digital rights group in San Francisco, brought suit in the District Court for the District of…