Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
Chad Sandler Aaron Swartz was indicted in 2011under the CFAA and wiretapping statute for exceeding his authorized access to the research portal JSTOR and downloading and disseminating articles from JSTOR.…
Yoav Simchoni Vertically-integrated tech companies compete vigorously across multiple product lines to try and capture market share. A large part of this competition revolves around marketing and branding campaigns,…
Alina Mejer http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57377084-93/netflix-pays-$9-million-to-settle-privacy-violation-lawsuit/ In keeping with this week’s discussion about statutes that regulate commercial entities’ use of personal data, this recent article about Netflix highlighted how consumers can…
Anisha Mehta Earlier this month the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached an $800,000 settlement with Path for violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (Coppa). The Act regulates…
Johnston Chen http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/26/technology/eu-privacy-proposal-lays-bare-differences-with-us.html?_r=0 In January, the United States government and Silicon Valley lobbied against European efforts to increase consumer information privacy law in the European Union. At that time,…
Catalina Carmona For quite some time now, both industry and privacy advocates have pointed out the need of reforming the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). The main argument is…
Zachary King This past Sunday 60 Minutes aired a report about the enormous amount of mistakes made by credit reporting agencies. (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57567957/40-million-mistakes-is-your-credit-report-accurate/). In the report Steve Kroft cites…
Jessica Heimler http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/technology/personaltech/protecting-your-privacy-on-the-new-facebook.html?smid=tw-nytimes With Facebook consistently rolling out new features and subsequent privacy settings, many people may be unaware as to how to best protect their online information.…
Akiva Miller The approaches to privacy regulation taken by Europe and the United States are often seen as being at odds with one another. The European regulatory scheme is characterized as…
Peter Kauffman http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/technology/ftc-levies-first-fine-over-internet-data.html Last June, the Federal Trade Commission assessed an $800,000 penalty on Spokeo, a data collection agency, for distributing personal information as a way for potential employers…