Scary Description of New Hungarian Secret Police
In Paul Krugman's blog at the NYT, his colleague Kim Lane Scheppele has been periodically writing about the recent radical changes in Hungarian government. Today she wrote about the TEK,…
Online Privacy
Julia Angwin & Jeremy Singer-Vine, Selling You on Facebook, Wall St. J. (Apr. 10, 2012), http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303302504577327744009046230.html. By: Randall Norman Online privacy is a hotly debated topic right now. Some of…
Subpoena, Search, or Incriminating Statement
Subpoena, Search, or Incriminating Statement: Encryption Passphrases and Privacy By Max Abend CNET recently ran an article about a precedential case involving computer encryption. In one of only a handful…
Mobile Geolocation Services, EU
EU’s Article 29 Working Party adopted opinion regarding mobile geolocation services and required e.g. a prior informed consent from users. Yet The European Commission’s proposed reform of the EU's 1995…
Senator Franken’s Comment to NTIA Focuses on Location Privacy
Senator Franken’s Comment to NTIA Focuses on Location Privacy Page Hubben On April 2, Senator Al Franken, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law,…
Reminder: NYU/Princeton Conference on Mobile and Location Privacy, April 13
NYU/Princeton Conference on Mobile and Location Privacy: A Technology and Policy Dialog Date: Friday, April 13, 2012 Time: 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM Location: Lipton Hall, 108 West 3rd Street…
Concerns over Government Access to and Retention of Communications and Other Data
Several recent NY Times articles reflect growing concerns over increasing government access to and retention of communications and other data here in the U.S.: Police Are Using Phone Tracking…
Does your level of Fourth Amendment protection vary inversely with the convenience of your digital life?
Does your level of Fourth Amendment protection vary inversely with the convenience of your digital life? Matthew Smith Today, Ars Technica published an excellent rundown of the various approaches that…
“Can You Track Me Now?…Good.” Do Police Need a Warrant for Cell Phone Location Data?
Kevin Frick “Can You Track Me Now?...Good.” Do Police Need a Warrant for Cell Phone Location Data? Last week, the question of whether law enforcement officials required to get a…