Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
Christian Oronsaye Privacy Rights Groups Fight FAA on Use of Drones in U.S. Reports have it that some privacy advocacy groups have petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in connection…
Christian Oronsaye Supreme Court Justices say GPS tracker violated privacy rights The United States Supreme Court on Monday (01/23/2012) unanimously ruled that the police violated the Constitution when they placed…
Christopher Poole Private Sector Brushes Up Against EU’s “Right to be Forgotten” In January of this year the European Commission unveiled a series of proposed reforms to the…
The 7th Circuit ruled that police can search your cell phone for your phone number without a warrant. Judge Posner justified this by saying that it wasn't that big an…
Khan Shing Class Action Over Facebook Sponsored Stories Proceeds Late last year, Facebook rolled out its “Sponsored Story” ad program. Among the online marketing community, this was probably…
Felicity Kohn California has reached an agreement designed to protect the privacy of mobile app users with Amazon.com, Apple, Google, HP, Microsoft, and a company called Research in Motion. The…
Roger FordFederal regulators are expected to announce this week that by 2014 all passenger cars will be required to come with rear-view cameras to help passengers see what's behind them…
Bruna Izydorczyk Obama’s effort to enforce clear rules on privacy President Obama took the initiative to convoke major technology companies – of course Facebook and Google are involved -…
Brian Smith Netflix Advocates for Amendment to VPPA Netflix, the popular DVD rental and video streaming service, is currently supporting an amendment to the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA)…
Danny Blumberg Consumer Advocacy Groups Voice Concerns Over White House Proposal http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/23/4285987/white-house-plan-for-privacy-bill.html The White House's newly released Consumer Data Privacy white paper proposes a co-regulatory process to implement the Consumer…