Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
Roger FordThe Eleventh Circuit held Thursday, in a case with the inauspicious name of In re Grand Jury Subpoena Duces Tecum Dated March 25, 2011 (pdf link), that a suspect…
Jenna Levy Obama Administration Unveils Plan to Protect Privacy in the Information Age, including a “Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights” On February 23, 2012, the White House revealed…
February 24, 2012, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South The New York University Journal of Legislation & Public Policy and Journal of Law & Liberty…
Krystan Hitchcock Advertisers Can't Be Trusted To Self-regulate on Data Collection, Says EFF The Electronic frontier Foundation's opinion that the digital advertising industry can regulate itself properly. The…
Josh Goldman One twist on privacy self-regulation is regulation through competitive pressures. A recent back-and-forth between Microsoft and Google has turned a spotlight on browser privacy settings and online advertising…
Drew Hodel I’m a law student in an information privacy class and when Google alerted me: “New Really Really Important Privacy Policy. Click here,” …I clicked… but definitely not…
Maud Zimmerman Invasion of Privacy Charges in Rutgers Case These articles discuss the charges that have been brought against Dharun Ravi for using a web cam to spy on his…
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to compel the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enjoin Google's planned changes to its privacy settings. On March 1, 2012,…
Andrew Chiusano DHS monitoring of social media concerns civil liberties advocates Advertisers and corporations are not the only ones mining data from social media sites. The Department of Homeland Security…
Joe Hall here. Google appears to be trying to better measure household and end-user internet traffic, similar to how Nielsen measures cable and television watching habits ("Google Screenwise: New Program…