Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2011/04/doj-pitches-gps-surveillance-case-to-supreme-court.html http://legaltimes.typepad.com/files/doj_gps_cert.pdf On Friday, the Solicitor General filed a certiorari petition with the Supreme Court to resolve a circuit split on whether a warrant is required for GPS surveillance. The…
Article Link: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-do-not-track-20110406,0,3461978,full.story Link to Bill: http://dist27.casen.govoffice.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={2C530FAF-6F85-4236-BB30-293D33F815E5} Continuing the groundswell of support for Do-Not-Track across the nation, California State Senator Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) introduced legislation that would force Internet…
Not long ago, denizens of the web were thrown into a frenzy by Chatroulette, an innovative website that randomly paired visitors with webcams for impromptu video chats. Hot off the…
Available at: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748703467304575383522318244234-lMyQjAxMTAxMDAwMzEwNDMyWj.html; Stalkers Exploit Cellphone GPS - Mobile Location Tracking - WSJ.com In August of 2010, the Wall Street Journal reported that global-positioning-system (GPS) technology offered by cellular carriers…
Available at: http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/03/31/google.face/index.html; Google making app that would identify people's faces - CNN.com Google has announced that it is working on a mobile application that would allow users to take…
Surely most of you have seen Google's "new" feature, Gmail Motion. If not, check out the video below: Gmail Motion The April Fools' posting has become a bit of a…
Google Book Search allows anyone to search a massive library of books that Google has scanned. A few years ago, the Authors Guild sued Google to stop the project and…
The Chinese Government has announced plans to track 1.7 million cellphone users in Beijing through location technology, in order to help city authorities better manage traffic (see http://www.bjjtgl.gov.cn/publish/portal1/tab165/info23222.htm). However, this…
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/opinion/19sat2.html The New York Times March 18, 2011 A New Internet Privacy Law? Considering how much information we entrust to the Internet every day, it is hard to believe there…
The mobile ads boom raises privacy concerns, and creative different forms of self-help that customers have been engaged in, as following: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jeUGlbK8zKnVSVB63DXWt-TLOzYg?docId=CNG.ed01c1f733f7929c0e0ee596f28a0c53.3b1 The vast majority of cell phones and tablet…