The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School is a leader in the study of the law and policy around the Internet and other emerging technologies.
Privacy has become one of the defining issue of the Information Age. CIS has received national recognition for its interdisciplinary and multi-angle examination of privacy, particularly as it relates to emerging technology.
M. Ryan Calo runs the research around privacy and robotics, including the Disclosure by Design and Legal Aspects of Autonomous Driving Projects. Prior to joining the law school in 2008, Calo was an associate at Covington & Burling, LLP, where he advised companies on issues of data security, privacy, and telecommunications. Read more » about Ryan Calo
Aleecia M. McDonald is a privacy researcher and Fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. She also consults for Mozilla on their "Do Not Track" web browser feature, and co-chairs the W3C Tracking Protection Working Group. Her research includes user expectations for Do Not Track, behavioral economics and mental models of privacy, and the efficacy of industry self regulation. Read more » about Aleecia McDonald
I'm a graduate student in law and computer science at Stanford University. Wherever information technology, public policy, and law intersect, I'm interested.
My research homes are the Security Lab, advised by John Mitchell, and the Center for Internet and Society. In my free time I build robots. Read more » about Jonathan Mayer
I'm a Student Fellow with CIS. I work mainly on Privicons, but I'm also interested in copyright/fair use and free speech. Privicons Website Read more » about Ethan Forrest
By Jennifer Granick • May 15, 2012 at 2:51 pm
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act ("CISPA") is the latest example of a depressingly common situation in Washington DC -- well-meaning legislators unfamiliar with technology try to rush through a statute about a high-profile Internet issue (here, cybersecurity). Proponents of the bill say they want to faciliate information sharing between the federal government and the private sector. What they don't seem to understand is that existing laws already permit most kinds of cybersecurity information sharing. Read more » about The Unintended Consequences of CISPA
By Daniel Nazer • May 11, 2012 at 6:16 pm
With cell phone cameras everywhere, it has become common for members of the public to film encounters with the police. Whether the police are behaving professionally or engaged in an unprovoked assault, citizen video provides oversight and potential evidence. But some officers are unhappy with this form of public accountability and have responded by arresting people who try to film them. In an important decision this week, the Seventh Circuit ruled in ACLU v. Alvarez that the public has a First Amendment right to film police. Read more » about Seventh Circuit Upholds First Amendment Right to Film Police
By Woodrow Hartzog • April 26, 2012 at 10:04 am
I have just uploaded a new essay about online privacy to SSRN that will appear in Volume 46 of the Georgia Law Review. The essay, titled "Chain-Link Confidentiality," asserts that personal information that is shared online can be better protected if we require our confidants to make sure that their confidants are watching out for us. This strategy could help us retain control over our personal information as it moves downstream. Your comments are warmly welcome. Read more » about Chain-Link Confidentiality
By Ryan Calo • March 5, 2012 at 12:58 pm
The Examiner is reporting that a prototype drone crashed into a Texas Montgomery Read more » about Drone Crash
April 23, 2012
In his talk, Alessandro Acquisti links two streams of research he is conducting at Carnegie Mellon University: the "behavioral economics of privacy," and the study of privacy and disclosure behavior in online social networks. First, he will highlight how research in behavioral economics can help us make sense of apparent inconsistencies in privacy (and security) decision-making, and will present results from a variety of experiments in this area he conducted at Carnegie Mellon University. Read more » about Privacy in the Age of Augmented Reality - Alessandro Acquisti - Audio
April 23, 2012
In his talk, Alessandro Acquisti links two streams of research he is conducting at Carnegie Mellon University: the "behavioral economics of privacy," and the study of privacy and disclosure behavior in online social networks. First, he will highlight how research in behavioral economics can help us make sense of apparent inconsistencies in privacy (and security) decision-making, and will present results from a variety of experiments in this area he conducted at Carnegie Mellon University. Read more » about Privacy in the Age of Augmented Reality - Alessandro Acquisti - Video
February 29, 2012
STLR Symposium 2012 - Co-Hosted by the Center for Internet and Society
February 28, 2012
STLR Symposium 2012 - Co-Hosted by the Center for Internet and Society Read more » about Taking Forgetting Seriously - 2012 STLR Symposium - First Amendment Challenges in the Digital (Video)
