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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.
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The Origins of the Investigation into Google Privacy Violations
For the past two months, a fight has been raging in the blogosphere about whether Stanford researcher Jonathan Mayer can take credit for spurring the government investigation that led to Google paying a $22.5 million for privacy violations.
Now the Journal has obtained the answer through documents and interviews: the Federal Trade Commission launched its investigation before Mr. Mayer brought it to their attention. -
ACLU to FBI: Tell the public how you interpret GPS tracking ruling
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How a drug mule named "Big Foot" helped create terrible GPS search law