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Ten law professors with expertise in intellectual property and trade secrecy wrote to the Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) on April 1 in support of the Commission¹s groundbreaking proposed hydraulic fracturing (fracking) regulations that would require corporations to disclose trade secret information, like chemical ingredients, used in fracking activity in Alaska. Read more » about Law professors challenge secrecy in fracking
By Kate Westmoreland • April 1, 2013 at 6:35 pm
Cross-posted from http://katewestmoreland.wordpress.com/
Now that Microsoft has come to the party and is publishing a regular transparency report, there is a meaningful amount of publicly-available data about government requests for online records. Looking at the data from Google, Twitter, Dropbox and Microsoft side-by-side raises some interesting questions. Read more » about Transparency, but what are we seeing?
By Jennifer Granick • April 1, 2013 at 2:29 pm
I am a signatory to a letter to Rep. Robert Goodlatte and other legislators critiquing draft legislation reportedly slated for consideration this month that would amend the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) by increasing penalties and expanding the scope of conduct punishable under the statute. The letter points out that the draft under discussion is a significant expansion of the CFAA at a time when
public opinion is demanding the law be narrowed. This language would, among other things: Read more » about Letter to Goodlatte Criticizes CFAA Anti-Reform Language
For tech-savvy Silicon Valley, there is nothing more important than a free and open Internet. Yet recent reports of cyberattacks against top-tier enterprises demonstrate a need for increased vigilance in defending the networks that launched the Digital Age. Read more » about The Virtual Battlefield: Securing Cyberspace in a World Without Borders
"Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said it would be troubling if prosecutors did not inform Seeborg that stingray technology would be used to locate Rigmaiden's computer." Read more » about Emails Detail Northern District's Use of Controversial Surveillan
"“His work has gone a long way in trying to help us figure out how irrational we are in privacy related decisions,” says Woodrow Hartzog, an assistant professor of law who studies digital privacy at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. " Read more » about Letting Down Our Guard With Web Privacy
"In this video from Shmoocon 2013, Professor Orin Kerr and Marcia Hofmann from EFF discuss several recent prosecutions brought under the Act, including cases against Aaron Swartz and Andrew Auernheimer." Read more » about The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: Swartz, Auernheimer, and beyond
""There is a subjective element of harm to being, living in a society where you feel like you're under surveillance," Ryan Calo, an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law, said." Read more » about Critics Question Uncle Sam's Ammo Buying Spree
"The paper is certain to get people talking and thinking about the matter in a new light. "Clearly understanding the current legal status of these vehicles is therefore an important step toward ultimately realizing their potential," Smith says in closing." Read more » about Why Driverless Cars Are 'Probably' Legal
March 28, 2013
In this video from Shmoocon 2013, Professor Orin Kerr and Marcia Hofmann from EFF discuss several recent prosecutions brought under the Act, including cases against Aaron Swartz and Andrew Auernheimer. Read more » about The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: Swartz, Auernheimer, and beyond
