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.
Home » Press
Press
CIS in the news.
-
-
Pay-TV industry not united on TV Everywhere
Date published:July 16, 2012Want to watch an episode of TNT's"The Closer" online?
You have to fill out a form on TNT's website, proving you have a cable or satellite television subscription. And your cable or satellite provider also needs to have a deal with TNT to carry its content online.Read the full story at the original publication link below. -
Google Expected To Pay Fine In Privacy Setting Case
Date published:July 11, 2012 -
Google would pay record FTC fine under tentative Apple Safari settlement
Date published:July 10, 2012Among the first to discover Google’s use of cookies on Apple’s browser was Stanford University graduate student Jonathan Mayer, who is working toward law and computer science degrees there.He came across the cookies while studying targeted advertising. It is impossible to know whether Google was aware of what its temporary cookies were doing, Mayer said, but he said the company should have known.Read full story at the original publication link below. -
Your usual extra pillow, Ma’am? British Airways mines passenger data
Date published:July 10, 2012 -
FTC Slow To Expose Online Privacy Issues
Date published:July 9, 2012 -
Is US government reading email without a warrant? It doesn't want to talk about it
-
Our FTC Privacy Story And Its Critics
Date published:July 6, 2012On June 28, ProPublica published a story by Peter Maass about the Federal Trade Commission and its efforts to protect the online privacy of consumers. The headline of the story was "How a Lone Graduate Student Scooped the Government and What It Means for Your Online Privacy." The 5,500 word article opened with an explanation of how a Stanford computer science student, Jonathan Mayer, conducted research through which he discovered earlier this year that Google was circumventing the privacy settings on a large number of iPhones and placing tracking cookies on them. The story credited Mr. Read more » about Our FTC Privacy Story And Its Critics
-
Your FTC Privacy Watchdogs: Low-Tech, Defensive, Toothless
Date published:June 28, 2012Jonathan Mayer had a hunch. Read more » about Your FTC Privacy Watchdogs: Low-Tech, Defensive, Toothless
-
Is Orbitz being creepy or smart?
Date published:June 26, 2012That "creepiness" might in itself be cause for concern, says Ryan Calo, a privacy expert with Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society. "The fact that people are creeped out by this is legitimate, and itself registers as a privacy harm," says Calo. He adds that if people don't understand how sites are arriving at prices, or feel like they're being manipulated, they might stop transacting business online.
Read the full story at the original publication link below. Read more » about Is Orbitz being creepy or smart?
-
Debate Club: Should Police Need A Warrant To Get Your Location From Your Mobile Phone Provider?
Date published:June 26, 2012Also on his side (in this debate) is Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who makes a straightforward 4th Amendment argument, the ACLU's Catherine Crump, who not surprisingly focuses on the privacy arguments and Jennifer Granick from the Center for Internet and Society talking about how the lack of a warrant requirement leaves the system wide open to abuse by law enforcement.
Read the full story at the original publication link below. Read more » about Debate Club: Should Police Need A Warrant To Get Your Location From Your Mobile Phone Provider?
-
How will driverless cars affect liability and insurance?
Date published:June 26, 2012“It’s accepted in our world that there will be a shift,” says Bryant Walker Smith, a legal fellow at Stanford University’s law school and engineering school who studies autonomous-vehicle law, reported Popular Science. “If there’s not a driver, there can’t be driver negligence. The result is a greater share of liability moving to manufacturers.”Read the full story at the original publication link below. -
Orbitz Asks: Are You A Mac Or A PC?
Date published:June 26, 2012If you visit Orbitz.com and search for hotels, the offers you're shown might differ depending on whether you're using a Mac or a PC. Specifically, if you're using a Mac, the travel site sometimes shows pricier options than if you're using a PC, according to a report in today's Wall Street Journal. Read more » about Orbitz Asks: Are You A Mac Or A PC?
-
Safety Is Big Concern for Autonomous Cars
Date published:June 26, 2012Researchers are hard at work to make sure that autonomous cars will be safe. In doing so, a wealth of technology is making its way into today's vehicles.
Watch the full story at the original publication link below.
-
'Do Not Track' Web System Falls Off The Rails
Date published:June 25, 2012CIS Resident Fellow Aleecia McDonald and Student Fellow Jonathan Mayer interviewed on All Things Considered about Do Not Track.
Read full transcript at original publication link below or download audio. Read more » about 'Do Not Track' Web System Falls Off The Rails
-
Without Regulation, GPS Technology Easily Abused by Authorities
Date published:June 25, 2012Article by Director of Civil Liberties Jennifer Granick for US News.
Police should be required to get authorization from a judge before they use technological gadgets to follow you 24/7. That's what the Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act would require. Read more » about Without Regulation, GPS Technology Easily Abused by Authorities
-
Ready for a self-driving car? Check your driveway.
Date published:June 25, 2012"In the near term, we're likely to see increased driver assistance," says Bryant Walker Smith, a fellow at the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford University in California. Few people are ready to put a car on autopilot, but, through baby-step innovations, "technology will really become something of a copilot."
Read the full story at the original publication link below.
Read more » about Ready for a self-driving car? Check your driveway.
-
The FTC should take a broader look at transparency
Date published:June 23, 2012The Federal Trade Commission has been investigating Google for a year now, looking in part at whether Google is operating “fairly” in its search results. But if the FTC is really serious about protecting consumers, the agency may be better off taking a broader industry-wide look at search engine transparency and labeling practices.
Read the full story at the original publication link below. Read more » about The FTC should take a broader look at transparency
-
USA Today Poll Shows Americans Support Domestic Use of Drones in Some Circumstances
Date published:June 22, 2012Still, critics like Ryan Calo, director of privacy at Stanford University's Center for Internet and Security, worry that the drones will replace the work of traditional law enforcement."I'm worried about the next phase of policing that's completely automated," Calo told USA Today.Read the full story at the original publication link below. -
Facebook to require privacy policies for all apps in App Center
Date published:June 22, 2012With Facebook and the other app stores, Harris has sewn up "a huge chunk of the app universe," said online privacy expert Ryan Calo, an incoming law professor at the University of Washington. Harris can then use her authority to prosecute app makers that mislead California consumers about what they do with their personal information. The penalties could be stiff under California law: as much as $5,000 per download.
Read the full story at the original publication link below. Read more » about Facebook to require privacy policies for all apps in App Center