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Autonomous Vehicles: Safety, Risk, and the Law
"The observations from Smith, who holds dual degrees in law and engineering, were particularly insightful. He started by challenging widely held perception…
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Cybersecurity for the States: Lessons from Across America
Authors Natasha Cohen Cybersecurity Policy Fellow Brian Nussbaum Cybersecurity Policy Fellow Executive Summary This study examines states’ efforts to advanc…
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What's Next: Max Schrems and Why Your Privacy Policy Still Doesn't Cut It
"akeaway: Public data, of course, is already public. But now providers have an obligation to package it up and ship it over to defense counsel, notes Riana…
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California Senate defies AT&T, votes for strict net neutrality rules
"California's Senate passed a different net neutrality bill in January, but it didn't go through the Assembly. Wiener's legislation "is th…
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California Senate Passes SB 822, the ‘Gold Standard’ of State Net Neutrality Laws
"For starters, the bill was specifically crafted to challenge the federal government’s authority to enact net neutrality laws. Contributors include Barbar…
The FBI blunder on phone encryption, explained
The FBI has been arguing for years that the approach of Apple and other companies that strongly encrypt phones is a big problem for law enforcement, which canno…
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The Supreme Court Is Stubbornly Analog — By Design
"It’s this kind of lag that worries Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington. In the Carpenter case, the justices are responding to a pre…
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California’s State Senate Is About to Vote on SB 822 — the Strongest State Net Neutrality Law Yet
"The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has called SB 822 the ‘gold standard’ of net neutrality bills. That’s because it’s specifically crafted to chall…
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How hackers can exploit devices used at home
"“The more we delegate, the more there is opportunity for hackers that make it a valuable target,” said Jennifer King, director of consumer privacy at Stan…
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Ransomware attacks such as at South Bend's Allied Physicians are becoming common
"“It would be hard to prove that records haven’t been made,” said Scott Shackelford, a cybersecurity expert and associate professor of business law and eth…
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GDPR Rules as a US Response to Cambridge Analytica?
Europe's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into force today, after two years of preparation. Anxiety and fallout from the law are running h…
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What Is GDPR and What Can America Learn From it?
"“The GDPR does not provide meaningful procedural barriers to over-removal,” Daphne Keller at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society rec…