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What Is GDPR and Why Should You Care?
""Some companies may realize it’s better to just extend GDPR protections to all their customers, period, rather than one one policy for European citiz…
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Calif. Justices Leave Questions Hanging Over Defendant's Access to Private Social Media Posts
"Riana Pfefferkorn, a fellow at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, said the decision is “a win for users, because it correctly reads th…
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G.D.P.R., a New Privacy Law, Makes Europe World’s Leading Tech Watchdog
"Even if Europe persuades other countries to adopt its policies, it will be hard to ensure the laws work, said Omer Tene, a vice president at the Internati…
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Will the EU’s GDPR Rules Launch a New Era of Data Protection?
"“[GDPR] hinges on a robust notion of explaining what exactly goes on with [people’s] information,” said Andrea Matwyshyn, a professor of law and computer…
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Uber wants to test driverless cars in Pittsburgh again—the mayor is pissed
"But while Peduto may not have direct legal authority over Uber's testing activities, the Pittsburgh mayor has plenty of ways to make Uber's life d…
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California's Heavy-Handed Plan to Regulate the Self-Driving Car Biz
"“The transportation network company experience has shaped everyone’s view of how to approach these things,” says Bryant Walker Smith, a lawyer who studies…
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This Is How Alexa Can Record Private Conversations
"People have been willing to overlook glitches in the Echo, like it turning on accidentally or without the wake word being uttered, said Ryan Calo, an asso…
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Uber Self-Driving Car in Crash Wasn't Programmed to Brake
""That seems like a serious design omission," Bryant Walker Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina’s School of Law, who studies a…
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Why Jimmy Can’t Count: The FBI Has Lost All Credibility on “Going Dark”
On May 22, the Washington Post reported a jawdropping screw-up by the FBI that will, if there is any justice left in the world, have significant repercussions f…
The Constitution requires a census and State of the Union. Steve Ballmer wants to bring them up to date.
Steve Ballmer is the former CEO of Microsoft and the creator of USAFacts, an organization dedicated to making government data sources more publicly accessible a…
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Trump Can't Block Critics on Twitter. What This Means For You
"Neil Richards, a law professor at Washington University School of law, says the case is particularly important because it seeks to assess how the internet…
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We know you're not reading all those new terms of service emails. You might want to.
"Northeastern professor Woodrow Hartzog, whose new book, Privacy’s Blueprint, published last month, calls the law a “watershed moment,” saying it’s built o…