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Record breach
"As to how regulators might take on enforcement, Northeastern University professor Andrea Matwyshyn, who has advised the FTC on data security policy, said…
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Uber sends self-driving cars to Arizona after failed San Francisco pilot
"“Every state wants to be the Silicon Valley of automated driving,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina and schol…
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Roadblock: Uber's driverless fleet stops San Francisco experiment
"The move immediately elicited concerns from autonomous driving experts. Bryant Walker Smith, associate professor at the University of South Carolina and a…
Internet Giants Face Lawsuits for Terrorism Liability
Rebecca Tushnet, professor at Georgetown university law school, and Andrea Matwyshyn, Professor of Law at Northeastern University, discuss one lawsuit against G…
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DOJ Study: Police-Worn Body Cameras Increasingly Recognize Your Face
"“A lot of civil rights groups and communities have warned that body worn cameras were going to be used as a tool for police surveillance, rather than as a…
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Uber fights self-driving law developed precisely for its situation
"Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor of law at the University of South Carolina, said the law is intended to regulate the development of a car that wi…
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The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots Makes Incremental Progress at the UN
"“It's unclear who, if anyone, could be held responsible if an autonomous weapon caused an atrocity,” the campaign’s legal expert Peter Asaro told me i…
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Google publishes secret FBI customer information requests two months after gag order is lifted
""In our continued effort to increase transparency around government demands for user data, today we begin to make available to the public the Nationa…
Uber must follow California’s laws
Uber is testing its self-proclaimed “self-driving” vehicles on California roads without complying with the testing requirements of California’s automated drivin…
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Uber flouts rules with San Francisco self-driving test
"Launching in cities before receiving regulatory approval has been characteristic of Uber's ride-hailing service, said Bryant Walker Smith, a Universit…
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It took three years for Yahoo to tell us about its latest breach. Why does it take so long?
"“The law should require, not just encourage, reasonable data security practices from companies that collect, process, and share personal information,” sai…
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A design blueprint for privacy
"One outstanding privacy commentator was Prof Woodrow Hartzog of Samford University, Alabama. Prof Hartzog is the Starnes Professor of Law at Cumberland Sc…