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Solving Data Protection Problems with eCommerce Directive Tools
Cross-posted to the Internet Policy Review News & Comments and Inforrm blogs. This is one of a series of posts about the pending EU General Data Protection…
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Why Net-Neutrality Activists Hate T-Mobile’s Free Video Plan
"“As it stands, it looks like a net-neutrality violation right now,” said Barbara van Schewick, a professor at Stanford Law School and a leading…
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U.S. announces charges in JPMorgan hack; Apple creates 1,000 new jobs in Ireland; why activists hate T-Mobile’s video plan
"CONTROVERSY OVER T-MOBILE VIDEO PLAN: T-Mobile’s plan to allow customers to watch video services like Netflix on their devices without counting the usage…
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T-Mobile’s New ‘Binge On’ Plan Teeters on the Edge of Net Neutrality Rules
"But net neutrality advocates are skeptical about T-Mobile’s openness. “We can’t be really sure unless we know exactly what these technical requirements ar…
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Report: Atlanta Police Body Camera Policy Needs Revising
"Harlan Yu, who worked on the civil rights report, said the report is meant to help communities. “You know what we've been hearing from departments ac…
Bernie Sanders says Denmark is socialist. Forbes Magazine says it’s the most business-friendly country. Who’s right?
When Bernie Sanders said in his debate with Hillary Clinton that Denmark was a socialist country, which the United States ought to consider emulating, it create…
A Return to Authoritarianism in Egypt
Lawyers for human rights lawyer and journalist Hossam Bahgat have confirmed that Bahgat was detained Sunday by military officials, apparently in retaliation for…
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Police endanger civil rights with body camera policies, report says
"The only cities to earn uniformly negative results were Atlanta and Ferguson, a city the group chose to examine in the wake of the controversy following t…
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If We Want to Throw Body Cameras on Every Police Officer, We're Going to Need Better Laws
""Every department has room to improve, even the best in the nation," Harlan Yu, principal at civil rights consulting firm Upturn, told Mic. &quo…
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Court Says Tracking Web Histories Can Violate Wiretap Act
"“This is a pretty big deal for law enforcement,” says Jonathan Mayer, a Stanford fellow in computer science and law whose research into Google’s circumven…
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Always Watched | The Digital Shift 2015
"Neil M. Richards, Professor of law at Washington University School of Law, MO, explained that while the enduring values of privacy and free speech have al…
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Civil Rights Scorecard Analyzes Police Body Cameras, Governance
"Harlan Yu, principle with communications consultant Upturn, said that pre-report viewing -- viewing footage prior to the filing of an officer’s incident r…