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Is Your Data Safe at Healthcare.gov?
"Woodrow N. Hartzog, a law professor who studies privacy, said that without knowing more about how private companies use the Healthcare.gov data, it’s hard…
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Panel Rejects Woman's Bid for Anonymity in Fraud Case
"Danielle Citron, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Law and an expert on privacy issues, said the decision was "disappointing, but n…
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WILMap Updated...and to Be Further Expanded (with Your Help)
After launch in July 2014, the World Intermediary Liability Map (WILMap) has been steadily and rapidly growing. New country pages were added to the WILMap, inc…
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Here Come the Trade Secret Trolls
Download the full article at W&L Law Review. Authors: David S. Levine and Sharon K. Sandeen Within the past few years, the U.S. federal government has bee…
The Latest Rules on How Long NSA Can Keep Americans’ Encrypted Data Look Too Familiar
Does the National Security Agency (NSA) have the authority to collect and keep all encrypted Internet traffic for as long as is necessary to decrypt that traffi…
Intellectual Privacy: Rethinking Civil Liberties in the Digital Age
Abstract: Most people believe that privacy and free speech are always at odds. People all over the world have struggled with how to reconcile the problems of m…
Why our success in managing the banking crisis was the mother of failure
Barry Eichengreen is the George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also…
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UNESCO Publication on the Role of Online Intermediaries
“Fostering Freedom Online: the Role of Internet Intermediaries” is a new title in the UNESCO Internet freedom series. With the rise of Internet intermediaries t…
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Why You Should Care About the Silk Road Trial
"Online black markets are likely to continue to be created and shut down. Yet this trial has also reminded us of the limits of technology. When the Interne…
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Sticks and stones may break your bones, but Charlie Hebdo cartoons will never hurt you.
Don't insult the Pope's mother, or he'll punch you in the face. In response to questioning about the Charlie Hebdo killings, the Pope stated: "…
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Republicans Wage Last-Minute Campaign To Undermine Net Neutrality Rules
"Though the proposal offers many concessions to net neutrality advocates, critics maintain that it still fails to uphold important net neutrality principle…
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Now that liberals are winning on net neutrality, Republicans want a compromise
"The Republican bill, sponsored by Sen. John Thune (R-SD) and Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), is "network neutrality in name only," according to the lega…