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USA FREEDOM Act stalls
Last evening the Senate voted 58-42 to delay implementation of the USA FREEDOM Act with the goal of reforming, albeit modestly, America's controversial dome…
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Algorithms Are Great and All, But They Can Also Ruin Lives
"While it is clear why such emotive subjects would be considered ripe for The Formula, the central problem once again comes down to the spectral promise of…
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The Child Behind The DOJ’s iPhone Encryption Warning
"Civil-liberties experts say it’s unwise to make national policy based on a handful of cases. “There’s always going to be one case where some amount of inf…
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Uber tracking raises privacy concerns
"The FTC has cracked down on companies that violate their own privacy policies on how they handle data, but have a lot of latitude as long as they comply w…
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Profiles in Online Identity Cleansing
"Ryan Calo, an assistant law professor at the University of Washington, said many states sold, rented or granted access to criminal records and other infor…
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Legal expert Woodrow Hartzog weighs in on privacy issues
"Woodrow Hartzog, a Samford University professor and expert on privacy law, spoke Monday in Carroll Hall about the flaws surrounding public information in…
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Net Neutrality Supporters Raise Questions About FCC Delay
"But Marvin Ammori, a lawyer and Internet policy expert, said the latest delay might indicate just the opposite. “I’m disappointed that they haven’t spent…
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Lawyering Up for Autonomy – Technologue
"University of South Carolina law professor Bryant Walker Smith pointed out that the technology has the potential to reduce incidents of certain types of a…
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Profiles in Online Identity Cleansing
"A growing chorus of voices is worried that the emergence of paid services that promise to clean up data could result in another case of the haves and have…
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Gov’t board: Like a drone, your RC aircraft is regulated by law, so pay up
"Ryan Calo, an expert in drone law at the University of Washington, said that he was not surprised that the decision was reversed. But he thought that Pirk…
Open Net
st summer, I argued that U.S. President Barack Obama’s unwillingness to push for “net neutrality” might end up being “the biggest technology-related failure of…
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AT&T suggests it needs to protect your cellphone location privacy
""It's an important first step, since telcos historically haven't done much to resist lax surveillance procedures," Jonathan Mayer, a pri…