The FTC as Data Security Regulator: FTC v. Wyndham and Its Implications
Co-authored with Daniel Solove. In the field of data security law, hardly any case has had as much at stake as Federal Trade Commission v. Wyndham. The FTC has…
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State of Surveillance: Police, Privacy and Technology
"State of Surveillance" examines new technologies police departments are using to fight crime and the civil liberties concerns raised by these tools.…
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ECPA reform is not just a U.S. issue
If US law enforcement officers want to access your private emails, they need to follow the requirements in the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. ECPA is a…
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My Comments On NSA Spying to PCLOB
Today I filed comments with the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) in connection with its hearing on section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act. Th…
Who Will Pay for the Zero Marginal Cost Society?
Jeremy Rifkin's book, The Zero Marginal Cost Society, is at times thrilling, at times encyclopedic, and at times possibly hyperbolic. It is very well-writte…
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The Morning Risk Report: FTC Wins Wyndham Skirmish, Battle Goes On
"Andrea Matwyshyn, a professor of law and business ethics at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and an advisor to the FTC told Risk & Comp…
Prof. Mark Lemley - Hearsay Culture Show #208 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
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In Standoff with FTC, Wyndham Shoots Itself in the Foot
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) resounding victory over Wyndham Worldwide Corporation in a U.S. District Court paves the way for increasing privacy and dat…
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In Standoff with FTC, Wyndham Shoots Itself in the Foot
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) resounding victory over Wyndham Worldwide Corporation in a U.S. District Court paves the way for increasing privacy and dat…
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Big Privacy Win in the EU
Today, the European Court of Justice struck down the European Union’s 2006 Data Retention Directive. That policy required member states to force communications…
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March 2014 in Retrospect: Intermediary Liability News and More from the Internet and Jurisdiction Project
March 2014 Retrospect is available here: http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2014-march Retrospect is the monthly newsletter of the Int…
Browsing with Tor: Online Anonymity to Outsmart the NSA - Tom Lowenthal
CIS Tech Workshop with Tom Lowenthal - Browsing with Tor: Online Anonymity to Outsmart the NSA https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/events/cis-tech-workshop-tom-lowen…