Told Ya So: NSA's Collection Of Metadata Is Screamingly Illegal
This post is coauthored by Christopher Sprigman. We told you so. This week’s report from the independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, or PCLOB…
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Government spying affects all of us
""When you talk about privacy from government surveillance, it's actually not just about you," said Catherine Crump, an attorney with the Ame…
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"Revenge Porn" Website Creator Hunter Moore Arrested
"Danielle Citron, a professor of law at the University of Maryland and the author of the upcoming book "Hate Crimes in Cyberspace," told CBS News…
I See You: The Databases That Facial-Recognition Apps Need to Survive
Cross-posted from The Atlantic. Privacy concerns have been ignited by “NameTag,” a facial-recognition app designed to reveal personal information after analyzi…
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"Revenge Porn" Website Creator Hunter Moore Arrested
"Danielle Citron, a professor of law at the University of Maryland and the author of the upcoming book "Hate Crimes in Cyberspace," told CBS News…
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Spanish Court Orders an ISP to Disconnect a Copyright Infringer
Cross posted from ISPLiability blog In a recent ruling issued by the 15th Section of the Barcelona Court of Appeals – a Section specializing on IP – the Spanis…
Open Access Publishing: A Literature Review
Within the context of the Centre for Copyright and New Business Models in the Creative Economy (CREATe) research scope, this literature review investigates the…
Jonathan Band - Hearsay Culture - Show #201 - 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…
What If Your Autonomous Car Keeps Routing You Past Krispy Kreme?
Cross-posted from The Atlantic. On a future road trip, your robot car decides to take a new route, driving you past a Krispy Kreme Doughnut shop. A pop-up wind…
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FAA selects state for drone testing
"“Someday drones will be commonplace in U.S. skies and, before that happens, it’s imperative that Congress enact strong, nationwide privacy rules,” ACLU at…
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OfficeMax sends dad letter with line, 'Daughter Killed In Car Crash'
""This particular instance perfectly exemplifies a variety of concerns that people have about … vulnerability-based marketing," Calo said. "…
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OfficeMax's 'Dead Daughter' Gaffe Torpedoes Big Data
"The blunder “exemplifies very efficiently all the troubling things about data-driven marketing,” Ryan Calo, assistant professor of law at the University o…