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Why states are the big winner in the $17 million Google-Safari settlement
""The state attorneys general have both the inclination and the legal latitude … to be vigorous enforcers on consumer privacy," said Mayer. "…
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Canada needs a sweeping strategy to fight cyberbullying
Cross-posted from The Globe and Mail. This is Bullying Awareness Week across the country, and many Canadians are calling for concrete solutions to address the…
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Boston policemen complain about new plan to watch their movements
It looks like Boston’s Finest is going to be watched by its own. As the result of new contract negotiations between the City of Boston and the Boston Police Dep…
Protecting Journalism in the Digital Era
Cross-posted from Stanford Lawyer. Imagine that you are participating in a protest on a university campus. The campus police ask everyone to leave. Some prot…
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Protecting Journalism in the Digital Era
Cross-posted from Stanford Lawyer. Imagine that you are participating in a protest on a university campus. The campus police ask everyone to leave. Some prot…
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FTC Names Latanya Sweeney as Chief Technologist; Andrea Matwyshyn as Policy Advisor
Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez announced the appointments of Latanya Sweeney as the agency’s Chief Technologist and Andrea Matwyshyn as a Sen…
Wrap Contracts Symposium, Part I: Ryan Calo
Cross-posted from ContractsProf Blog. This is the first in a series of posts on Nancy Kim's Wrap Contracts: Foundations and Ramifications (Oxford UP 2013).…
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When Apps Attack
My colleague Yoshi told me an interesting story the other day. He looked down at his smart phone to find a large spider running across it. Understandably, my…
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Asian firms should trust no one but the tech
It took a while, but it seems revelations that the U.S. government has been brazenly running surveillance across the globe have finally taken a toll on American…
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The Program for Legal Tech + Design
Cross-Posted from Law Design Tech. I’m excited to announce that Ron Dolin & I have started a new Program for Legal Tech & Design at Stanford. We’re ba…
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With Google Books, 'Fair Use' Keeps Widening
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Google Inc.'s project to digitize the full text of millions of copyright-protected books without permission counted as l…
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Can Better Technology Solve the Obesity Crisis? A Future Tense Event Recap.
"Ammori, for one, appreciates gamification: He spoke about how he strives—and strides—to get the “trophy” that his favorite health app gives him each day h…