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Big Data Meets Big Brother in the Passenger Screening Line
"The level of precision that satisfies advertisers is very different from the amount of exactitude federal authorities need, said Jennifer Granick, directo…
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Towards Learning from Losing Aaron Swartz: Part 2
Below is part 2 of the post Towards Learning from Losing Aaron Swartz. The CFAA is incredibly broad and covers swaths of online conduct that should not merit p…
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The Privacy Guide to Facebook's New Graph Search
"...There are plenty of places where the law recognizes discomfort — it is a harm in its own right," Ryan Calo, an affiliate scholar for the Center fo…
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With the CFAA, Law and Justice Are Not The Same: A Response to Orin Kerr
Law Professor and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act expert Orin Kerr wrote today in his usual thorough and well-informed fashion about the legal claims in Aaron Swar…
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Towards Learning from Losing Aaron Swartz
Over the weekend, I learned that Aaron Swartz had taken his own life. I cried, and am still crying, for him, his family, for the close friends who loved him, a…
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Is the World Prepared for Driverless Cars? Are You?
"State and federal driving laws obviously weren’t written with this technology in mind, but as Bryant Walker Smith of Stanford University’s Center for Inte…
Regulation and Technology
This Article consists of some general observations and a few examples that illustrate them. First, technology can benefit tremendously from government involveme…
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Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris issues mobile apps privacy guidelines
"What California does often ends up becoming the law of the land," said Ryan Calo, assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law.…
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The Knockoff Economy: How Imitation Sparks Innovation
"The justification for creating temporary monopolies through patents and copyrights is that they encourage creative activity that would not otherwise take…
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Little Canada man videotaped sheriff's deputies, and got charged for it
"The allegation that his recording of the incident violated HIPAA, or the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is nonsense, said Je…
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Think before you post (even if you’re a privacy-settings pro)
"“There is no satisfying general answer as to what the basic privacy rights are for social media users,” said Woodrow Hartzog, assistant professor of law a…
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The Internet Deserves Its Own Holiday
Cross-posted from Wired. Every so often in human history, something new comes along that warrants a celebration, and that deserves its own holiday. That’s why…