Sounds like a strange heading, I know. Well – here’s the strange story to go along with it: Israeli daily Haaretz reports on its front page today that Israel de…
UPDATE: Briefing for the cert. stage is now complete. You can read the government's opposition to our cert. petition here, and our reply in support of our c…
High achievers such as Stanford law students and global privacy leaders don't usually revel in being called "adequate". But the European Commissio…
The future of journalism and the Internet are both in serious jeopardy, and as go these issues go the future of our democracy. Join Free Press President Josh Si…
Emeritus Stanford Computer Science Professor Gio Wiederhold provides in the January 2011 issue of Communications of the ACM (1) (the monthly journal of the prof…
The outbreak of civil unrest in Egypt this week has unfolded with rapid momentum. As in Tunisia, access to video, Twitter and other feeds at first appeared to…
Valérie Laure Benabou, a law professor at the University of Versailles and an esteemed expert on French and international copyright law, kindly agreed to share…
CIS Speaker Series - Data Privacy - 1/24/2011 Does the Fourth Amendment protect the privacy of your webmail? Does the government have to get a search warrant b…
The intuition that privacy and innovation are somehow opposed is surprisingly common. It is true that overzealous or reactionary appeals to privacy can cut of…
We're pleased to announce we're beginning work on an IETF Internet-Draft for the Do Not Track header. We look forward to incorporating broad feedback.…
Lecturer Ryan Calo is quoted by USA Today in the following story on the prevalence of digital sensors and concerns over possible increases in their usage: Odds…
In reviewing the statistical tea leaves of IP litigation trends for 2010, one aspect that now stands out is the number of cases involving auctioned patents. Th…