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A Right to Be Forgotten in Canada?
Should Canada adopt its own version of the “right to be forgotten”? The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) recently concluded, in a Draft Positi…
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Ray Ozzie’s Key-Escrow Proposal Does Not Solve the Encryption Debate -- It Makes It Worse
Steven Levy, who’s been covering the crypto wars for a quarter-century, has a long article out in Wired about Ray Ozzie’s technical proposal for a key-escrow-ba…
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The Dark Side of the “Apple vs. FBI” OIG Report
Before I built a wall I’d ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offense. Something there is that doesn't love a w…
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Understanding & Improving Privacy "Audits" under FTC Orders
This new white paper, entitled “Understanding and Improving Privacy ‘Audits’ under FTC Orders,” carefully parses the third-party audits that Google and Facebook…
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Tesla's Fatal Crash
Tesla can do better than its current public response to the recent fatal crash involving one of its vehicles. I would like to see more introspection, credibilit…
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California Senate Committee Recommends Cutting Key Net Neutrality Protections
The California Senate's Energy and Utilities Committee published its analysis of Senator Scott Wiener's California net neutrality bill on Monday morning…
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What will Microsoft and Ireland do with the new CLOUD Act warrant?
So it seems that the Microsoft Ireland case at the Supreme Court will end with a whimper. Both the Department of Justice and Microsoft agree that the case is mo…
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Call For Papers: The Cambridge Handbook of Surveillance and Race
The editors of the forthcoming Cambridge Handbook of Surveillance and Race seek additional contributors. This volume will bring together the work of leading sch…
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A sad irony for Governor Ducey after Uber's fatal crash
Following Uber’s fatal crash in Arizona, Governor Doug Ducey is attracting attention for what he did and did not do. This is not surprising; as I noted in 2016,…
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Tool Without A Handle: Online Confessions
In my last post,[1] I wrote of moral hazards created by privacy, using extramarital affairs as just one example (really, any legal or moral wrongdoing facilitat…
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Uber's Fatal Crash
An automated vehicle in Uber’s fleet fatally struck a woman crossing a street in Arizona. A few points pending more information: 1. This sad incident will tes…
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SB 822 Would Secure Net Neutrality for California
On Wednesday, Senator Scott Wiener introduced the text of California Senate Bill 822, which would adopt net neutrality protections for California. The bill is c…