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Should We Centralize the Right to be Forgotten Clearing House?
Being in Silicon Valley during the time when the honourable Court of Justice of the European Union "cracks" its epic right to be forgotten ruling, is…
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Are some companies 'yes men' when foreign governments ask for user data?
Once you start looking at which countries are requesting data from US companies, the next obvious (and critical) question is: how do companies respond to those…
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USA Freedom Act: Oh, Well. Whatever. Nevermind.
Over at Just Security, I have a post about the latest iteration of the USA Freedom Act. Basically, civil liberties groups are withdrawing support for the bill b…
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Lavabit’s Owner Goes Public: His Legal Ordeal Makes For Bad Law
Over at Just Security, I have a post about Ladar Levinson's legal tribulations connected to DOJ's efforts to get his service's encryption key. I arg…
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Something Interesting in California's New Automated Vehicle Testing Rule
After a great deal of careful work, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) today released its final rule for the testing of "autonomous vehicles…
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Comments from the Hoover Institution Event on Intelligence Challenges
Yesterday I attended a conference at the Hoover Institution on “Intelligence Challenges.” I also spoke on a panel in the morning about Civil Liberties. A versio…
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Net Neutrality’s Legal Binary: An Either/Or With No “Third Way”
People working on net neutrality wish for a “third way”–a clever compromise giving us both network neutrality and no blowback from AT&T, Verizon, Comcast an…
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Internet Search Engines Are Liable for Processing Personal Data, Says the ECJ
Earlier today, the European Court of Justice released its long-awaited decision in Google Spain. The ECJ ruled that "an internet search engine operator is…
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Evaluating the Chairman’s Revised Net Neutrality Proposal
Last night, the Wall Street Journal reported that FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is revising his proposal for new network neutrality rules. Initial reactions have be…
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Manager’s Amendment Puts Back Door Searches Back In USA Freedom Act
Over at Just Security I have an analysis of the USA Freedom Act as changed by a recent Manager's Amendment. Basically, I conclude that the Manager's Ame…
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International data privacy - what we need is an industry transparency report
Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Twitter, Apple, Dropbox, LinkedIn, and Pinterest all publish transparency reports. Wordpress is the latest company to join the party…
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Brazil Leads the Efforts in Internet Governance with its Recently Enacted "Marco Civil da Internet". What’s in it for Intermediary Liability?
On April 23, 2014, Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff enacted the country’s long awaited Internet Bill of Rights, locally known as “Marco Civil da Internet”. Fi…