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"Stanford Law’s Jen King is more than familiar with the potential policy pitfalls unique to this area of data collection. Read more about What's Next: A Sneak Peak at Consumer DNA Collection’s Dangerous Road + SEC's Early Loss on a Crypto ICO
"Oath is testing the boundaries of what users may be comfortable sharing. Unlike with web-browsing habits and search histories, many users expect a greater degree of privacy when it comes to personal-communication tools such as email, said Lauren Gelman, an online-privacy lawyer and former executive director of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society." Read more about Yahoo, Bucking Industry, Scans Emails for Data to Sell Advertisers
""Some companies may realize it’s better to just extend GDPR protections to all their customers, period, rather than one one policy for European citizens and one policy for the rest of the world," says Richard Forno, a cyber security researcher and the Assistant Director of UMBC's Center for Cybersecurity. " Read more about What Is GDPR and Why Should You Care?
"Danielle Citron, a professor of law at the University of Maryland who has written on privacy issues, is also skeptical of the database, saying “there’s no community more under surveillance than the poor.”
Potential for Errors Read more about Farm Bill’s Database on Food Stamp Recipients Stirs Privacy Fear
"Danielle Citron, chairwoman the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a group that focuses on emerging data privacy and civil liberties issues, says the food movement could provide a roadmap for how to create better data privacy laws. She’s published an authoritative look into how state attorneys generals have shaped data privacy law. Tech companies would be particularly averse to a patchwork of state regulations, Citron says. Read more about If Facebook gets regulated, thank vegans
Facebook has come under increased scrutiny in recent months, the social media giant’s efforts to protect its users’ data questioned. Read more about Data Analytics, App Developers, and Facebook’s Role in Data Misuse
""The whole point of a smart city is that everything that can be collected will be collected," says Al Gidari, the director of privacy at Stanford University's Center for Internet and Society in California. He argues that if smart cities wanted to give people more control over their privacy, by default they wouldn't collect any data. Instead, current proposals tend to put limits on the use of data only "after it's already been collected and the damage is done," Gidari says." Read more about Welcome to the neighbourhood. Have you read the terms of service?
"The law has been unable to keep up with rapid advancements in auto technology, according to Ryan Calo, an associate professor of law at the University of Washington who teaches courses on robotics law and policy.
“Ultimately, there’s no car privacy statute that car companies have to abide by,” he said. “Not only are automakers collecting a lot of data, they don’t have a particular regime that is regulating how they do it.”" Read more about Big Brother on wheels: Why your car company may know more about you than your spouse.
"This is why conversations regarding smart city data collection sometimes miss the point. Albert Gidari, Director of Privacy at the Stanford Centre for Internet and Society, believes focusing on personally identifiable information (PII) is myopic – particularly when there is so much valuable data that can be mined from citizens before you’ve asked for their identity directly. Read more about As mass data collection becomes the norm, concerns about surveillance are growing
"“One of the great weaknesses in US privacy law is that we only protect against intrusions into private areas, not public spaces,” said Albert Gidari, director of privacy at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society.
"Public roads through neighbourhoods, licence plates, pedestrians on public sidewalks etc all are fair game," he said." Read more about Sensor tracks who is driving in your neighbourhood
