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Who Owns The News? And Where's Your Outrage, Man?
There is a fascinating debate raging about who owns the news -- or more precisely, who owns which parts of a news story. The AP kicked it off in earnest last A…
Notice by Design
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BrightTALK Webcast: The Future of Online Notice
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from the NYT: An early history on free expression in art.
The New York Times wrote an interesting article recently to commemorate the anniversary of Grove Press, Inc. v. the United States Postal Service. (Read the orde…
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Pay As You Drive “Black Boxes” Threaten Driver Privacy
The California Department of Insurance (DOI) is considering regulations that would enable insurance prices to depend on the precise number of miles a car is dri…
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Privacy and the Democratization of Fame
If privacy and the ability to preserve your reputation are essential components to personal freedom, then Michael Jackson was imprisoned. As the media hysteria…
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Self-Regulatory Principles For Online Behavioral Advertising: "Or" vs. "And"
I’ve blogged before about the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt out for behavioral targeting, noting that there is no guarantee that participants will stop t…
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Facebook's future: "Wall" or nothing?
In “The Great Wall of Facebook,” Wired’s Fred Vogelstein contends that Facebook and Google are approaching a “full-blown battle over the future of the Internet.…
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The Most Important Federal Agency That Only Exists in Theory
Question--What's the most important federal agency that only exists in theory? Answer--The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Originally created…
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Network Advertising Initiative Opt Out Tutorial
The wonderful website Pogo Was Right posted this video tutorial by the Network Advertising Initiative on how to opt out of behavioral targeting. I'm happy…
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Collaboration and the Law
Inc. magazine has published Part Two of their early look at my upcoming book, "The Laws of Disruption." (See Href=http://www.inc.com/articles/2009/04/…
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Who Decides What is Newsworthy? Journalists vs. the Legal System
No one likes lawyers. My dad likes to joke that it’s a shame how 99 percent of lawyers give the rest of us a bad name. Not only am I lawyer, but I am also tra…
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PrivacyCamp Washington, DC 2009
Co-sponsored by the Center for Democracy and Technology, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and the Future of Privacy Forum (among others), this inaugur…