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Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris issues mobile apps privacy guidelines
"What California does often ends up becoming the law of the land," said Ryan Calo, assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law.…
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The Knockoff Economy: How Imitation Sparks Innovation
"The justification for creating temporary monopolies through patents and copyrights is that they encourage creative activity that would not otherwise take…
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Little Canada man videotaped sheriff's deputies, and got charged for it
"The allegation that his recording of the incident violated HIPAA, or the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is nonsense, said Je…
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Think before you post (even if you’re a privacy-settings pro)
"“There is no satisfying general answer as to what the basic privacy rights are for social media users,” said Woodrow Hartzog, assistant professor of law a…
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Will your 'driverless' car ever get a traffic ticket?
"“Imagine that someone invents a time machine. Does she break the law by using that machine to travel to the past? Whether the new technology is time machi…
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Legal Infrastructure for Driverless Cars, and Comparisons Between the Law and Ethics of Self-Driving Cars and Autonomous Weapon Systems
"...Smith (who is a fellow at Stanford’s Center for the Internet and Society) says that as a consequence, ever “since the 1930s, self-driving cars have bee…
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From Internet Uprisings to John McAfee: The Year in Privacy and Security
Ryan Calo's Op-Ed mentioned in Wired's top privacy stories of 2012. * Date Published:12/27/2012 * Original Publication:Wired…
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The Top Five Most-Read TAP Blogs in 2012
One of the top five most-read blogs on TAP in 2012, in Drone Crash, Professor Ryan Calo examines the crash of a drone into a Texas police vehicle and outlines t…
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Are Driving Laws Fit for Driverless Vehicles?
"“One major question remains though,” Smith said. “Will tomorrow’s cars and trucks have to adapt to today’s legal infrastructure, or will that infrastructu…
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Microsoft, Nokia, Black Rain: Intellectual Property
The Electronic Frontier Foundation hired Daniel Nazer as a staff attorney, the San Francisco-based digital rights advocacy group said in a statement. * Date P…
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Found: Secret location of Minneapolis police license plate readers
“This study is a good demonstration not only of how much information is collected, but also how much additional information can be extracted through data analys…
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When is Social Media Use a Crime?
Newtown school shooting raises the question of whether someone can be prosecuted for posting false information online. "What the prosecutors would have to…