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What we know about you when you click on this article
"“I don’t think you guys are doing anything different than anyone else in the media ecosystem, but that doesn’t make it great,” Jennifer King, director of…
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How to Skim a Privacy Policy
"Language used in privacy policies is often deliberately ambiguous, says Jen King, Director of Consumer Privacy at Stanford Law School’s Center for Interne…
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We Read 150 Privacy Policies. They Were an Incomprehensible Disaster.
"“You’re confused into thinking these are there to inform users, as opposed to protect companies,” said Albert Gidari, the consulting director of privacy a…
User Agreements Are Betraying You
The user agreement has become a potent symbol of our asymmetric relationship with technology firms. For most of us, it’s our first interaction with a given comp…
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Will The FCC’s Privacy Regs Actually Change The Status Quo On Consent?
"Requiring an opt-in might sound more onerous and more likely to protect privacy because the user has to actively provide affirmative consent, but “the fac…
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Trump Campaign App's Data Grab Could Expose Everyone in Your Contact List, Experts Say
"“It is perfectly legal to do so,” said Albert Gidari, director of privacy at the Center for Internet & Society at Stanford Law School. “That you may…
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Oakland’s Privacy Commission Could Lead Nation on Surveillance Oversight
"“It’s really exciting,” said Catherine Crump, an assistant clinical professor at UC Berkeley’s law school, who has been following Oakland’s story. “It’s…
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Do Consumers Care About Their Privacy In Practice? The FTC Digs Into The Debate
"Rather than feeling downtrodden and helpless, many consumers are “thrilled or even delirious” about new technology, said Omer Tene, VP of research and edu…
European privacy policy is not a cynical anti-competitive plot
Read the full piece at The Washington Post. Carrie Cordero at Lawfare has written a post which appears to be in large part a riposte to an earlier Monkey Cage…
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With The New Reddit Ban, Revenge Porn Loses Another Battle. Will It Lose The War?
"Reddit’s new policy “is terrific news,” said Danielle Citron, law professor at University of Maryland and author of Hate Crimes in Cyberspace. Though the…
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California Wants to Make Online Privacy Policies a Little More Understandable
"Since the dawn of the Internet, the design of privacy notices has remained much the same—miles of dense print that it would take a heroic effort to read.…
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California offers privacy policies and do not track disclosures guide
""I applaud the California Attorney General's publication of best practices for communicating with citizens about privacy. Their common-sense reco…