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Cross-posted from Yale Journal of Law & Technology. For more than a decade, the policy debates around informational privacy have focused on the fickle noti…
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With this hire, the FCC could soon get tougher on privacy and security
"The Federal Communications Commission has hired Jonathan Mayer, a rising star in privacy circles, to serve as its technical lead for investigations into t…
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FCC hires a privacy guru to help lead its telecom investigations
"If you want proof that the Federal Communications Commission is getting serious about privacy, you only need to look at its latest recruit. The agency has…
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FCC Hires Online Tracking Expert Jonathan Mayer
"In a move that signals a focus on Web privacy, the Federal Communications Commission has tapped Jonathan Mayer to serve as chief technologist of its enfor…
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CTIC’s Vagle on intelligence, surveillance laws in wake of Paris attacks
"In the wake of the recent attacks in Paris and recent comments on intelligence gathering made by CIA Director John Brennan, Penn Law talked to Jeffrey Vag…
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UAlbany hosts forum on Paris attacks
"University professors Brian Nussbaum and Jim Steiner, and Rick Mathews, Director of the National Center for Security & Preparedness were among the pan…
Two new initiatives will hold tech companies accountable on press freedom
The launches of OnlineCensorship.org today and Ranking Digital Rights on November 3 will ensure technology companies serve--rather than squelch--the free flow o…
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Experts weigh benefits, problems of open data
"Speaking on a panel on the topic hosted by the Microsoft Innovation & Policy Center in Washington, D.C., Ryan Calo, assistant professor of the Univers…
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Blaming cryptography (and Snowden) again.
Less than 2 days after the Daesh attacks in Paris, technology was, predictably, named as an accomplice -- if not an enabler -- of terrorism, crime, and other ne…
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Will the Paris Attacks Lead Law Enforcement to Crack Down on Encryption Apps?
""It's a great PR moment (for the government) and it's going to affect people's civil liberties," says Jennifer Granick, an attorney…
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FTC: Misleading Privacy Policies Could Trigger An Enforcement Action
"“There is a common misconception that websites that have privacy policies are subject to rigorous federal protections when, generally, that is the opposit…
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Quinn: After Paris attacks, technology is the scapegoat
""Nothing has really changed," said Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at Stanford University's Center for Internet and Society. W…