Trade secrecy, arguably the most active but least understood and studied of intellectual property's doctrines, is on the rise. Over the past two years, ther…
"“I think there’s definitely a pendulum swing, where we move and experiment with anonymity,” says Citron. “There’s certainly a destructive side to anonymit…
""One of the problems with the capability of a company to personalize the terms on which is offers you services and the price is this information asym…
"EFF Special Counsel Marcia Hofmann said: “The courts have long recognised that code is speech protected by the First Amendment. At their core, digital cur…
"“The gaming piece is not a surprise at all,” said Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland and author of “Hate Crimes in Cyberspace.…
"KASTE: Stephanie Pell has been researching this at the Army Cyber Institute at West Point, though her views here are not necessarily those of the Army. A…
"“It’s highly possible that when you go around calling yourself ‘the safest place on the internet’ to disclose information then that shapes consumer expect…
"That said, there’s a fairly standard process to investigating social media threats, said Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland an…
"Privacy expert Woodrow Hartzog, a visiting professor of law at the University of Notre Dame, said the only likely bar to an investigation was time. The ca…
""The FTC has been clear that consumer expectations will govern in determining whether acts or practices are seen as deceptive," said Woodrow Har…
""It is too much to do alone. The burden of protecting yourself in the digital age is too great for any one individual to bear," says data securi…
Cross-posted from Wired. If you’re a Snapchat user, you should know something: The “Snappening” is not your fault. On Sunday, the threat of what has been dubb…