Debunking the First Amendment Myths Surrounding Revenge Porn Laws
Disclosing someone’s nude image in violation of trust and confidence (often known as nonconsensual pornography or revenge porn) is a destructive invasion of pri…
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Fourth Circuit Upholds Contempt Against Lavabit, Doesn’t Decide Gov’t Access to Encryption Keys
Today the Fourth Circuit refrained from deciding the first legal challenge to government seizure of the master encryption keys that secure our communications wi…
Protecting Sexual Privacy with Law
Technological change is at the heart of much information privacy law. Recall privacy law’s beginning. In 1890, Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis, then law partne…
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Weev Talks About Life In Prison And His Plans To Open A Hedge Fund, TRO LLC
"I would still be in prison if it weren’t for Tor, and he and Marcia Hofmann (who was co-counsel on my appeal) are the single two smartest lawyers you can…
NSA Surveillance and What To Do About It - Bruce Schneier
This event was hosted by the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/events/nsa-surveillance-and-what-do-about-... Edward Snowd…
5 Key Quotes from the FTC v. Wyndham Decision on Data Security
Cross-posted from LinkedIn. This post was co-authored by Professor Daniel Solove. The long-awaited federal district court opinion in FTC v. Wyndham was finall…
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Researchers find metadata reveals personal information
"“We were able to identify a number of patterns that were highly indicative of sensitive activities or traits,” Mayer said, offering an example of one part…
The FTC as Data Security Regulator: FTC v. Wyndham and Its Implications
Co-authored with Daniel Solove. In the field of data security law, hardly any case has had as much at stake as Federal Trade Commission v. Wyndham. The FTC has…
State of Surveillance: Police, Privacy and Technology
"State of Surveillance" examines new technologies police departments are using to fight crime and the civil liberties concerns raised by these tools.…
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My Comments On NSA Spying to PCLOB
Today I filed comments with the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) in connection with its hearing on section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act. Th…
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The Morning Risk Report: FTC Wins Wyndham Skirmish, Battle Goes On
"Andrea Matwyshyn, a professor of law and business ethics at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and an advisor to the FTC told Risk & Comp…
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Big Privacy Win in the EU
Today, the European Court of Justice struck down the European Union’s 2006 Data Retention Directive. That policy required member states to force communications…