"“We still believe more transparency is needed so everyone can better understand how surveillance laws work and decide whether or not they serve the public…
Yesterday, I wrote generally about the problems with section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act (FAA). Today I focus on categories of information—including content—…
Cross-posted from Privacy Association.org In his recent remarks on the NSA and surveillance, President Barack Obama grabbed the Big Data bull by the horns. We…
"To help perform such complex calculations and weighty value choices, we support exploring Ryan Calo’s proposal for engaging ethical review boards to vet a…
"“When it rolls out, you will see all this utility for it,” said Ryan Calo, an assistant professor of law at the University of Washington in Seattle. “And…
"We are at the start of a massive shift; As Calo describes it, “The truth is that we are only beginning to understand how vast asymmetries of information c…
Cross-posted from Forbes. Mike Seay wants to know why he received a letter from OfficeMax OfficeMax that referred to the death of his daughter on the front of…
Richard Epstein’s office at the Hoover Institution is less than a mile from mine at Stanford Law School, and I’ve had the pleasure to hear Richard speak to the…
""Were we really expected to believe that all these provisions allow the government to collect in bulk the telephone records — as well as Internet rec…
"The collection of so much data diverts the attention of investigators from real terrorism plots, said Michelle Richardson, legislative counsel with the Am…
""Because of the sheer number of innocent people whose records are affected, we think it is important that law enforcement agents obtain a warrant bas…
""Tracking someone's movements can reveal trips to the psychiatrist, the plastic surgeon, the abortion clinic, the age treatment clinic, the strip…