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Privacy Concerns Shouldn’t Ground Journalism Drones
"Drones put a fine point on that sense of vulnerability, and as eminent drone theorist and law professor Ryan Calo argues, can thus be seen as "privac…
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Judge Posner’s Surveillance Argument Would Not Withstand An Economic Analysis
Judge Richard Posner took the occasion of the Boston bombing to remind us of his view that privacy should lose out to other values. Privacy, argues Judge Posne…
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As cyberthreats mount, hacker’s conviction underscores criticism of government overreach
"Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society, said prosecutors have been guilty of “overreach”…
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Brain hack: Researchers fear attacks on the mind
""You could use these to directly interact with the brain," said Ryan Calo, assistant law professor at the University of Washington focused on pr…
The Fight to Frame Privacy
The Michigan Law Review recently published “The Fight to Frame Privacy,” Woodrow Hartzog's book review of Daniel Solove’s “Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeo…
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A Big Week for News in Internet Policy
This has been a busy Internet law week. I'd like to sum up some of the more interesting developments: This morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee approve…
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CISPA 2.0 Likely Stalled in Senate
According to a US News report, a spokesperson for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation suggests that the Senate will not take up CI…
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The House Hearing on Location Tracking Law (or the Lack Thereof)
"Catherine Crump testified before Congress today on location tracking and privacy, and the GPS Act that would increase legal protections for our location d…
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Constitution USA with Peter Sagal
Watch Constitution USA with Peter Sagal on PBS. See more from Constitution USA with Peter Sagal. CIS Director of Civil Liberties Jennifer Granick is interviewe…
The Center for Law and the Biosciences presents Ryan Calo
On April 10, 2013, Stanford's Center for Law and the Biosciences welcomed CIS Affiliate Scholar Ryan Calo to campus for a discussion on law and emerging tec…
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Stanford’s privacy policy offers strict user protections
"Aleecia McDonald, director of privacy at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, expressed general satisfaction with Stanford’s Intern…
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FBI's scrutiny of Boston video walks a privacy-security tightrope
"What that means, privacy experts say, is that authorities will once again be carefully weighing national security interests against civil liberty concerns…