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New Facebook Tool, Te'o Scandal Fan Flames of Privacy Debate
"It's fair to question the common narrative that because [Graph] Search respects privacy settings, then there aren't privacy issues,"said Wood…
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The Case of Aaron Swartz
"But lost in the praise is the fact that such an amendment wouldn’t necessarily, as Jennifer Granick of the Center for Internet Law and Society observed da…
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Swartz’s death shines light on strict hacking laws
"“The government should have never thrown the book at Aaron for accessing MIT’s network and downloading scholarly research,” said Marcia Hoffman, senior st…
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With Facebook search, users may lose their sense of obscurity
"A lot of this stuff that was previously unlikely to be seen outside of a small group of people will now easily be found through search on Facebook,"…
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Thoughts on Zoe Lofgren's CFAA Bill: A Great First Step
Yesterday, Representative Zoe Lofgren introduced on Reddit a bill to improve the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in the wake of Aaron Swartz's suicide during t…
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Facebook introduces new search tool
""People who interact socially online respond much better when they have a little time to remove or make more obscure information that is going to bec…
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Big Data Meets Big Brother in the Passenger Screening Line
"The level of precision that satisfies advertisers is very different from the amount of exactitude federal authorities need, said Jennifer Granick, directo…
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The Privacy Guide to Facebook's New Graph Search
"...There are plenty of places where the law recognizes discomfort — it is a harm in its own right," Ryan Calo, an affiliate scholar for the Center fo…
Regulation and Technology
This Article consists of some general observations and a few examples that illustrate them. First, technology can benefit tremendously from government involveme…
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Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris issues mobile apps privacy guidelines
"What California does often ends up becoming the law of the land," said Ryan Calo, assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law.…
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Little Canada man videotaped sheriff's deputies, and got charged for it
"The allegation that his recording of the incident violated HIPAA, or the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is nonsense, said Je…
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Think before you post (even if you’re a privacy-settings pro)
"“There is no satisfying general answer as to what the basic privacy rights are for social media users,” said Woodrow Hartzog, assistant professor of law a…