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Our FTC Privacy Story And Its Critics
On June 28, ProPublica published a story by Peter Maass about the Federal Trade Commission and its efforts to protect the online privacy of consumers. The headl…
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Announcing Speaker Panel & Fundraiser for Without My Consent
Earlier this month, Without My Consent (my CIS fellow project) reached its one-year anniversary. To celebrate, we're pleased to announce our first speaker p…
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Your FTC Privacy Watchdogs: Low-Tech, Defensive, Toothless
Jonathan Mayer had a hunch. The young computer scientist suspected that online advertisers might be following consumers around the web — even when they set the…
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Is Orbitz being creepy or smart?
That "creepiness" might in itself be cause for concern, says Ryan Calo, a privacy expert with Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Societ…
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Orbitz Asks: Are You A Mac Or A PC?
If you visit Orbitz.com and search for hotels, the offers you're shown might differ depending on whether you're using a Mac or a PC. Specifically, if yo…
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'Do Not Track' Web System Falls Off The Rails
CIS Resident Fellow Aleecia McDonald and Student Fellow Jonathan Mayer interviewed on All Things Considered about Do Not Track. Read full transcript at origina…
Christopher Soghoian and Stephanie K. Pell - Hearsay Culture - Show #164 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
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World's Most Wired Computer Scientist
Arvind Narayanan’s business card is an exercise in brevity. It contains no data except his name and the words “Google me,” a fitting calling card for an academi…
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Marvin Ammori on Cyber Warfare and Cyber Security
Marvin Ammori is an Internet law expert who has contributed to promoting freedom and security online. He spent years as a lead advocate for network neutrality,…
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It’s Getting Easier to Fly Drones in the U.S.
“They’re right and they’re wrong,” said Ryan Calo, an incoming law professor at the University of Washington School of Law, who has taught at Stanford Universit…
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Domestic Drones and Privacy Law
On February 14, 2012, President Obama signed the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act into law. This Act requires the FAA to allow othe…
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Jennifer Granick to Direct New Civil Liberties Initiative at Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society
Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of Jennifer Stisa Granick as Director of Civil Liberties at the Center for Internet and Society (CIS). Grani…