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Drones to Soar Over US and Canada Sooner than Thought?
Ryan Calo, a researcher at Stanford Law School, tells the Wall Street Journal that he expects more entities to seek approval as drones are retired from use over…
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ACLU: Wireless Carriers Enable Warrantless Cellphone Tracking
While law enforcement organizations across the country may be tracking people using their cellphones, police are finding willing partners in wireless phone comp…
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Y! Big Story: Tupac’s Resurrection and Questions Over Raising the Dead
"Speaking of the law, all sorts of legal protections do come into play: copyright, right to publicity, defamation. Daniel Nazer, a fellow at the Stanford C…
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What Local Cops Learn, and Carriers Earn, from Cellphone Records
“I think that this data confirms that cellphone trapping is a routine law enforcement practice, not only for serious crimes but for more routine crimes ,” said…
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Privacy Watchdogs Call for New Google Probe
Google, which has apologized for the data collection, denied the FCC's assertion that the company did not cooperate with the agency. It has 30 days from the…
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Sharp Differences Remain Between Companies and Advocates on Do-Not-Track
Online companies on Thursday reached broad agreements with privacy activists and government regulators on limiting collection of customer information. But sharp…
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EPIC Welcomes New Advisory Board Members and New Board Members
Ryan Calo, Director of Privacy and Robotics, joins the EPIC Advisory Board. ------------------------------------------FOR RELEASEApril 10, 2012EPIC Announces N…
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Do Not Track' Web Browser Option Gains Steam
CIS Student Fellow Jonathan Mayer interviewed in this Vermont Public Radio story about the Do Not Track browser option that is gaining popularity. Government r…
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Facebook-Instagram Deal Raises New Privacy Worries
"The larger issue to me is that Facebook is adding Instagram data to its own," says Ryan Calo, a privacy researcher at Stanford University's Cente…
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Your Cell Phone is Telling Your Secrets
Sure, it connects you with people, the Internet, stupid games and even your bank account. But it’s also a tracking device that your family, your favorite retail…
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Privacy, National Security Concerns Dog Domestic Drone Use
An expected increase in domestic drones can largely be regulated under existing legal frameworks, analysts argued at a Brookings Institution event on Wednesday.…
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Geolocation Apps Draw Users, Despite Privacy Concerns
Nearly 60% of smartphone users employ apps that access their location data despite having concerns about risks to their privacy and even personal safety, accord…