Chain-Link Confidentiality
Disclosing personal information online often feels like losing control over one’s data forever; but this loss is not inevitable. This essay proposes a “chain-li…
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Look Up and Smile for the Drone
The Wall Street Journal noted one expert, Stanford Law School researcher Ryan Calo, who said “the domestic use of drones will likely grow as more machines are b…
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IP Lawyers Meet Tupac's Hologram
One IP issue that has been discussed recently is ownership and usage of a dead person's image. As Ryan Calo, the director for privacy and robotics at the St…
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Chain-Link Confidentiality
I have just uploaded a new essay about online privacy to SSRN that will appear in Volume 46 of the Georgia Law Review. The essay, titled "Chain-Link Confid…
Privacy in the Age of Augmented Reality - Alessandro Acquisti - Audio
In his talk, Alessandro Acquisti links two streams of research he is conducting at Carnegie Mellon University: the "behavioral economics of privacy,"…
Privacy in the Age of Augmented Reality - Alessandro Acquisti - Video
In his talk, Alessandro Acquisti links two streams of research he is conducting at Carnegie Mellon University: the "behavioral economics of privacy,"…
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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…