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The FTC-Facebook Settlement
Earlier today the FTC released the proposed settlement agreement it reached with Facebook. When it comes to online-privacy investigations, 2011 has been a busy…
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Privicons Released: A User-to-User Email Privacy Tool
We're thrilled to announce the release of Privicons for Google Chrome, a tool for helping users deal with email carelessness: innocent misunderstandings and…
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Anonymity and Incivility on the Internet
Readers debate the benefits and drawbacks of requiring real names in online postings. Danielle Citron's post:Mr. Wolf astutely observes that anonymity onli…
Internet Freedoms and Their Consequences - Andrew McLaughlin & Evgeny Morozov - Audio
Evgeny Morozov and Andrew McLaughlin debated the sincerity, utility and repercussions of America's commitment to a free Internet. They discussed the desirea…
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Opposition To SOPA Continues To Grow
Representatives Anna Eshoo and Zoe Lofgren joined eight other members of Congress in urging the House Judiciary Committee to reject SOPA because it would cause…
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The Drone Threat To Privacy
Ryan Calo, CIS Director of Privacy and Robotics, is quoted by John Villasenor of Scientific American on how the widespread use of drones may actually help priva…
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A Brief Overview of the Supplementary DAA Principles
Yesterday the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) announced a supplementary set of self-regulatory principles for third parties on the web (pdf, press release).…
Against Notice Skepticism in Privacy
Against Notice Skepticism, 87 NOTRE DAME LAW REVIEW (forthcoming 2012) * Publication Type:Academic Writing * Publication Date:10/26/2011 Download PDF…
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Stingray Bites Man. Will the Fourth Amendment Bite Back? (Location Tracking)
On October 28, the Department of Justice will argue to a District Court Judge in Arizona that neither the public nor criminal defendants should learn about a sp…
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Study Finds Sites Leak User Information
CIS Student Fellow Jonathan Mayer was mentioned in the following Stanford Daily article by Sandy Huang. The article covered a report authored by Mayer on privac…
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What's Next For The Electronic Communications Privacy Act?
CIS Director of Privacy and Robotics Ryan Calo was interviewed by Marketplace Tech Report's John Moe to discuss potential changes that may be made to the El…
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To Track or “Do Not Track” – that is the Question
This blog post is re-posted with permission from the Center for Democracy & Technology blog (see here). Jules Polonetsky, Co-chair and Director of the Futu…