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Mexico's Twitter 'terrorism' case sparks controversy
Ryan Calo, CIS Director of Privacy and Robotics, spoke with CNN's Catherine E. Shoichet about Mexico's Twitter Terrorism case and what type of punishmen…
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Great Network in the Sky Giveth, Taketh Away
Isn’t it great that when your car, or phone, or laptop gets lost or stolen, you can use modern technology to find your stuff and get it back? One might think on…
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UPDATED: Golan v. Holder Merits Brief Explains Why Congress Is Not Allowed To Privatize The Public Domain
UPDATE: The government's brief and our reply are now posted below. Oral argument is scheduled for October 5. Today we filed our opening brief in the U.S. Su…
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Can You Track Me Now? Not Without a Warrant!
This week, Eastern District of New York Judge Nicholas Garaufis rejected an FBI effort to use an individual’s cell phone tower records to track his movements ov…
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Email Disclaimers Mostly Along For The Ride
Ryan Calo, CIS Director of Privacy and Robotics, is quoted by Ameet Sachdev in the Chicago Tribune on the surprising type of protection e-mail disclaimers actua…
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East Coast Cell Coverage Has Problems, Facebook Has New Privacy Controls
Ryan Calo, CIS Director of Privacy and Robotics, is featured in this Marketplace article by John Moe in which he discusses Facebook’s new privacy controls and e…
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Battle Looms Over Website Background Checks
Lecturer Jennifer Granick spoke with Erica E. Phillips of the Daily Journal to discuss website background checks and why the biggest argument for the screening…
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Why German Privacy Officials Don’t Like Facebook’s “like” Button
Schleswig-Holstein is a small German state located at the very northern tip of the Federal Republic. It is home for enchanting cities such as Kiel and Lübeck, l…
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Tracking the Trackers: Microsoft Advertising
Despite all the attention they've received in the debates around online privacy, cookies are far from the only way to track a user. Broadly speaking, a webs…
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Tracking the Trackers: The AdChoices Icon
(Jovanni Hernandez and Akshay Jagadeesh are the first authors of this study.) Responding to pressure from the Federal Trade Commission, in mid-2009 the largest…
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CIS on Surprisingly Free
Ryan Calo and I both recently recorded podcasts for the show Surprisingly Free, which is an excellent weekly podcast for anyone interested in law and technology…
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Guest Blogging At Concurring Opinions
I'm guest blogging over at Concurring Opinions this month. My first post explored what the domestic use of drones would mean for privacy law. I also did a t…