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Pay As You Drive “Black Boxes” Threaten Driver Privacy
The California Department of Insurance (DOI) is considering regulations that would enable insurance prices to depend on the precise number of miles a car is dri…
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Privacy and the Democratization of Fame
If privacy and the ability to preserve your reputation are essential components to personal freedom, then Michael Jackson was imprisoned. As the media hysteria…
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Self-Regulatory Principles For Online Behavioral Advertising: "Or" vs. "And"
I’ve blogged before about the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt out for behavioral targeting, noting that there is no guarantee that participants will stop t…
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Facebook's future: "Wall" or nothing?
In “The Great Wall of Facebook,” Wired’s Fred Vogelstein contends that Facebook and Google are approaching a “full-blown battle over the future of the Internet.…
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The Most Important Federal Agency That Only Exists in Theory
Question--What's the most important federal agency that only exists in theory? Answer--The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Originally created…
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Network Advertising Initiative Opt Out Tutorial
The wonderful website Pogo Was Right posted this video tutorial by the Network Advertising Initiative on how to opt out of behavioral targeting. I'm happy…
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Collaboration and the Law
Inc. magazine has published Part Two of their early look at my upcoming book, "The Laws of Disruption." (See Href=http://www.inc.com/articles/2009/04/…
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Who Decides What is Newsworthy? Journalists vs. the Legal System
No one likes lawyers. My dad likes to joke that it’s a shame how 99 percent of lawyers give the rest of us a bad name. Not only am I lawyer, but I am also tra…
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PrivacyCamp Washington, DC 2009
Co-sponsored by the Center for Democracy and Technology, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and the Future of Privacy Forum (among others), this inaugur…
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Patient Privacy Rights FTC Comments
Teneille Brown, Joshua Auriemma, and I helped Patient Privacy Rights draft the public comments it submitted to the Federal Trade Commission on Monday. Thanks t…
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How to Save Journalism
In May, Free Press released a report titled Saving the News: Toward a National Journalism Strategy. The 48-page document is the most intelligent and comprehens…
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State AG Threats To Craigslist Implicate Free Speech
This post is co-authored by Ryan Calo and CIS summer intern Joshua Auriemma. On Saturday Night Live’s classic segment “Really?!? With Seth & Amy,” two incr…