Stanford CIS

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Warrant Workshop

In 2019 CIS is hosting its first-ever Warrant Workshop, a judicial training program specially designed for magistrate judges confronting new surveillance techno…

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Smart Cities

"Smart Cities" is a euphemism for the creation of a digital infrastructure at all levels of government and in public spaces for the collection and pro…

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Open Courts

Transparency has always been essential to the rule of law and the legitimacy of our court system. But government secrecy has grown dramatically over the last fe…

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Government Hacking

Encryption helps human rights workers, activists, journalists, financial institutions, innovative businesses, and governments protect the confidentiality, integ…

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Crypto Policy Project

Encryption helps human rights workers, activists, journalists, financial institutions, innovative businesses, and governments protect the confidentiality, integ…

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Cookie Clearinghouse

The Cookie Clearinghouse provides information for users to make choices about online privacy. The Cookie Clearinghouse publishes free-to-use information for web…

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Legal Aspects of Autonomous Driving

Understanding how the law will and should apply to driverless cars---explicitly lawful in at least one state---presents an urgent challenge. The Legal Aspects o…

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Notice by Design

The Notice by Design program applies human‐computer interaction research and experimentation to consumer problems such as online privacy. This widely-discussed…

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Fair Use Project

The Fair Use Project (FUP) was founded in 2006 to provide legal support to a range of projects designed to clarify, and extend, the boundaries of fair use in or…

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WhatApp

Users and experts review online and mobile apps and platforms for privacy, security, and openness.  Check it out at WhatApp.org.…

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Privicons

Privicons is a simple approach to expressing how you want your email to be treated by the recipient. Do you want it [X]kept secret? Or do you want the informati…