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Date published:

August 1, 2013

International Association of Privacy Professionals

"Each year at the Privacy Law Scholars Conference, organized by the UC Berkeley School of Law and the George Washington University (GWU) School of Law, scholars submit papers that are in progress, to be workshopped with a facilitated discussion amongst attendees. The idea is to bring together the academic privacy community with those working in industry, advocacy, law and government to further privacy thought leadership and facilitate dialogue. Read more about Deception Is at the Heart of PLSC-Winning Papers

Boston bombings show future use for drones

Date published:

May 1, 2013

The Pew Charitable Trusts

""I don't think (the Boston bombing) will reframe the surveillance debate, and people will persist in their skepticism (of drones) even after this event," Calo said." Read more about Boston bombings show future use for drones

FBI's scrutiny of Boston video walks a privacy-security tightrope

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April 17, 2013

MSN

"What that means, privacy experts say, is that authorities will once again be carefully weighing national security interests against civil liberty concerns. It's a sensitive balance, says Brian Pascal, a lawyer with Stanford's Center for Internet and Society." Read more about FBI's scrutiny of Boston video walks a privacy-security tightrope

Surveillance cameras and the Boston Marathon bombing

Date published:

April 17, 2013

Los Angeles Times

""It's true that a great deal of our lives, particularly in public, are recorded today. But for the time being, it's fairly atomized," said Ryan Calo, an assistant law professor and privacy specialist at the University of Washington." Read more about Surveillance cameras and the Boston Marathon bombing

The Catch-22 That Prevents Us From Truly Scrutinizing the Surveillance State

Date published:

March 5, 2013

The Atlantic

It's hard to find someone who can complain of his or her rights having been violated, because anyone's whose rights have been violated doesn't know it. Read more about The Catch-22 That Prevents Us From Truly Scrutinizing the Surveillance State

Seattle’s ‘creepy cameraman’ questions our comfort with being watched

Date published:

November 17, 2012

The Seattle Times

"“Technology is a fact about the world. Those facts have changed,” Calo told me. “The law is not unfamiliar with drawing new lines.”" Read more about Seattle’s ‘creepy cameraman’ questions our comfort with being watched

Spies Like Us: We’re All Big Brother Now

Date published:

September 27, 2012

Gizmodo

Even our traditional definition of "privacy" may no longer apply in a world of omnipresent cameras and recorders, according to Woodrow Hartzog, assistant professor at Samford University's Cumberland School of Law, where he writes on privacy and human engagement with electronics. "Privacy has really ceased to be helpful as a term to guide policy in the United States," he says, "because privacy means so many different things to so many different people. Read more about Spies Like Us: We’re All Big Brother Now

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