NICKELSBURG: Experts like Andrea Matwyshyn say when that design tricks a consumer into doing something they didn't intend to, it becomes a dark pattern. She…
Last week, we published three separate posts that looked at the FTC’s recent settlement with Aylo, the parent company of multiple adult websites including, most…
“Right now, there are real robotaxis carrying real people on real roads,” said Bryant Walker Smith, an AV researcher and professor at the University of South Ca…
"Uber’s got a good argument when it comes to the text of the law, if not the spirit. “Clearly California and Nevada [which has similar rules] wanted to bui…
"Uber’s argument takes the DMV’s rules literally, but goes against the spirit of the regulations, said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the Universi…
"The law can be read that way, but doing so might cause tension between Uber and state regulators, according to Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the…
"Uber's stance seems likely to upset both state officials and competitors, said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolin…
"There are some legal options available, University of Maryland law professor Danielle Citron said. For instance, if a victim took a photo themselves, they…
"Victoria Stodden, a University of Illinois professor of information science and the lead author of the report asserted, “We have a real issue in disclosur…
"While the self-driving car project was in Alphabet’s “X” unit for “moonshots,” there was much speculation over what the business plan or “end game” was, s…
"“We minimized redactions to protect privacy interests, but the content of the NSLs remain as they were when served. We are also publishing the corresponde…
"“In our continued effort to increase transparency around government demands for user data, today we begin to make available to the public the National Sec…
The 2016 Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize has been awarded to Laura K. Donohue for her book The Future of Foreign Intelligence: P…
""Automated driving developments in 2016 became more concrete," said Bryant Walker Smith, an expert in legal aspects of autonomous driving, "…
"But there is no overarching US privacy law to protect consumers, with standards set individually by different states, industries and even companies, accor…