If there’s a robot in your house, chances are it’s a Roomba. But that could be about to change. A new generation of home robots is coming—adorable, loaded with contemporary artificial intelligence and designed to charm their way into your family.
Today marks the deadline for online platforms to implement a process for notice-and-takedown of nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII) under the TAKE IT DOWN Act…
This brief examines the privacy risks foundation models pose to individuals and society, and governance mechanisms needed to address them. Key Takeaways * F…
Part of the New York Times Room for Debate series. It’s a noisy, nosy world. For example, our cellphones are nonstop tracking devices that occasionally make ca…
Part of the New York Times Room for Debate series. Everyday devices are getting smarter, more connected. Soon your refrigerator will tell you when it’s time to…
Privacy and Big Data by Jules Polonetsky & Omer Tene How should privacy risks be weighed against big data rewards? The recent controversy over leaked docum…
Big Data in Small Hands by Woodrow Hartzog & Evan Selinger “Big data” can be defined as a problem-solving philosophy that leverages massive datasets and al…
Privacy Substitutes by Jonathan Mayer & Arvind Narayanan Debates over information privacy are often framed as an inescapable conflict between competing int…
Consumer Subject Review Boards by Ryan Calo There are only a handful of reasons to study someone very closely. If you spot a tennis rival filming your practice…
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito wanted to dramatize how hard GPS surveillance would be for our nation’s founders to envision. It would take a “very tiny cons…
"Jane" allowed her ex-boyfriend to take her naked photograph because, he assured her, it would be for his eyes only. After their breakup, the man betr…
Cross-posted from Forbes. A newly declassified opinion shows FISA court “oversight” in the face of egregious, unconstitutional and potentially criminal governm…
Comments submitted to the Bureau of Land Management regarding Hydraulic Fracturing Regulations and Trade Secrecy. * Publication Type:Regulatory Filing * Publ…
Also available for download from SSRN. Daniel J. Solove George Washington University Law School Woodrow Hartzog Samford University - Cumberland School of Law;…
Cross-posted from Forbes. It seems that every day brings a new revelation about the scope of the NSA’s heretofore secret warrantless mass surveillance programs…