The ECPA–Its Limitations and Possible Changes to Come
Google recently released their transparency report detailing information regarding government requests for Google users’ data. It contains some interesting information, including Google’s compliance...
View ArticleThe Right to Be Forgotten: Can We Have Our Data Privacy Cake and Eat It, Too?
At the end of February, Google and Spain’s data protection authority, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD), came head-to-head in the European Court of Justice. As European data protection efforts...
View ArticleGoogle Death: New Feature Allows Users to Take Control of Their Digital...
Google announced last week the launch of a new feature that allows its users to plan for what happens to their accounts when they die or can no longer use their account. The feature, called...
View ArticleLegislative Efforts to Preserve NSA Phone Surveillance Program
The Senate Intelligence Committee is close to enacting major legislation aimed at preserving the National Security Agency’s ability to monitor and log domestic telephone conversations. The NSA’s...
View ArticleFacebook Privacy Settlement Holds
The Supreme Court recently declined to hear the case on Facebook’s $9.5 million class action settlement, letting stand what objectors argued was a settlement of no value to the approximately 3.5...
View ArticleIs Government Surveillance Censoring Journalism?
A survey by writers’ organization PEN American Center is shedding light on how recent revelations regarding the extent of government surveillance of email and phone records may have a chilling effect...
View ArticleTech Companies Shed Light On U.S. Government Information Requests
“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.” George Orwell 1984. In today’s world, the things we say and do online leave behind ever growing trails of personal information. We...
View ArticleWhat Google Glass May Bring
Imagine a world where anyone within sight distance can be recording you, and you had no way of knowing. Hyperbole? Maybe, but as the public sale of Google Glass nears, this reality is not as...
View ArticleCelebs, Selfies, and Copyright Law
Hacked Celebs Sue ISPs Over Scandalous Selfies – Lawyers Say Sites Do Not Enjoy DMCA Liability Protection Those selfies you took during your last night out with friends may be copyrighted material. At...
View ArticleDoes the FTC Have Authority Over Data Security?
Over the last fifteen years, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken on the role of enforcing privacy and data security. See Daniel J. Solove, One of the Most Important Data Security Cases Was...
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