From EFF: In the week leading up the first year anniversary of the 13 Necessary and Proportionate Principles, EFF and the coalition behind the 13 Principles will be conducting a Week of Action explaining some of the key guiding principles for surveillance law reform. Every day, we’ll take on a different part of the principles,…
Category: Misc
A plea for (digital) privacy
Nuala Connor of CDT writes: When I send an email to my daughter’s teacher or store family photos with an online service, I consider those items private. To me, and I think to most people, our electronic memories are no less treasured than printed photographs or letters on paper. But federal law doesn’t provide for…
Radical Librarianship: how ninja librarians are ensuring patrons’ electronic privacy
Alison Macrina and April Glaser write: Librarians in Massachusetts are working to give their patrons a chance to opt-out of pervasive surveillance. Partnering with the ACLU of Massachusetts, area librarians have been teaching and taking workshops on how freedom of speech and the right to privacy are compromised by the surveillance of online and digital…
Articles added to SSRN
Some recently added articles on privacy that may interest you: Thierer, Adam D. The Internet of Things & Wearable Technology: Addressing Privacy & Security Concerns Without Derailing Innovation (September 10, 2014). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2494382 (65 pp.) Abstract: This paper highlights some of the opportunities presented by the rise of the so-called “Internet of Things” and wearable technology…