Category: Misc

Phil Lee writes: As an EU privacy professional working in the US, one of the things that regularly fascinates me is each continent’s misperception of the other’s privacy rules.  Far too often have I heard EU privacy professionals (who really should know better) mutter something like “The US doesn’t have a privacy law” in conversation;…

Kurtis Alexander reports: When a tech consultant showed off her Google Glass the other night at the Haight Street bar Molotov’s, the result was explosive – and reflected a growing debate over whether the cutting-edge device that mounts a computer and camera on a wearer’s face goes too far and breaks the social compact. Read more…

Robert Siegel of NPR interviewed Kurt Wimmer of Covington & Burling. You can hear the segment or read about it on NPR. In their relatively short interview, Kurt manages to capture the complexity of the law when it comes to our privacy in public spaces.