Daniel Solove writes: Why does privacy matter? Often courts and commentators struggle to articulate why privacy is valuable. They see privacy violations as often slight annoyances. But privacy matters a lot more than that. Here are 10 reasons why privacy matters. Read Dan’s reasons in this LinkedIn post. Is there anything you’d add to his…
Category: Misc
“Mr. Wemmick’s Condition; Or, Privacy as a Disposition, Complete with Skeptical Observations Regarding Various Regulatory Enthusiasms.”
Benjamin Wittes of Lawfare introduces a paper by Joel Brenner that sounds like an article to add to my must-read list: The War on Law Reviews continues on many fronts: land, sea, air, and particularly in the cyber domain, where today I am pleased to offer the next paper in the Lawfare Research Paper Series: Joel Brenner’s “Mr….
2013 a big year for privacy? You ain’t seen nothing yet!
Phil Lee writes: If you thought that 2013 was a big year for privacy, then prepare yourself: it was only the beginning. Many of the privacy stories whose winding narratives began in 2013 will continue to take unexpected twists and turns throughout 2014, with several poised to reach dramatic conclusions – or otherwise spawn spin-offs…
Iowa View: The biggest threats to our privacy
This statement in an OpEd in the Des Moines Register by Anthony Gaughan, associate professor of law at Drake University, gave me pause: The greatest threat to your privacy is not posed by the NSA. It’s posed by hackers, thieves and corporations. So what do you think is the single greatest threat to privacy?