The Fordham Center on Law and Information Policy (CLIP) at Fordham Law School and the Commons Lab of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars have issued a report titled “Privacy and Missing Persons after Natural Disasters,” prepared as part of a joint project. The report is available for free download at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2229610 (no registration…
Category: Misc
Article: Katz on a Hot Tin Roof – Saving the Fourth Amendment from Commercial Conditioning by Reviving Voluntariness in Disclosures to Third Parties
FourthAmendment.com points to an article on SSRN by Mary Leary. Here’s the Abstract: In a world in which Americans are tracked on the Internet, tracked through their cell phones, tracked through the apps they purchase, and monitored by hundreds of traffic cameras, privacy is quickly becoming nothing more than a quaint vestige of the past….
FTC Seeks Input on Privacy and Security Implications of the Internet of Things
The staff of the Federal Trade Commission is interested in the consumer privacy and security issues posed by the growing connectivity of consumer devices, such as cars, appliances, and medical devices, and invites comments on these issues in advance of a public workshop to be held on November 21, 2013 in Washington, D.C. The ability…
34 Civil Liberties Organizations Oppose CISPA After Amendments
Yesterday, 34 organizations sent a joint letter to members of the House expressing their opposition to CISPA. You can read the letter on EFF’s site. The House may vote on the bill as early as tomorrow. Take Action now.