Jason Palmer reports on a new study, “Unique in the Crowd: The privacy bounds of human mobility:” Individuals can be uniquely identified with just four points of location data, a study of mobile phone records shows. Countless mobile applications make use of location data, and such information is increasingly used to tailor both services for…
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Commerce Department to Host Data Privacy Seminar on March 25th
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (“ITA”) will host a data privacy seminar in Waltham, Massachusetts, on Monday, March 25 from 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. EST. Seminar participants will hear from a number of Commerce privacy experts who will discuss the Obama Administration’s privacy blueprint and provide updates on significant international developments involving the U.S.-European…
Smart Homes: Our Next Digital Privacy Nightmare
John Paul Titlow writes: The hyper-connected smart home of the future promises to change the way we live. More efficient energy usage, Internet-connected appliances that communicate with one another and cloud-enhanced home security are just some of the conveniences we’ll enjoy. It’s going to be amazing. It will also open up major questions about privacy….
Article: Is Data Speech?
Is Data Speech? Jane Bambauer University of Arizona – James E. Rogers College of Law March 11, 2013 Stanford Law Review, Forthcoming Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 13-19 Abstract: Privacy laws rely on the unexamined assumption that the collection of data is not speech. That assumption is incorrect. Privacy scholars, recognizing an imminent clash…