I just wanted to take a minute to wish you all a Healthy and Happy New Year and to thank all of you who made PogoWasRight.org one of the most highly regarded privacy news sites in 2012. And special thanks to those of you who sent in links to news stories to help me stay on…
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Privacy in 2012: A look back on a less than stellar year
As I look back on privacy developments in 2012, I’m not sure whether the more appropriate analogy is Sisyphus pushing a boulder up the hill, only to have it repeatedly roll back down on him, or to borrow from Judith Viorst and call it, “Privacy Advocacy and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year.” It certainly wasn’t…
Drones, phones and other 2012 privacy threats
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: Verizon’s attempt — unsuccessful so far — to secure a patent for a so-called ‘snooping technology,’ which in this case would let television advertisers target individual viewers based on what they’re doing or saying in front of their sets, capped another challenging year for privacy advocates. The Verizon technology, which includes a…
Some recent articles on privacy
Below are some articles recently uploaded to SSRN. Clicking on the links will take you to SSRN where you can download the full paper or book. Drones and Privacy Governance Gregory S. McNeal Pepperdine University School of Law ; Pepperdine University – School of Public Policy Abstract: Unmanned systems (drones) and other technological innovations raise…