Peter Fleischer writes: Why is the Safe Harbor framework still relevant? Here’s a reminder: the Safe Harbor framework was created because of a quirk in European law dating from 1995 that divided the countries of the world into so-called “adequate” and not-“adequate”, in terms of having European style data protection. Countries like the US and…
Category: Misc
Verdict in Ravi webcam spying trial becomes ‘a cautionary tale’
The New Jersey Star-Ledger, which has been all over the Dharun Ravi case, has a follow-up today on how this case and conviction will be a “game changer:” “It’s a cautionary tale,” said Jenny Carroll, a professor of criminal law at Seton Hall Law School. “Behavior that used to be considered the norm, or acceptable,…
Free expression needs privacy!
Paul Bernal provides a timely example on how privacy is crucial for free expression: Privacy, like so many things, is a double-edged sword: the Nightjack saga shows that all too clearly. Nightjack was a blogger, a police ‘insider’ – and in order to get his stories out into the world, he needed to be able…
Hacktivists <3 Data Brokers
Privacy advocates have often complained about data brokers and how information is too readily available without our consent or even the right to opt-out. Now it’s becoming increasingly clear that our headache may be a hacktivist’s wet dream. One of the popular tactics of hacktivists is to “d0x” public or private figures whose conduct they…