David T. Fraser writes: The Supreme Court of Canada just released its decision in R v Cole, 2012 SCC 53, in which a majority of justices of the Court held that a teacher at a school had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents of his work-issued laptop. Nevertheless, evidence of child pornography found on…
National Comprehensive Data Protection/Privacy Laws and Bills 2012 Map
A great resource by David Banisar, Senior Legal Counsel of Article19.org, has been updated and uploaded to SSRN. Here’s the abstract: Over 90 countries and jurisdictions around the world have adopted comprehensive data protection/privacy laws to protect personal data held by both governments and private companies. This map shows which countries have adopted laws or…
Article: Fear and Loathing at the U.S. Border
Janet C. Hoeffel and Stephen Singer have an article in Mississippi Law Journal, Vol. 82, No. 4, 2013. Here’s the abstract: In this paper, we argue that when technology crosses the border in the form of personal electronic devices (PEDs), there is a unique confluence of factors that requires a fresh look at the border…
Article: Why the Right to Data Portability Likely Reduces Consumer Welfare: Antitrust and Privacy Critique
Peter Swire and Yianni Lagos have an article in a forthcoming issue of Maryland Law Review that challenges the EU’s draft Data Protection Regulation on the issue of a right to data portability. Here’s the abstract: In its draft Data Protection Regulation, the European Union has announced a major new economic and human right – the…