Kevin Bankston of the Electronic Frontier Foundation comments on the Obama administration’s recent filing in Shubert v. Bush. Attorney General Holder’s public statement about the reason for their position was reported here. Bankston writes: In a Court filing late Friday night, the Obama Administration attempted to dress up in new clothes its embrace of one…
Privacy by Design: Essential for Organizational Accountability and Strong Business Practices
From the introduction to the paper (pdf): Professor Paul A. Schwartz recently wrote: “Companies are now putting internal policies in place, centered on forward looking rules of information management and training of personnel. Such policies are, at the very least, a necessary precondition for an effective accountability regime that develops a high level of privacy…
Law Professor Sues Above the Law Blog, Alleging ‘Viciously Racist Series of Rants’
Karen Sloan reports: It’s the kind of story that tends to get big play on the legal blog Above the Law: A prominent University of Miami School of Law professor and civil rights advocate arrested on suspicion of soliciting an undercover officer for sex. The blog had plenty of fun with the story in October…
Reasonableness meets requirements: Regulating security and privacy in software
Paul N. Otto has a Note in the October issue of Duke Law Review, “Reasonableness meets requirements: Regulating security and privacy in software.” Here’s the Abstract: Software security and privacy issues regularly grab headlines amid fears of identity theft, data breaches, and threats to security. Policymakers have responded with a variety of approaches to combat…