Articles by Ashley Jacques

Major Tech Companies Take Sides in Battle Over Update To ECPA By: Matthew Shore Panel 9 Link: http://www.law360.com/articles/614439/google-others-renew-push-for-digital-privacy-law-reform From industry to civil rights groups, many sides are now lining up against the government in the fight to bolster the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.…

By: Rose Dorvel February 19, 2015 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/13/david-carr-edward-snowden-death-interview_n_6677790.html Has media coverage of Snowden’s NSA leaks conditioned Americans to have no subjective expectation of privacy in their virtual lives? Earlier this week, New York Times columnist David Carr dropped dead mysteriously following a panel interview with Snowden discussing the film Citizenfour, which tracks the former-NSA-contractor-turned-whistleblower’s decision to leak National Security Agency’s documents on widespread, unchecked governmental spying on citizens to the media.…

Jewel v. National Security Agency: Mass Surveillance By: Nireeti Gupta Panel 9 Link 1: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/10/nsa-warrantless-searches_n_6656314.html Link 2: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/11/eff_loses_nsa_wiretap_appeal_again/ The case before the District Court of California, was filed in 2008 by Electronic Front Frontier on behalf of AT&T customer Carolyn Jewel.…

February 19 By: Colin Johnson, Panel 9 California Lawmaker Proposes Warrant Requirement for Digital Data Access Article: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/02/california-lawmaker-proposes-warrant-requirement-for-digital-data-access/ Last Monday, a California state senator introduced the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act, a bill that would establish new requirements for law enforcement officials to access suspects’ digital information.…

February 12th- Panel 10 By: Joseph Gracely Sneaking Past Kyllo Link to article: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/01/19/police-radar-see-through-walls/22007615/ In 2001 the Supreme Court held in Kyllo v. United States that police use of thermal imaging technology to detect heat signatures within a person’s home was unconstitutional. …

February 12th By: Bo Wang Smart TVs May Redefine Privacy in Our Home http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31296188   TV is getting smarter. Nowadays many smart TVs have voice activation feature. One could basically control the TV by giving oral command, without going through the pain of reaching for the remote.…

February 12th By: Siyi Tian Article by the Center for Democracy & Technology 4 February 2015: Congress Moves Forward on Protecting Americans’ Digital Privacy   The article, which appeared in the press & in the news section of the Center for Democracy & Technology, announced the introduction of bills in both the U.S.…

February 12 By: Paula Kift Metadata, and How You Feel  http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/19/know-feel In “We Know How You Feel,” an article published in the New Yorker on January 19th, 2015, Raffi Khatchadourian describes the work of a startup company called Affectiva, which develops emotion-sensing software.…