IAPP Westin Research Fellowships
Of possible interest from Omer Tene: Established in 2013, the IAPP Westin Research Center was created to encourage and enable research and scholarship in the field of privacy. Each year,…
NY case underscores Wi-Fi privacy dangers
Available at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110424/ap_on_hi_te/us_wi_fi_warning In Buffalo, a 25-year-old guy logged in to his neighbor house's Wi-Fi connection and downloaded child pornography through the wireless signal. Firstly, the FBI agents suspected the…
iPhone Location Tracing Controversy
Controversy over revelations regarding iPhone and iPad location tracking has been growing quickly. As the New York Times reports, the German, French, and Italian governments have either started or will…
DOJ Pitches GPS Surveillance Case to Supreme Court
http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2011/04/doj-pitches-gps-surveillance-case-to-supreme-court.html http://legaltimes.typepad.com/files/doj_gps_cert.pdf On Friday, the Solicitor General filed a certiorari petition with the Supreme Court to resolve a circuit split on whether a warrant is required for GPS surveillance. The…
Do-Not-Track Bill
Article Link: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-do-not-track-20110406,0,3461978,full.story Link to Bill: http://dist27.casen.govoffice.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={2C530FAF-6F85-4236-BB30-293D33F815E5} Continuing the groundswell of support for Do-Not-Track across the nation, California State Senator Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) introduced legislation that would force Internet…
Stalkers Exploit Cellphone GPS – The Wall Street Journal (August 3, 2010)
Available at: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748703467304575383522318244234-lMyQjAxMTAxMDAwMzEwNDMyWj.html; Stalkers Exploit Cellphone GPS - Mobile Location Tracking - WSJ.com In August of 2010, the Wall Street Journal reported that global-positioning-system (GPS) technology offered by cellular carriers…
Google Making App That Would Identify People’s Faces – CNN.com (March 31, 2011)
Available at: http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/03/31/google.face/index.html; Google making app that would identify people's faces - CNN.com Google has announced that it is working on a mobile application that would allow users to take…
Google Book Search and Privacy
Google Book Search allows anyone to search a massive library of books that Google has scanned. A few years ago, the Authors Guild sued Google to stop the project and…
Cellphone Tracking in China: Tool to Ease Traffic Congestion or to Chill Political Dissidents?
The Chinese Government has announced plans to track 1.7 million cellphone users in Beijing through location technology, in order to help city authorities better manage traffic (see http://www.bjjtgl.gov.cn/publish/portal1/tab165/info23222.htm). However, this…
Privacy of Mobile Ads
The mobile ads boom raises privacy concerns, and creative different forms of self-help that customers have been engaged in, as following: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jeUGlbK8zKnVSVB63DXWt-TLOzYg?docId=CNG.ed01c1f733f7929c0e0ee596f28a0c53.3b1 The vast majority of cell phones and tablet…