Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
Supreme Court hears oral argument on key exclusionary rule case: http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/02/argument-analysis-court-closely-divided-on-the-exclusionary-rule/ House Judiciary Committee meets on February 25 on International Conflicts of Law Concerning Cross Border Data Flow and Law Enforcement…
Apple and the US Government are at impasse after the government secured a court order requiring Apple's assistance in unlocking one of the San Bernardino killer's iPhone. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/18/technology/apples-stance-highlights-a-more-confrontational-tech-industry.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 In…
A small email provider and its customers have mobilized to force the Swiss government to put its new invasive surveillance law up for a public vote in a national referendum…
The discovery that the university is monitoring UC Berkeley network traffic has sparked outrage among faculty members who see such undisclosed surveillance as a significant threat to privacy.http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/02/technology/at-uc-berkeley-a-new-digital-privacy-protest.html, http://www.dailycal.org/2016/02/02/web-cyber-controversy/. A federal…
A group from Stanford showed that the MEMS gyroscopes found on modern smart phones are sufficiently sensitive to measure acoustic signals in the vicinity of the phone, making it possible…
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against Google alleging the company has been collecting and data mining children’s data and Internet searches on…
In the wake of the attacks on Paris, debate in the United States has again looked determining the appropriate balance between privacy and security, especially with regard to encryption. Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/18/the-paris-attacks-have-shifted-the-momentum-in-the-privacy-surveillance-debate/.…
This past week, Fortune reported that U.S. retailers were using facial recognition software to target shoplifters. The technology works by scanning the face of customers entering a store and seeking…
A court in Brussels decided on Monday that Facebook would no longer be able to collect and store personal information from Belgians who do not have a Facebook account; Facebook announced…
Research by longtime PRG participant Luke Stark and Data & Society's Alex Rosenblat about the on-demand economy in the context of Uber's rideshare service is quoted in the Wall Street…