Information technology lets people learn about one another on a scale previously unimaginable. Information in the wrong hands can be harmful. Scholars on this site consider problems of privacy, fraud, identity, and security posed by the digital age.
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Professor Danielle Citron is the inaugural director of the LawTech Center, a new scholarly center at the University of Virginia Law School.
September 29, 2021
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Privacy. Security. Risk. 2021
October 19, 2021, San Diego, CA
14th Annual BCLT Privacy Lecture: Policing Families
October 28, 2021,
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November 2, 2021,
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Social networking websites are places on the Internet where people can connect with those who share their interests. Additionally, they can function as economic “platforms” that serve different groups of many users, including consumers, advertisers, game developers, and others.
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“This is such a terrifying assault on intimate privacy. It incentivizes spying and exposure of women and girls and their intimate relationships and reproductive life that is unfathomably troubling.” — Danielle Citron, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
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As robots become more mainstream, the technology can implicate privacy in obvious and surprising ways.
October 15, 2012
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