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Privacy and Security

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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TAP Academics

Alessandro Acquisti
Carnegie Mellon University
Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Search and Advertising, Artificial Intelligence

Anita Allen
University of Pennsylvania
Privacy and Security

danah boyd
Microsoft New England Research & Development Center
Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

M. Ryan Calo
University of Washington
Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Artificial Intelligence, Future of Work

Fred H. Cate
Indiana University, Bloomington
Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing

Théodore Christakis
Université Grenoble Alpes
Privacy and Security, Artificial Intelligence

Danielle Citron
Boston University
Privacy and Security, Artificial Intelligence

Lorrie Faith Cranor
Carnegie Mellon University
Privacy and Security

Kate Crawford
Microsoft New England Research & Development Center
Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

James Dempsey
University of California, Berkeley
Privacy and Security, Internet

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TAP Blog

Brazil’s LGPD: Its Sudden Jolt to Life and Its Key Requirements

George Washington University privacy law professor Daniel Solove provides some information about the LGPD, Brazil’s new privacy law.

Daniel J. Solove

September 11, 2020

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Upcoming Events

9th Annual BCLT Privacy Law Forum

October 9, 2020, East Palo Alto, CA

Digital and Physical Company Towns in the Age of Public Capitalism

October 29, 2020,

TPRC48: Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy

February 19, 2021, Washington, DC

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Fact Sheets

Social Networking

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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A Super-surveillance Society and Its Impact on Democracy

No country with too strong or too weak state power can generate economic growth. — Daron Acemoglu, Professor of Economics, MIT

Daron Acemoglu
The Japan Times
September 6, 2020

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Hero or Villain: The Data Controller in Privacy Law and Technologies

By embracing privacy enhancing technologies (PETs), privacy law can better protect individuals from surveillance and other intrusions. Trusting data controllers leaves privacy vulnerable to a single point of failure.

By: Omer Tene, Claudia Diaz, Seda Gürses

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