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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

Theodore Christakis
Université Grenoble Alpes
Privacy and Security, Artificial Intelligence

Danielle Citron
University of Virginia
Privacy and Security, Artificial Intelligence

Lorrie Faith Cranor
Carnegie Mellon University
Privacy and Security

Kate Crawford
University of Southern California
Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Artificial Intelligence, Future of Work

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TAP Blog

Key Quotes from BREACHED!

Professors Daniel Solove and Woodrow Hartzog present some key quotes from their new book, BREACHED! Why Data Security Law Fails and How to Improve It (Oxford University Press, 2022).

Daniel J. Solove and Woodrow Hartzog

May 20, 2022

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Upcoming Events

Conversations on the Datafied State - Part Three: Race Surveillance, Resistance

May 25, 2022,

15th Annual Privacy Law Scholars Conference

June 2, 2022, Boston MA

11th Annual ASU-Arkfeld eDiscovery, Law and Technology Conference

October 11, 2022, Phoenix, Arizona

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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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Growth in Surveillance Technology Pits Law Enforcement Against Privacy Concerns

“Technologies have become cheaper and more powerful. And more and more of us today have publicly available images of ourselves and our faces online. The opportunities for surveillance have become commonplace and nearly ubiquitous.” — name, position, institution

Alessandro Acquisti
Pittsburgh Tribune
April 10, 2022

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Designing Commercial Therapeutic Robots for Privacy Preserving Systems and Ethical Research Practices Within the Home

Robots designed for therapeutic purposes are now available in many countries. These robots collect sensitive data over long periods of time. In the United States, health privacy laws do not always cover data collected by robots in the home.

By: Deirdre Mulligan, Elaine Sedenberg, John Chuang

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