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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

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

Jane Ginsburg
Columbia University
Intellectual Property, Privacy and Security, Competition Policy and Antitrust, Copyright and Trademark

Eric Goldman
Santa Clara University
Intellectual Property, Privacy and Security, Copyright and Trademark, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Search and Advertising

David C. Gray
University of Maryland
Privacy and Security

Karen J. Greenberg
Fordham University
Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing

James Grimmelmann
Cornell University
Intellectual Property, Privacy and Security, Copyright and Trademark, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing, Internet, Search and Advertising, Media and Content

Woodrow Hartzog
Northeastern University
Intellectual Property, Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

Chris Hoofnagle
University of California, Berkeley
Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet

Margot Kaminski
University of Colorado
Intellectual Property, Privacy and Security, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

Ian Kerr
University of Ottawa
Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

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TAP Blog

Taking a Broader Look at Privacy Remedies

In their new paper, “Breaking the Privacy Gridlock: A Broader Look at Remedies,” privacy experts Chris Hoofnagle, James Dempsey, Ira Rubinstein, and Katherine Strandburg examine regulatory structures outside the field of information privacy in order to identify enforcement and remedy structures that may be useful in developing federal consumer privacy legislation.

TAP Staff Blogger

June 15, 2021

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Upcoming Events

PrivacyCon 2021

July 27, 2021,

10th Annual BCLT Privacy Law Forum

October 8, 2021,

14th Annual BCLT Privacy Lecture: Policing Families

October 28, 2021,

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Fact Sheets

Privacy and Consumers

There are a number of privacy issues related to how online companies collect, store, use and share personally identifiable information; and how consumers are informed about what is done with their information online.

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Quote

Should Alexa Read Our Moods?

“Using the human body for discriminating among people is something that we should not do.” — Joseph Turow, Professor of Media Systems & Industries, University of Pennsylvania

Joseph Turow
The New York Times
May 19, 2021

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Ten Simple Rules for Responsible Big Data Research

Use of big data in academic and industry research is growing. Studies of human psychology, biology, and behavior must be ethical. Researchers should start by recognizing that careless use of data can be harmful.

By: danah boyd, Alondra Nelson, Frank Pasquale, Alyssa Goodman, Kate Crawford, Arvind Narayanan, Barbara Koenig, Emily Keller, Jacob Metcalf, Matthew Zook, Rachelle Hollander, Seeta Peña Gangadharan, Solon Barocas

March 30, 2017

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