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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

Sonia Katyal
University of California, Berkeley
Intellectual Property, Privacy and Security, Artificial Intelligence

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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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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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What Your Android Phone’s New “Data Safety” Labels Mean

“Most of us want privacy, but we don’t want to spend every waking moment thinking about privacy.” — Lorrie Cranor, Director of the CyLab Security & Privacy Institute, Carnegie Mellon University,

Lorrie Faith Cranor
The Washington Post
May 5, 2022

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Privacy as Commons: Case Evaluation Through the Governing Knowledge Commons Framework

“Privacy” is best defined as a matter of the appropriate flow of information. A concept known as the “general knowledge commons” helps analyze privacy problems, although the concept was developed for creative content rather than privacy analysis.

By: Katherine Strandburg, Brett M. Frischmann

July 1, 2018

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