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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

Joel R. Reidenberg
Fordham University
Intellectual Property, Privacy and Security, Patents, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing, Internet

Neil Richards
Washington University in St. Louis
Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet

Jeffrey Rosen
George Washington University
Privacy and Security

Ira Rubinstein
New York University
Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet

Paul M. Schwartz
University of California, Berkeley
Intellectual Property, Privacy and Security

Evan Selinger
Rochester Institute of Technology
Privacy and Security, Artificial Intelligence

Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University
Privacy and Security

Edison Spina
University of São Paulo
Privacy and Security

Lior Strahilevitz
University of Chicago
Intellectual Property, Privacy and Security

Katherine Strandburg
New York University
Intellectual Property, Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

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TAP Blog

Recent Papers from TAP Scholars

A selection of articles recently written by TAP scholars explore AI and the impact on privacy, how to safeguard privacy and security in an interconnected world, digital platforms and antitrust, and patent reform to support innovation.

TAP Staff Blogger

January 15, 2021

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Upcoming Events

State of the Net: The Transition of Internet Policy

January 26, 2021,

Data Privacy Day

January 28, 2021,

TPRC48: Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy

February 17, 2021,

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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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He Created the Web. Now He’s Out to Remake the Digital World.

“In this changed regulatory setting, there is a market opportunity for Tim Berners-Lee's firm and others to offer individuals better ways to control their data.” — Peter Swire, Law and Ethics Professor , Georgia Tech

Peter Swire
The New York Times
January 10, 2021

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A Grand Bargain to Make Tech Companies Trustworthy?

Doctors and lawyers are barred from using client information for their own interests. This article asks if similar rules should apply to firms like Google and Facebook. Lawmakers could give such firms a safe harbor from regulation if they agree to safeguard consumers.

By: Jack M. Balkin, Jonathan Zittrain

October 3, 2016

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