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National Security, Surveillance and Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) often decides cases involving a conflict between human rights and surveillance systems intended to protect national security. Surveillance must be necessary and lawful.
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Théodore Christakis, Katia Bouslimani |
2020 |
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“It’s a scavenger hunt”: Usability of Websites’ Opt-Out and Data Deletion Choices
Privacy laws require websites to offer consumers options such as the choice to opt out of advertising or to delete account data. On many sites, these options are poorly labelled and hard to find.
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Alessandro Acquisti, Florian Schaub, Lorrie Faith Cranor, Hana Habib, Jiamin Wang, Norman Sadeh, Sarah Pearman, Yixin Zou |
2020 |
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Informing the Design of a Personalized Privacy Assistant for the Internet of Things
Personalized Privacy Assistant (PPAs) will help users manage Internet of Things (IoT) device data collection. The best PPAs will learn from users and offer suggestions from unbiased sources.
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Alessandro Acquisti, Jessica Colnago, Lorrie Faith Cranor, Megan Ung, Norman Sadeh, Sarah Pearman, Tharangini Palanivel, Yuanyuan Feng |
2020 |
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Usable and Useful Privacy Interfaces
Designing privacy interfaces for devices, software, and websites that are easy for people to understand and control is difficult. Designers should shift focus from information to people and their privacy needs.
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Lorrie Faith Cranor, Florian Schaub |
2020 |
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Cross-Platform Disinformation Campaigns: Lessons Learned and Next Steps
Disinformation campaigns use misleading information to discredit a political adversary. Opponents of a humanitarian group operating in Syria use Twitter and YouTube to discredit the group.
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Kate Starbird, Tom Wilson |
2020 |
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The Siren Song: Algorithmic Governance by Blockchain
Blockchain technologies such as bitcoin promise greater freedom, but the technology is immature. The systems are imperfect, but some cannot effectively recover from failure.
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Kevin Werbach |
2020 |
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The Connected Parent: An Expert Guide to Parenting in a Digital World
Parents should engage positively with children in addressing issues with digital media, and keep an open mind about positive aspects of digital culture.
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John Palfrey, Urs Gasser |
2020 |
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GDPR and the Importance of Data to AI Startups
Artificial intelligence (AI) requires data for product development. Privacy regulation makes it harder for AI startups to collect and manage data.
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James Bessen, Lydia Reichensperger, Rob Seamans, Stephen Michael Impink |
2020 |
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On the Application of Blockchains to Spectrum Management
Blockchain technologies could help operators and users of the electromagnetic spectrum coordinate their activities. Challenges include device power limitations and blockchain system capacity constraints.
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Kevin Werbach |
2019 |
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You Might Be a Robot
Policymakers show increasing interest in regulating robots. However, a "robot" can be hard to define. The increasing pace of innovation makes it hard to apply the plain language of laws to new cases.
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Mark Lemley, Bryan Casey |
2019 |