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Law professor Eric Goldman, Santa Clara University, explains why the California Age Appropriate Design Code Act, AB 2273, “would radically reshape the Internet” if signed into law.
Santa Clara internet law scholar Eric Goldman writes about California AB2408, proposed legislation intended to address social media platforms that are addictive to children.
Privacy law expert Daniel Solove, George Washington University, discusses the positive and concerning elements of the proposed American Data Privacy and Protection Act being discussed in Congress.
Privacy law scholars Woodrow Hartzog, Boston University, and Neil Richards, Washington University in St. Louis, have been exploring the concept of data loyalty for a number of years. In an article they wrote for IAPP Perspectives, they examine several recently proposed bills to update privacy law in the United States.
In a recent article written for Slate, privacy law professor Danielle Citron says, “Intimate privacy is even more in jeopardy now that women’s reproductive choices may render them in violation of state criminal law.”
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).
Professor Omer Tene, IAPP Senior Fellow, examines the hiQ Labs vs. LinkedIn Corporation decision to highlight the deep divide around the notion of privacy and data protection between Europe and the U.S. This decision also shows the sharp lines between privacy and competition policy, particularly in the context of major tech platforms and the data ecosystems they nurture.
George Washington University law professor Daniel Solove interviews Washington University law professor Neil Richards about his book, "Why Privacy Matters".
Introduction to recent books by TAP scholars that examine issues about privacy, AI, patents, antitrust, national security, and cloud computing.
Guest blogger Jake Chanenson provides a report on the 3rd Symposium on Contextual Integrity, of which TAP scholar Helen Nissenbaum was among the organizers.
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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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Intimate Privacy: The Fight for Cyber Civil Rights

“There are three central actors that worry me and that implicate our intimate privacy. That’s the corporate surveillance of intimate life. It's individuals surveilling and exploiting intimate privacy. And it's governments invading intimate privacy.” — Danielle Citron, Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law

Danielle Citron
Virginia Public Media: News Focal Point
March 2, 2023

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