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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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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.

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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TAP Academics

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

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

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TAP Blog

Shhhh, They’re Listening – Inside the Coming Voice-Profiling Revolution

Professor Joseph Turow, Annenberg School for Communication, discusses the technology changes in voice profiling, and explains how “companies could soon tailor what they try to sell you based on the mood conveyed by the sound of your voice.”

Joseph Turow

May 5, 2021

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14th Annual Privacy Law Scholars Conference

June 3, 2021,

PrivacyCon 2021

July 27, 2021,

10th Annual BCLT Privacy Law Forum

October 8, 2021,

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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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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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