Privacy
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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Privacy Scholars
Andrea Matwyshyn
Colleges / Universities: Penn State University
Anita Allen
Colleges / Universities: University of Pennsylvania
Recent Privacy Blog Posts
Recent Privacy Academic Article Summaries
Quotes in the News

Goldman, E. (2022, August 30). CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/30/california-passes-bill-aimed-at-making-the-internet-safer-for-kids.html“The bill's [California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AB 2273)] requirements that platforms seek to assess users’ ages to offer them appropriate content, while well intentioned, could be overly intrusive and undermine efforts to provide these users more privacy.”
Eric Goldman
Co-Director, Santa Clara High Tech Law Institute
Professor of Law
School of Law
Santa Clara University

Goldman, E. (2022, August 18). Capitol Weekly. https://capitolweekly.net/the-plan-to-blow-up-the-internet-ostensibly-to-protect-kids-online/“The AADC requires businesses to adopt protective practices for children. On the surface, this sounds pretty good. However, to achieve this outcome, businesses must know which users are kids. This would require businesses to authenticate all of their users’ ages — and that is bad news for everyone.”
Eric Goldman
Co-Director, Santa Clara High Tech Law Institute
Professor of Law
School of Law
Santa Clara University

Citron, D. (2022, July 18). CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/18/tech/online-whisper-networks-dating-safety/index.html“You see a lot of mischief online in ways that torment and exploit the privacy of women, girls and minorities … [and yet] we’re gnashing our teeth when people are using online tools to protect themselves.”
Danielle Citron
Jefferson Scholars Foundation Schenck Distinguished Professor in Law
School of Law
University of Virginia

Citron, D. (2022, July 5). Slate – Future Tense. https://slate.com/technology/2022/07/stalkerware-abortion-bans-privacy.html“Policymakers tend to view privacy violations in silos, so they pursue reforms in a piecemeal manner. One day, proposals focus on nonconsensual pornography; the next, deepfake sex videos, still another, the confidentiality of people’s COVID statuses; and so on. To the extent that the law is updated, the reforms are often overly narrow. ”
Danielle Citron
Jefferson Scholars Foundation Schenck Distinguished Professor in Law
School of Law
University of Virginia

Richards, N. (2022, June 14). IAPP Privacy Perspectives. https://iapp.org/news/a/were-so-close-to-getting-data-loyalty-right/“We are at a critical juncture in the data privacy debate. Like the choice of where to lay roads, the privacy rules we choose now will be with us for decades, if not centuries. If lawmakers are going to create data loyalty rules, it is essential they get them right.”
Neil Richards
School of Law
Washington University in St. Louis