PRIVACY + SECURITY BLOG

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Cartoon: Data Minimization

My latest cartoon – on data minimization. Maryland’s privacy law incorporated a strong data minimization requirement, and future privacy regulation might follow suit. For more about data minimization, see Jordan Francis’s terrific article, Data Minimization’s Substantive Turn: Key Questions and Operational Challenges Posed by New State Privacy Legislation.

Cartoon: Technology Incentives

This cartoon illustrates a key point my new book, ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY — the law must establish the right incentives for technology to promote privacy, safety, and other important values: Only by establishing the right legal structure and the right incentives can the law succeed in holding creators and users of technology accountable. Instead, the […]

Privacy in 2025: Privacy in Authoritarian Times

In 2025, we have seen significant privacy invasions at the federal level and a push to weaken and nullify privacy protections. Here are some writings and videos that discuss the situation we’re in and why it should be of concern. Privacy in Authoritarian Times Earlier this year, I wrote Privacy in Authoritarian Times: Surveillance Capitalism […]

Cartoon: Individual Privacy Rights

Here’s a cartoon about individual privacy rights. As I argued in my article, The Limitations of Privacy Rights, 98 Notre Dame Law Review 975 (2023), privacy law puts far to much onus on individuals to protect their privacy through exercising privacy rights such as rights to access, correct, object, or delete. These rights are time-consuming to […]

My Guide to 400+ Privacy Books

Notable Privacy Books: A Journey Through History   In this essay, I explore over 400 privacy-related books spanning more than 70 years! Examining the books chronologically also opens a window into history, as the books reflect the concerns, ideas, and terminology of the times in which they were written.