Here’s a roundup of my scholarship for 2024. But first, a preview of my forthcoming book (Feb 2025): ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY (Oxford University Press) – Available for Pre-Order From the book jacket: Succinct and eloquent, On Privacy and Technology is an essential primer on how to face the threats to privacy in today’s age of digital technologies and AI. […]
Today, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) published a large advertisement in the San Francisco Chronicle encouraging people to exercise their privacy rights. “The ball is in your court,” the ad declared. (H/T Paul Schwartz)
When it comes to privacy issues, schools are in the Dark Ages. I cannot think of any other industry that is so far behind. Unfortunately, education privacy often exists below the radar, and this area hasn’t received the attention it needs. The scope of coverage of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is […]
In this webinar, we discuss how privacy issues will fare under the upcoming Trump 2.0 Administration. What will the impact be on FTC privacy enforcement and the FTC surveillance rulemaking effort? How will HIPAA enforcement be affected? Is a federal privacy law more or less likely? What will happen to AI policy? What other privacy […]
We live today increasingly under the tyranny of algorithms. They rule over us. They shape what we say and how we interact with each other. They shape behavior. They affect whether people get jobs and other essential things in life. And algorithms kill people. Algorithms work behind the curtains, cloaked in secrecy, often unaccountable. Algorithmic […]
Here are some great cybersecurity and privacy resources. Are Many Privacy Violations Also Data Breaches? Unifying Privacy and Data Security Data Security Whiteboard The Funniest Hacker Stock Photos 5.0 Data Security Courses The Failure of Data Security Law
Here are some notable books on privacy and security from 2024. To see a more comprehensive list of nonfiction works about privacy and security for all years, Professor Paul Schwartz and I maintain a resource page on Nonfiction Privacy + Security Books.
Information fiduciaries have emerged as a major part of the discussion of privacy regulation. In a nutshell, the information fiduciaries approach aims to apply aspects of fiduciary law to the companies that collect and use our personal data. As one court explained the fiduciary relationship: “A fiduciary relationship is one founded on trust or confidence […]
This year is the 20th anniversary of my first book, The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy In the Information Age (NYU Press 2004) (Amazon) (free digital copy on SSRN). I thought that it would be a great opportunity to engage in a reflection on some of the points I discussed in the book. Apologies for […]
Here’s a new cartoon on the notice-and-choice approach to privacy — the way that many U.S. privacy laws regulate. Sadly, most of the state laws are based on notice and choice. Here are some of my recent writings critiquing the notice-and-choice approach: Kafka in the Age of AI and the Futility of Privacy as Control, […]