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.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly advancing, influencing our work and daily lives. Unknowingly, we interact with and supply information to diverse AI systems every day. Here are my latest AI tools and insights to keep you current.
Here’s my latest cartoon – about AI job replacement.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The field of privacy is expanding rapidly, yet breaking into it can be challenging. Today I will share some essential resources I developed to kickstart or enhance your career in the privacy field. My full collection of resources is here on this master page. Privacy Law Job Listings Head over here to see a […]
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.
Here’s a new privacy cartoon for you to enjoy, along with a selection of my favorite classics from the archive. Enjoy the laughs! If the Real World Were Like the Internet
Last week, I had the opportunity to present a talk on “Notable Privacy Books: A Journey Through History” at CPDP. I discussed many books about privacy from the 1960s to the present. The video of my talk is here. I subsequently created a more complete list of books – 400+ books over the past 70+ […]