The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit just issued a blistering attack on HIPAA enforcement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer v. Department of Health and Human Services (No. 19-60226, Jan. 14, 2021), the 5th Circuit struck down a fine and enforcement […]
When Donald Trump targeted the Communications Decency Act (CDA) Section 230, a debate about the law flared up. Numerous reforms were proposed, some even seeking to abolish the law. Unfortunately, the debate has been clouded with confusion and misinformation. Although I disagree with many of the proposals to reform it or abolish Section 230, I […]
I’m happy to announce that my article is now out in print! The Myth of the Privacy Paradox 89 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1 (2021) You can download a copy for free at SSRN. Abstract: In this Article, Professor Daniel Solove deconstructs and critiques the privacy paradox and the arguments made about it. The “privacy […]
Please check out the conversation I had with Travis LeBlanc (Cooley), Simon McDougall (UK ICO) and Justin Antonipillai (Wirewheel) on Data Privacy Day. We discussed privacy developments for this year and beyond.
I created this cartoon to highlight the relationship between privacy and data security. Privacy and data security are deeply interrelated. Unfortunately, privacy is often overlooked as a key dimension of keeping data secure. Minimizing data collection and ensuring that data isn’t retained for longer than needed both improve security immensely. When there’s a data breach, […]
This cartoon is about CAPTCHAs that people click to indicate that they are not robots. CAPTCHA is an acronym for Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart. Online, there is a scrum to gather and use data, a race to automate nearly everything, an invasion of good bots and bad bots […]
I’m pleased to announce that the ALI Data Privacy Principles are now in print. From the ALI press release: Principles of the Law, Data Privacy is now available in print. This is ALI’s first venture into the field of information privacy law. This project identifies core principles useful for bringing greater coherence to this area. Like all Principles […]
Here are some of highlights of my privacy training, writing, resources, and humor from 2020.
Here are some notable books on privacy and security from 2020. 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.
I’m happy to announce that Paul Schwartz and I have just published updated versions of our line of paperback privacy law casebooks. These paperbacks are excerpted parts of our Information Privacy Law casebook, which we recently published in a new 7th edition. This new edition of the casebook has been revised to include the California Consumer […]