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Privacy and AI Deregulation is the Wrong Answer

Recently, we’ve been witnessing the rapid spread of a deregulatory movement for privacy and AI. Spurred in significant part by the Trump Administration, the U.S. has started to deregulate technology. The EU has caught the virus and has been contemplating weaking its regulation as well. As Luiza Jarovsky notes, some policymakers in the EU are […]

Artificial Intelligence and Privacy – FINAL VERSION

I’m delighted to share the newly-published final version of my article: Artificial Intelligence and Privacy 77 Florida Law Review 1 (2025) The article aims to provide the conceptual and practical ground work for how to understand the relationship between AI and privacy as well as provide a roadmap for how privacy law should regulate AI. […]

Webinar – AI and Privacy Collide: Why 2025 Will Rewrite the Rules Blog

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AI presents significant challenges to privacy. How should the clash be resolved?  This webinar covers the key events of 2024 and why 2025 will be a pivotal year for rewriting the rules for AI and privacy. We discussed conflicting regulatory trends, such as the dramatic rise of AI bills in the U.S. states, the increasing […]

The Tyranny of Algorithms

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 […]

Digital Dossiers and the Aggregation Effect

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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 […]