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Privacy as Contract?

Privacy as Contract

I just posted my new article draft with Professor Woodrow Hartzog (BU Law School) on SSRN (free download): Privacy as Contract?   Here’s the abstract: Nearly everything people buy, every service they use, every account they create, and even every website they visit involves the collection, use, and transfer of personal data—a matter that is ostensibly […]

Murky Consent: An Approach to the Fictions of Consent in Privacy Law

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I posted a draft of my new article, Murky Consent: An Approach to the Fictions of Consent in Privacy Law. It is just a draft, and I welcome feedback. You can download it for free here: Here’s the abstract: Consent plays a profound role in nearly all privacy laws. As Professor Heidi Hurd aptly said, consent […]