Posts about Privacy Laws by Professor Daniel J. Solove for his blog at TeachPrivacy, a privacy awareness and security training company.
In this webinar, Professor Daniel Solove discusses with Representative Monique Priestley (Vermont Legislature) the future direction of state privacy laws. Should state privacy laws continue to follow the traditional model? Should they take a data minimization approach? Should they include private rights of action? Additionally, the discussion will explore the practical realities of the state legislative process. Speakers include: […]
I recently released a trailer for my new book, On Privacy and Technology. Can law protect privacy and keep pace with new technologies, especially AI? The oft-heard answer is no – the law is too slow; policymakers lack sufficient expertise to regulate technology; and regulation will stifle innovation. In my short and accessible book, I […]
The year kicked off with several privacy laws coming into effect, and there are several more scheduled to become active this year. Here’s a current list: Iowa (January 1, 2025) Delaware (January 1, 2025) Nebraska (January 1, 2025) New Hampshire (January 1, 2025) New Jersey (January 15, 2025) Tennessee (July 1, 2025) Minnesota (July […]
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. […]
I’m thrilled to announce the release of the final version of my article. The Prediction Society: AI and the Problems of Forecasting the Future 2025 Illinois Law Review 1 (2025) Abstract: Predictions about the future have been made since the earliest days of humankind, but today, we are living in a brave new world of […]
I have a few items of scholarship news to share. SSRN Downloads: A Personal Milestone I’m excited and grateful for this article discussing a milestone I reached by surpassing 500K SSRN downloads. The only other law professor with more than 500K downloads is Cass Sunstein. Check out the article for more details.
I just published an op-ed in the Boston Globe entitled “States can fight authoritarianism by shoring up privacy laws.” Boston Globe (Dec. 23, 2024). It’s paywalled, but I’m allowed to repost it, so here it is below. I’m working on a law review article on this topic, and I hope to have a draft in the […]
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)
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 […]
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 […]