Recently a group of legal academics and practitioners in the field of privacy law sent a letter to the deans of all U.S. law schools about privacy law education in law schools. My own brief intro about this endeavor is here in italics, followed by the letter. The signatories to the letter have signed onto […]
Category: Advice
Posts about Advice by Professor Daniel J. Solove for his blog at TeachPrivacy, a privacy awareness and security training company.
A Guide to Grading Exams
This post is a reprise of a post I wrote many years ago that has remained popular. I thought I’d repost it now, during exam grading season, to help professors who want to learn the science and art of grading exams. It’s that time of year again. Students have taken their finals, and now […]
The Funniest Password Recovery Questions and Why Even These Don’t Work
A recent article in Wired argues that it is time to kill password recovery questions. Password recovery questions are those questions that you set up in case you forget your password. Common questions are: In what city were you born? What is your mother’s maiden name? Where did you go to high school? […]
HIPAA’s Failure to Provide Enough Patient Control Over Medical Records
A Not-So-Far-Fetched Seinfeld Episode In a Seinfeld episode called “The Package” from 1996 (click here to see the scene), airing just months after HIPAA was passed, Elaine goes to see a doctor for a rash. […]
An Updated List of Privacy Law Fellowships
Fellowships can be a great way to kick start a career in privacy law. I have added new fellowships the list I published in February 2016, as well as updated deadlines and other relevant information. Click here to see the fully updated list of privacy fellowships. If you know of others I should add, please email me. […]