I just uploaded the final published version of my essay, Fourth Amendment Pragmatism, 51 B.C. L. Rev. 1511 (2010) to SSRN. Here’s the abstract:
Fourth Amendment Pragmatism
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More Fun with the Airline Screening Playset: Body Imaging X-Ray Edition!
I’ve been following the recent controversy over the TSA’s body imaging X-ray machines, otherwise known as the “backscatter” or “exhibit-yourself-in-the-nude” devices. It made me reminisce about an old post I wrote about the Playmobil airline screening playset. I had not used the playset for a while. Five long years have elapsed since my post, and […]
The Slow Demise of Defamation and the Privacy Torts
The ABA Journal reports [link no longer available] that the number of libel suits has been steadily dropping in the United States:
Privacy and Youth
A new poll by Common Sense Media reveals some interesting data about privacy and youth. The poll was conducted by Zogby International:
The Clementi Suicide and Invasion of Privacy
The media has been reporting on the tragic suicide of Tyler Clementi, a student at Rutgers University. From CNN:
Are People Really Harmed By a Data Breach?
“It’s just a flesh wound.” — Monty Python and the Holy Grail Over at Privacy & Security Source, Andrew Serwin, a leading privacy lawyer and author of an excellent treatise on privacy law, has a very thoughtful and informative post [link no longer available] about cases where courts found no harm to individuals by data […]
Cell Phone Stalking
According to the Wall St. Journal, “more than 25,000 adults in the U.S. are victims of GPS stalking annually, including by cellphone.” The article notes that a cell phone account holder can track everyone on the account. Users are notified by text message but can’t stop it. This tracking policy might work well with a […]
Naked Lies and the Airport Body Scan
Despite many objections, the TSA has been moving forward on using new airport body scan machines that show people’s naked bodies. I blogged about these machines here [link no longer available]. “Never fear,” they told us. “We care about privacy. We really care! And so we promise we won’t store the images.” So much for […]
Is it Illegal to Post an Image of the FBI’s Seal?
According to CNN: The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has threatened Wikipedia with legal action if the online encyclopedia doesn’t remove the FBI’s seal from its site. The seal is featured in an encyclopedia entry about the FBI. Wikipedia isn’t backing down, however. The online encyclopedia — which is run by a nonprofit group and […]
The Star Wars Kid Strikes Back
In The Future of Reputation, I wrote about the Star Wars Kid, the teenager who made a video of himself pretending to fight with a lightsaber. The video was uploaded to the Web without his consent, and he was ridiculed around the world, his video being downloaded tens of millions of times. For years, nobody […]