Posts about Privacy+Security Scholarship by Professor Daniel J. Solove for his blog at TeachPrivacy, a privacy awareness and security training company.
Originally posted on Substack I’ve curated a list of recent works on privacy, AI, and tech that will be worth your time checking out. Authors included: Graham Greenleaf Ella Corren Cindy Cohn Andrew Guthrie Ferguson Alicia Solow-Niederman Laura Moy Mark P. McKenna Woodrow Hartzog Maria P. Angel Christina Lee Zina Makar Elettra Bietti Peter Ormerod
Originally posted on Substack I’ve curated a list of recent works on privacy, AI, and tech that will be worth your time checking out. As I’m just launching this series, I have a backlog of recent works that I plan to include in future editions.
Originally posted on Substack Is personal data property? Should it be? I’ve often heard arguments that an effective way to protect privacy would be to protect personal data with property rights. The thinking behind this idea is that ownership of property confers a lot of power on the owner, so perhaps this is the best […]
It’s gratifying to see a Chronicle of Higher Education editor recall a piece I wrote there 15 years ago — though I wish the remembrance was for less ominous reason. He concludes: “It appears that the moment he warned us about has arrived.” My Chronicle of Higher Ed piece is based on my article, “I’ve […]
I’m very excited to share with you the final published version of my article, Privacy in Authoritarian Times: Surveillance Capitalism and Government Surveillance, 67 Boston College Law Review 51 (2026). You can download the article for free on SSRN.
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 […]
I just posted my new article draft on SSRN (free download): Enforcing Privacy Law: Why Private Litigation Is Essential. Here’s the abstract: Enforcement is an essential dimension for effective privacy and data protection laws—and it is probably the most important one. No matter how many privacy laws are enacted and how strong the laws are, […]
Here’s a roundup of my privacy and AI scholarship in 2025. ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY Oxford University Press (2025) From the book jacket: Succinct and eloquent, On Privacy and Technology is an essential primer on how to face the threats to privacy in today’s age of digital technologies and AI. With the rapid rise of new digital […]
I’m very excited to share with you the final published version of my article with Professor Woodrow Hartzog, The Great Scrape: The Clash Between AI Scraping and Privacy, 113 California Law Review 1521 (2025). You can download the article for free on SSRN.
I’ve posted free on SSRN an excerpt from my new book, ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY. The excerpt debunks the myths that impede effective privacy regulation. If you’re interested in reading the whole book, you can buy at at the following places: Amazon Barnes & Noble Oxford University Press Bookshop.org