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, […]
Category: Regulation of Privacy
Privacy and AI Deregulation Will Be Bad for Innovation
Originally posted on Substack Unfortunately, the EU might be falling for the delusion that rolling back tech regulation will result in AI suddenly sprouting from its soil. It’s magical thinking that taking a few whacks at the GDPR and AI Act will somehow conjure up AI. I see it as more akin to pulling out […]
Artificial Intelligence and Privacy – FINAL VERSION
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. […]
Privacy in Authoritarian Times
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 […]
Murky Consent: An Approach to the Fictions of Consent in Privacy Law – FINAL VERSION
I’m delighted to share the newly-published final version of my article: Murky Consent: An Approach to the Fictions of Consent in Privacy Law 104 B.U. L. Rev. 593 (2024) I’ve been pondering privacy consent for more than a decade, and I think I finally made a breakthrough with this article. I welcome feedback and hope […]
Webinar – Another Privacy Bill on Capitol Hill: The American Privacy Rights Act Blog
In case you missed my recent webinar with Laura Riposo VanDruff and Jules Polonetsky, you can watch the replay here. We discussed the strengths and weaknesses of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) and its likelihood of passing.
Artificial Intelligence and Privacy
I’m delighted to post my new article draft, Artificial Intelligence and Privacy. 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. Here’s the abstract: This Article aims to establish a foundational understanding […]
Webinar – Privacy Law in the 21st Century: Past, Present, Future Blog
In case you missed my webinar on Privacy Law in the 21st Century, you can watch the replay here. I had a great discussion with Salomé Viljoen (Michigan Law), Ari Waldman (U.C. Irvine Law), and Margot Kaminski (Colorado Law) about how privacy law has been evolving.
Webinar The Quantified Worker AI and Employment Blog
If you couldn’t make it to my recent webinar to discuss Ifeoma Ajunwa’s book, The Quantified Worker: Law and Technology in the Modern Workplace, you can watch the replay here. I had a great discussion with Ifeoma Ajunwa, Pauline Kim, and Matthew Bodie on the use of AI in hiring decisions and for other employment […]
Webinar – Is AI Policy a Privacy Issue Blog
If you couldn’t make it to my recent webinar on AI policy and privacy, you can watch the replay here. I had a great discussion with Omer Tene and Brenda Leong.