Posts about Technology by Professor Daniel J. Solove for his blog at TeachPrivacy, a privacy awareness and security training company.
A cartoon for the holidays. Additional holiday goodies: Stocking stuffer for kids (ideal age 7-11) – my children’s book about privacy, The Eyemonger Pre-order my new book about privacy, On Privacy and Technology (Feb. 2025) – it’s mercifully concise, about 120 pages! If you want to keep up with my writings, cartoons, events, etc., please […]
I am excited to announce that my forthcoming book, ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY (Oxford University Press) is now available for pre-order. It will be in print in January 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 […]
I’m excited to share a press release from GW Law School announcing our new GW Center for Law and Technology. Through the Center, we’re building out our privacy and tech curriculum and activities. Recently, we have done the following:
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 […]
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.
If you couldn’t make it to my recent webinar on Neurotech and Privacy , you can watch the replay here. I had a great discussion with Nita Farahany, Jules Polonetsky and Ahmed Shaheed AI on the dangers that neurotechnology poses for privacy, fundamental human rights, and freedom of thought. Also, make sure to order Nita […]
We often hear of the dark side of artificial intelligence (AI), how it will plunge us into a dystopian world of lost privacy and bad automated decisions, culminating in the robots killing us all. Professor Orly Lobel’s The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future (Public Affairs, October 2022) offers a very […]
If you couldn’t make it to my webinar to discuss privacy and innovation, you can watch the replay here. David Keating (Alston & Bird), Ashley Massengale (Porsche) and Nameir Abbas (Okta), and I discussed practical approaches and tips for assessments of new technologies under privacy regulatory standards.
Please check out the conversation I had with Alexandra Ross and Elena Elkina about dark patterns. A “dark pattern” is a term coined in 2010 by Harry Brignull, who defined it as “a user interface that has been carefully crafted to trick users into doing things, such as buying insurance with their purchase or signing up […]
Please check out the conversation I had with Travis LeBlanc (Cooley), Simon McDougall (UK ICO) and Justin Antonipillai (Wirewheel) on Data Privacy Day. We discussed privacy developments for this year and beyond.