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Privacy Papers for Policymakers Event

FPF Privacy Papers for Policymakers 2022

I’m honored and thrilled that my article with Professor Danielle Keats Citron, Privacy Harms102 B.U. Law Review — (forthcoming 2022) has been selected for recognition by the Future of Privacy Forum in the Privacy Papers for Policymakers Competition.

Maneesha MithalThe Privacy Papers for Policymakers Event takes place on February 10, 2022 from 1 PM to 3 PM Eastern Time.  The event will be virtual. Here are details about the event:

The winning authors will join FPF to present their work at a virtual event with policymakers from around the world, academics, and industry privacy professionals. The event will be held on February 10, 2022, from 1:00 – 3:00 PM EST. The event is free and open to the general public. To register for the event, please click here.

We were honored to be joined by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, who will provide the keynote address. Thank you to Honorary Co-Hosts Congresswoman Diana DeGette, Co-Chair of the Congressional Privacy Caucus.

It is a privilege to be included among a wonderful group of winning articles.

Our article, Privacy Harmswill be covered in a session with myself and Danielle Citron. Maneesha Mithal will moderate. Maneesha, who had a long and terrific career at the FTC, has recently joined Wilson Sonsini as a partner.

You can download our article here. The article develops an approach for when the law should require a showing of privacy harm and when harm shouldn’t be required. The article also develops a typology of privacy harms, which is summarized in the figure below.

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TROPT Event: Foundational Privacy Conceptions

Foundational Privacy Conceptions

I’ll be speaking about foundational privacy conceptions in a fireside chat with Prof. Woodrow Harzog and moderated by Lourdes Turrecha at The Rise of Privacy Tech (TROPT) Data Privacy Day event (2 PM ET on Jan 26, 2022).

TROPT is the main event focusing on the privacy tech landscape, where innovators, investors, engineers, and experts come together.

I’m thrilled to able to share with you a full comp to register to attend any part of the event.

Please use my free comped link to register to attend my talk (Jan 26 at 2 PM ET) and the rest of this great event.

The event will be virtual this year.

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Privacy in 2022: The Year Ahead

Privacy in 2022

In this free webinar, Prof. Daniel Solove discusses with a panel of experts the privacy issues to watch out for this year. Speakers include:

The webinar will be held on Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 2 PM Eastern Time.

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2021 Highlights: New Privacy Training Courses

Highlights 2021 - New Privacy Training Courses

Here are the highlights of my new privacy training courses from 2021.

Privacy Training

 

CPRA (10 min and 15 min)

Data Mapping

Data Mapping Training

Dark Patterns

Dark Patterns Training Course

Global Privacy and Data Protection (non-illustrated version) (25 min)

General Privacy Awareness Course

Privacy and Data Security combo (25 min)

Module Privacy and Data Security 01

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Automating Privacy Incident and Breach Response: An Interview with Andy Lunsford

Automating Privacy Incident and Breach Response

Privacy law compliance and data breach response involve tasks of great complexity and scale that can quickly overwhelm an organization’s privacy team. Technologies have emerged to automate these tasks, but there are many decisions to make about which tasks to automate and which solutions to use.

I recently had a chance to chat with Andy Lunsford is CEO and Founder of BreachRx, a technology company that automates privacy incident and breach response. Prior to founding BreachRx, Andy spent 15 years working in privacy law and large-scale commercial litigation. Andy has a BA from Washington and Lee University, a JD from the University of Arkansas, and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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2021 Highlights: Writing and Webinars

 

Highlights 2021 Prof Solove Scholarship

SCHOLARSHIP

Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff
Between Privacy and Security

I posted the full text of my book, NOTHING TO HIDE: THE FALSE TRADEOFF BETWEEN PRIVACY AND SECURITY (Yale University Press 2011) on SSRN for free.

Privacy Harms 

Typology of Privacy Harms - Citron and Solove 06Privacy Harms (with Danielle Keats Citron) forthcoming 102 B.U. Law Review __ (2022). You can download the latest draft for free on SSRN.

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Cartoon: Nothing to Hide

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Here’s a cartoon about the nothing-to-hide argument. One of the most common arguments of those unconcerned about government surveillance or privacy invasions is “I’ve got nothing to hide.”

I wrote a book addressing this argument and other faulty arguments made in the debate about privacy versus security. Recently, I posted the full text of my book, NOTHING TO HIDE: THE FALSE TRADEOFF BETWEEN PRIVACY AND SECURITY (Yale University Press 2011) on SSRN for free.

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Full Text of My Book, NOTHING TO HIDE: THE FALSE TRADEOFF BETWEEN PRIVACY AND SECURITY

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I’m delighted to announce that I have posted the full text of my book, NOTHING TO HIDE: THE FALSE TRADEOFF BETWEEN PRIVACY AND SECURITY (Yale University Press 2011) on SSRN for free. With the press’s permission, I’m posting the entire book on SSRN, free for personal use. Students assigned the book for a class may also download it for free.

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I have also posted the full text of some of my other books on SSRN:

THE DIGITAL PERSON: TECHNOLOGY AND PRIVACY IN THE INFORMATION AGE (NYU Press 2004)

THE FUTURE OF REPUTATION: GOSSIP, RUMOR, AND PRIVACY ON THE INTERNET (Yale University Press 2007)

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