New Spanish Law raises concerns over use of sensitive data by political parties
The new Law on Data Protection and Digital Rights (LOPD), recently enacted in Spain, includes a highly controversial provision allowing political parties and organizations to collect and use personal...
View ArticleSupplemental Letter to PJCIS regarding Assistance and Access Bill
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsAuthor(s): Riana PfefferkornPublication Date: November 26, 2018Publication Type: Other WritingLetter to Australia's Parliamentary Joint Committee on...
View ArticleThe European Commission's Google Cases - Lessons for Antitrust Enforcement in...
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View ArticleMotion to Unseal Court Records Concerning US DOJ Motion to Compel Facebook
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsAuthor(s): Riana PfefferkornPublication Date: November 28, 2018Publication Type: Litigation BriefMotion to unseal the docket and court's legal reasoning in a...
View ArticleMotion to Unseal Court Records Concerning US DOJ Motion to Compel Facebook
Encryption helps human rights workers, activists, journalists, financial institutions, innovative businesses, and governments protect the confidentiality, integrity, and economic value of their...
View ArticleI'm Asking a Federal Court to Unseal Its Secret Docket in a Facebook...
Today, I joined the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Northern California, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in moving to unseal a sealed case in federal district court in the Eastern...
View ArticleThe Promise and Peril of Personalization
In this essay, we explore how personalization works for and against people. Personalization is just a tool. Society needs to pay attention to what is being personalized and to what and whose...
View ArticlePrivacy, Disclosure, and Social Exchange Theory
Maintaining the privacy of one’s personal information — one’s choice of when to disclose it and to whom, how one maintains control over it, and the risks of disclosure — is one of the most important...
View ArticleNHTSA's Autopilot Claim That Tesla Touted Disputed in New Study
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsDate published: February 13, 2019Bloomberg Business"“What I really took away was there wasn’t the kind of data submitted to NHTSA that would give an agency the...
View ArticleAgency Might Have Overstated Tesla Autopilot's Safety Impact
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsDate published: February 14, 2019Government Technology"“The lesson here is a need for candor,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a driverless-vehicle law expert at the...
View ArticleScientists call for ban on lethal, autonomous robots
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsDate published: February 14, 2019The Globe and Mail"None of the panelists said they were seeking to bar the use of robotics in all military applications....
View ArticleSubmission to PJCIS Regarding Assistance and Access Act
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsAuthor(s): Riana PfefferkornPublication Date: February 14, 2019Publication Type: Other WritingSubmission to Australia's Parliamentary Joint Committee on...
View ArticleOrder Denying Motions to Unseal
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsPublication Date: February 11, 2019Publication Type: Litigation BriefOrder denying motions by Riana Pfefferkorn and others to unseal the docket and court's...
View ArticleCourt Refuses to Shed Light on Government’s Attempt to Break Facebook...
On February 11, a federal court in Fresno denied a motion to unseal that I had filed last November along with the ACLU, the ACLU of Northern California, and the Electronic Frontier...
View ArticleFBI is dismantling its war crimes unit
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsDate published: February 15, 2019Reveal"“These are difficult cases to prove because they need rock-solid investigations,” said Beth Van Schaack, a law professor...
View ArticleHow far should organizations be able to go to defend against cyberattacks?
LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google MapsAuthor(s): Scott ShackelfordPublication Date: February 15, 2019Publication Type: Other WritingThe deluge of cyberattacks sweeping across the world has...
View ArticleYou've Been Sued In The E.U. For Copying A "Short Extract"!
You are CEO of Google. When you wake up tomorrow morning, your general counsel calls you: "we've been sued in the E.U. for copyright infringement! The claim: our search results for LeParisien and...
View ArticleNew EU rules on video-sharing platforms: will they really work?
The new EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) has been officially adopted and published. it is now time for member States to start the process of incorporating its provisions into their...
View ArticleTestimony to Australian Parliamentary Committee on Assistance & Access Bill
Today I testified telephonically before Australia's Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security regarding the proposed LocationUnited StatesSee map: Google Maps
View ArticleTool Without A Handle: Tools For Meaning, Part 2
“Tool Without A Handle”: Tools and the Search for Meaning – Part II"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have...
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