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    Yale ISP’s “9.5 Theses for Technology Policy in the Next Administration”

    Friday, April 25th, 2008

    In preparation for next month’s Computers, Freedom & Privacy conference on “Technology Policy ‘08“, the Yale Information Society Project has released “9.5 Theses for Technology Policy in the Next Administration“:
    1. Privacy. Protect human dignity, autonomy, and privacy by providing individuals with control over the collection, use, and distribution of their personal information and medical information.
    2. […]

    Germany’s High Court Protects Computer Privacy

    Friday, February 29th, 2008

    The German Constitutional Court, ruling on the constitutionality of secret online searches of computers by government agencies, has created a new “basic right to the confidentiality and integrity of information-technological systems” as derived from the German Constitution. The AP reports:
    The Karlsruhe-based Federal Constitutional Court said in a precedent-setting decision that data stored or exchanged on […]

    Computers, Freedom, & Privacy: Technology Policy ‘08

    Thursday, February 28th, 2008

    The call for papers for the 2008 Computers, Freedom & Privacy conference has been released. This year’s theme is “Technology Policy ‘08“. Details below:
    COMPUTERS, FREEDOM, AND PRIVACY: TECHNOLOGY POLICY ‘08
    http://cfp2008.org/
    18th Annual CFP conference
    May 20-23, 2008
    Omni Hotel
    New Haven, CT
    CALL FOR PROPOSALS
    This election year will be the first to address US technology policy in the information age […]

    Yale ISP Reading Group: Technology, Law, Society, Values and Design

    Saturday, January 19th, 2008

    This spring I am running a reading group at the Yale Information Society Project (but open to all) titled “Technology, Law, Society, Values and Design.” The description and draft syllabus are below — comments and suggestions are welcome!
    Technology, Law, Society, Values and Design
    The starting point of this reading group is the position that the […]

    Privacy Protection in the Network Society: “Trading Up” or a “Race to the Bottom”?

    Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

    In many of my recent presentations on privacy and information policy, I’ve drawn on differences in the legal and regulatory frameworks applied to the flows of personal information in the United States compared to the European Union. In short, the EU takes a paternalist approach to data protection policy, aiming to preserve a fundamental human […]

    Justice Department Says F.B.I. Misused Patriot Act

    Friday, March 9th, 2007

    In what should not come as that big of a surprise, AP reports:
    The FBI improperly and, in some cases, illegally used the USA Patriot Act to secretly obtain personal information about people in the United States, a Justice Department audit concluded Friday.
    And for three years the FBI underreported to Congress how often it forced businesses […]


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