Feb. 9, 2012 – Free Anti-Tracking Tool Meets Growing Demand for Private Browsing, NewsFactor.com

Feb. 7, 2012 – Big Data Demands Privacy Debate, All Analytics

Feb. 6, 2012 – Peter Swire Explores Social Networks, Privacy, and Freedom of Association, TAP

FPF Published in the Stanford Law Review Online

FPF is pleased to announce that FPF Senior Fellow and visiting law professor at Berkeley, Omer Tene, and FPF Co-Chair and Director Jules Polonetsky’s article, “Privacy in the Age of Big Data: A Time for Big Decisions” has been published in the Stanford Law Review (SLR) Online.  In the Internet age, big data mining use is a growing field that is proving to be a new source for massive economic and social value. Advances in data mining use are making it possible to discover relationships amidst large data sets, yielding patterns, trends, and accurate and timely predictions. This suggests that we are on the cusp of considerable innovation, productivity, efficiency, and growth.  At the same time, there are privacy and security concerns associated with big data which could stir a regulatory backlash stifling economic growth and innovation in the process. In their paper, they call for the development of a model where the benefits of data for businesses and researchers are balanced against individual privacy rights.

 

FPF Senior Fellow Peter Swire’s paper, “A Reasonableness Approach to Searches After the Jones GPS Tracking Case” was also recently published on SLR Online.

Feb. 3, 2012 – Post-IPO, Facebook will have to make privacy investigations public, Ars Technica

FPF Senior Fellows to Speak at Stanford Law Event

FPF senior fellows Peter Swire and Omer Tene will be speaking at the annual 2012 Stanford Law Review Symposium titled “The Privacy Paradox: Privacy and its Conflicting Values.” The event will take place at Stanford Law School and will begin Thursday evening with an interactive talk on military technologies and its different civilian uses. On Friday, there will be panels on the different values of privacy. The symposium will close with a keynote on Friday evening. For more information on the event, please click here.