Search results

Legal background In Europe, the processing of personal data is governed by Directive 95/46/EC (the “Directive”) which sets forth rules under which data may be lawfully processed1.The transfer of personal data to third countries is restricted to countries that ensure an adequate level of protection2.While the Directive itself does not provide a definition of the […]

Solutions to many pressing economic and societal challenges lie in better understanding data. New tools for analyzing disparate information sets, called Big Data, have revolutionized our ability to find signals amongst the noise. Big Data techniques hold promise for b reakthroughs ranging from better health care, a cleaner environment, safer cities, and more effective marketing. […]

i PREFACE FROM THE CO -CHAIRS OF THE FUTURE OF PRIVACY FORUM As the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) celebrates its fifth anniversary, we welcome the opportunity to participate in the discussions over trans -Atlantic privacy and, in particular, the effec tiveness and utility of the EU -US Safe Harbor. For five years, FPF has […]

Big Data in Small Hands W o o d r o w H a r t z o g * a n d E v a n S e l i n g e r ** “Big data” can be defined as a problem -solving philosophy that leverages massive data sets and algorithmic analysis to […]

Big Data in Small Hands W o o d r o w H a r t z o g * a n d E v a n S e l i n g e r ** “Big data” can be defined as a problem -solving philosophy that leverages massive data sets and algorithmic analysis to […]

2013 ] 1055 A FRAMEWORK FOR BENE FIT -COST ANALYSIS IN DIGITAL PRIVACY D EBATES Adam Thierer * INTRODUCTION Policy debates surrounding online child safety and digital privacy share much in common . Both are complicated by thorny definitional di s- putes and highly subjective valuations of “harm.” Both issues can be su b- ject […]

Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2042638 Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science Research Paper No. LBSS12 -11 Illinois Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 11 -20 Information Privacy and Data Control in Cloud Computing : Consumers, Privacy Preferences and Market Efficiency Jay P. Kesan * Carol M. Hayes** Masooda N. Bashir*** *Professor, […]

+ 2(,1 1/,1( Citation: 97 Iowa L. Rev. 809 2011-2012 Content downloaded/printed from HeinOnline (http://heinonline.org) Mon Apr 23 19:15:17 2012 — Your use of this HeinOnline PDF indicates your acceptance of HeinOnline’s Terms and Conditions of the license agreement available at http://heinonline.org/HOL/License — The search text of this PDF is generated from uncorrected OCR text. […]

WORKING DRAFT (Do Not Cite or Distribute without Authors’Permission ) Forthcoming, August, 2013, George Washington Law Review August 2013 Vol. 81 No. 5 101 Privacy in Europe: Initial Data on Governance Choices and Corporate Practices Kenneth A. Bamberger * & Deirdre K. Mulligan ** A BSTRACT As this article goes to press, the European Union […]

!!1!Big$Data$for$All:$Privacy$and$User$Control$in$the$Age$of$Analytics$Omer%Tene1%and%Jules%Polonetsky2%$Abstract!………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….!2!Introduction!……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………!2!Big!Data:!Big!Benefits!……………………………………………………………………………………………………….!6!Healthcare!…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..!7!Mobile!………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………!10!Smart!grid!………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….!10!Traffic!management!……………………………………………………………………………………………………!10!Retail!………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..!11!Payments!…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..!12!Online!……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….!12!Big!Data:!Big!Concerns!……………………………………………………………………………………………………!13!Incremental!effect!………………………………………………………………………………………………………!13!Automated!decisionHmaking!………………………………………………………………………………………..!14!Predictive!analysis!………………………………………………………………………………………………………!15!Lack!of!Access!and!Exclusion!………………………………………………………………………………………..!17!The!Ethics!of!Analytics:!Drawing!the!Line!………………………………………………………………………!18!Chilling!Effect!…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….!18!The!Legal!Framework:!Challenges!…………………………………………………………………………………….!18!Definition!of!PII!………………………………………………………………………………………………………….!19!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!Associate!Professor,!College!of!Management!Haim!Striks!School!of!Law,!Israel;!Senior!Fellow,!Future!of!Privacy!Forum;!Visiting!Researcher,!Berkeley!Center!for!Law!and!Technology;!Affiliate!Scholar,!Stanford!Center!for!Internet!and!Society.!I!would!like!to!thank!the!College!of!Management!Haim!Striks!School!of!Law!research!fund!and!the!College!of!Management!Academic!Studies!research!grant!for!supporting!research!for!this!article.!!2!CoHchair!and!Director,!Future!of!Privacy!Forum.!! !!2!Data!Minimization!………………………………………………………………………………………………………!22!Individual!Control!and!Context!…………………………………………………………………………………….!23!The!Legal!Framework:!Solutions!………………………………………………………………………………………!25!Access,!Portability,!and!Sharing!the!Wealth!…………………………………………………………………..!26!Enhanced!Transparency:!Shining!the!Light!…………………………………………………………………….!33!Conclusion!…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….!35!!!Abstract$We!live!in!an!age!of!”big!data”.!Data!have!become!the!raw!material!of!production,!a!new!source!for!immense!economic!and!social!value.!Advances!in!data!mining!and!analytics!and!the!massive!increase! in! computing! power! and! data! storage! capacity! have! expanded! by! orders! of! magnitude!the! scope! of! information! available! for! businesses! and! government.!Data! are! now! available! for!analysis!in!raw!form,!escaping!the!confines!of!structured!databases!and!enhancing!researchers’!abilities! to! identify! correlations! and! conceive! of! new,! unanticipated!uses! for! existing!information.!In! addition,!the! increasing! number! of! people,! devices,! and! sensors! that! are! now!connected! by! digital! networks! has! revolutionized! the! ability! […]