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[…] for Book Buys Faces High Bar , WASH . POST , Apr. 10, 1998, at B01. 3/8/2012 9:42 AM 2012 ] The Perils of Social Reading 11 phone sex novella Vox and Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. 41 But the important lesson for present purposes is that if it had wanted to, or if […]

[…] confidential .40 Indeed, e xplicit contracts for confidentiality are simply too clunky for most social interac tions where they would be useful. 41 Garfield argued that a number of problems arise when trying to use informal contracts of confidentiality to protect privacy interests. 42 Eugene Volokh asserted that contracts, particularly implied obligations of confi […]

[…] in the ongoing Fourth Amendment discourse. It is currently fiercely debated in the context of location -based data — especially that which can be collected by mobile phone operators. For instance, in a c ontroversial opinion, the D.C. Circuit chose to restrict governmental collection of location -based data over a long time period while […]

[…] (holding that emp loyers violate section 8(a)(1) if employer s engage in activities that chill their employees ’ freedom to exercise section 7 rights); Konop v. Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., 302 F.3d 868, 884 (9th Cir. 2002) (determining that employer surveillance often causes emp loyees to refrain from exercising their rights under federal labor law […]

Privacy and the Smart Grid: How to Address Consumer Concerns Without Jeopardizing the Growth of the Grid A web conference, Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Eastern Click here or call 888-471-4447 (+1-301-769-6804) to register! YOUR PRESENTERS: Lillie Coney, Associate Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center Annabelle Lee, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist, Computer […]

[…]   A.  Self Verification  a.  The site asks the user in a neutral way what his  or her birth date is, and if the user is  underage, a session cookie is placed in their brows er preventing access for the duration  of their web browsing session.  i.  Self-verification of this sort is the standard i n the USA, where the Children’s  Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) requires all  web sites which collect   personally identifiable information (PII) of childr en to obtain verifiable parental  consent. Sites that are not aimed at children that  collect personal information  may rely on the neutral age screen to ensure that u sers are adults. And, as noted  in the DG Infosoc report 1, self-verification is the technique favored by man y adult  web sites and social networking sites in Europe.  ii.  Advantages :  Cheap and easy to implement.   iii.  Concerns : Easy for people to lie.   1 See Information Society & Media Directorate-General (DG Infosoc): Background Report on Cross Media Rat ing and Classification, and Age Verification Solutions, p.18 […]

[…]   A.  Self Verification  a.  The site asks the user in a neutral way what his  or her birth date is, and if the user is  underage, a session cookie is placed in their brows er preventing access for the duration  of their web browsing session.  i.  Self-verification of this sort is the standard i n the USA, where the Children’s  Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) requires all  web sites which collect   personally identifiable information (PII) of childr en to obtain verifiable parental  consent. Sites that are not aimed at children that  collect personal information  may rely on the neutral age screen to ensure that u sers are adults. And, as noted  in the DG Infosoc report 1, self-verification is the technique favored by man y adult  web sites and social networking sites in Europe.  ii.  Advantages :  Cheap and easy to implement.   iii.  Concerns : Easy for people to lie.   1 See Information Society & Media Directorate-General (DG Infosoc): Background Report on Cross Media Rat ing and Classification, and Age Verification Solutions, p.18 […]

[…] online. The understanding will breed trust, and the trust will breed a more viable advertising solution. We agree with Jeff Hirsch, CEO of AudienceScience. But talk is cheap. Will industry really seek to deliver on user trust? We hope so but we also think that many aren’t yet engaged in the hard work needed […]

[…] Report. DC – 034863/000001 – 2911342 v3 19 advertisements based on location information derived directly from the consumers’ mobile device can be delivered to the consumers’ mobile phones. 54 The Report noted that industry members widely agree that privacy practices in the mobile marketplace should incorporate two key tenets of consumer privacy—notice and consent. […]

[…] (including separately regulated genetic information), regardless of the user’s purpose for uploading it (which could range from well-intentioned care coordination to malicious use). Provider Data: Identifiers, tax numbers, notes, or references concerning healthcare providers and potentially medical facility staff, raising privacy concerns for these employees. Intellectual Property: Data that may be subject to copyright, […]