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[…] for some time. 400 Cases where companies violate their privacy policies could also potentially benefit from breach of confidentiality claims. Consider, for example, two cases involving Northwest Airlines after a number of carriers disclosed passenger data in violation of their privacy policies to the federal government after the Septem- ber 11th attacks. InIn re […]

[…] 11, 2001, the impetus for the government to gather personal information has greatly increased, since such data can be useful to track down terrorists and to profile airline passengers for more thorough searches. 2 Detailed records of an individual’s reading materials, purchases, diseases, and website activity enable the government to assemble a profile of […]

[…] and those that allow one to process and collate that data in inter-esting ways.” [FN53] Jonathan Zittrain identifies “three successive shifts in technology from the early 1970s: cheap pro- cessors, cheap networks, and cheap sensors. . . . The third shift has, with the help of the first two, opened the doors tonew and […]

[…] This discussion is impacted by the exponential increase in exposure that one experiences in today’s information age. 59 Your business is not just published in a finite number of print publications; it is available permanently online for the world to see. 60 Consider the average readership of print media when this privacy debate first […]

[…] If they fall into the wrong hands, they could prove devastating for victims as well as present ongoing risks to national secu- rity. Therefore, passwords are a cheap and effective way to limit identity theft and minimize the problems victims face in clearing up the damage caused by identity theft. 7. Disclosure of Security […]

[…] Princeton created an interesting twist to Encore’s research methodology, showing how to deploy these measurements through online advertisements .17 The researcher simply purchases ad impressions — available cheaply by the thousands — and delivers 11 J.A. Pouwelse, P. Garbacki, D.H.J Epema, and H.J. Sips, “The Bittorrent P2P File -Sharing System: Measurements and Analysis,” Department […]

[…] retrieve pertinent information on basically any subject imaginable. This physical convenience is buttressed by the economic convenience provided by the Internet. E-consum ers can purchase anything from airline tickets to pet supplies online merely by placing items in an electronic shopping cart, entering payment information and providing delivery instructions. These purchases take mere moments […]

[…] was mostly predictable. 257 252 . Zittrain, Privacy 2.0 , supra note 147, at 65 . 253 . Id. 254 . See Id. at 81 (stating ―[w]ith cheap sensors, processors, and networks, citizens can quickly distribute to anywhere in the world what they capture in their backyard. Therefore, any activity is subject to recording […]

[…] apply to certain uses of the information. 151 The tort should not be used to make illegal the sending of Christmas card lists to family members or phone calls to friends with someone‘s change in address. The intent o f the tort is to stop tortfeasors from profiting from the sale of compilations of […]

[…] ransaction  can  always  contract  for  confidentiality.  This  is  unreal istic  due  because  consumers  suffer  from  privacy  myopia:  they  will  sell  their  data  too  often   and  too  cheaply.  Modest  assumptions  about  consumer  privacy  myopia  suggest  that  even  Ame ricans  who  place  a  high  value  on  information privacy will sell their privacy bit by  bit for frequent flyer miles.”).  106 Id.  107  A  2009  study  showed  that  […]