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[…] -based default rules can be regressive because individual expectations fall back on existing experiences, not innovative potential. For example, if Facebook had not proactively launched its News Feed feature in 2006 and had instead waited for users to opt in, Facebook might never have grown as i t has today. It i s only […]

[…] the mobile device sends out to locate the Wi -Fi hotspot / Bluetooth signals. Technology Overview When the MLA data is logged:  MLA companies receive a feed of data from in -store Wi -Fi or Bluetooth sensors.  MLA companies immediately scramble the Wi -Fi or Bluetooth MAC address into a depersonalized, “hashed” […]

[…] 84. Hilbert & López, supra note 76, at 63.  430 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy [Vol. 36  timate. 85 Not all of that shared information was personal infor‐ mation, of course, but much of it probably was.  This problem will be exacerbated by the increasing ubiquity  of mobile computing and communications devices that capture  and reproduce information instantaneously. 86 For example,  most adults and many teenagers today carry a powerful digital  sensor or surveillance technology with them at all times: their  mobile phones. 87 Individuals use these technologies to record  audio and video of themselves and the world around them and  instantaneously share that data with many others. They also  use geolocation technologies to pinpoint the movement of  themselves and others in real time. 88   Meanwhile, new digital translation tools and biometric tech‐ nologies are becoming widely available to consumers. Tools such  as Google Goggles, available for many smartphones, let users  snap pictures of anything they see and have it identified by  Google’s search engine, with the results provided almost instantly  to the user. 89 Eventually, these technologies will merge with  “wearable computing” technologies that will, for example, let the  buttons on our shirts  feed live streams of our daily movements  and interactions into social networking sites and databases. 90 Peo‐ 85. Id.  86. J ONATHAN  ZITTRAIN , THE  FUTURE OF THE  INTERNET —A ND  HOW TO  STOP  IT  221 (2008) (“Cheap sensors generatively wired to cheap networks with cheap pro‐ cessors are transforming the nature of privacy.”).  87. J OHN  PALFREY  & URS  GASSER , BORN  DIGITAL : UNDERSTANDING THE  FIRST  GENERATION OF  […]

[…] (West 2007). 74 15 USC. § 6501(8)(F) (2006). 75 16 C.F.R. § 312.2 (2011). 76 15 USC. § 6501(8)(F). 77 See Julia Angwin & Tom McGinty, Sites Feed Personal Details to New Tracking Industry , W ALL ST. J. (July 30, 2010), http://online.wsj .com/article/SB10001424052748703977004575393173432219064 .html. Schwartz & Solove Reconciling Personal Information in the United […]

[…] therefore is not subject to external control. B oth the selfcontained and the interdependent autono mous vehicles will rely on inte rnally facing sensors that collect and feed data about how a vehicle and its various parts are operating to a central sensing and diagnostic component that analyzes vehicle data from various parts of […]

[…] 7 Hot Practice Areas to Grow Your Law Practice, F IND LAW STRATEGIST BLOG (Sept. 12, 2012, 5:47 AM), http://blogs.findlaw.com/strategist/2012/09/7 – hot -practice-areas -to-grow -your -law- practice.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium= feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FL Strategist+(Strategist) (citing privacy law as a fast g rowing field within the legal profession); The New “Hot” In -House Practice Area: Privacy Law, I NHOUSE INSIDER […]

[…] sharing” features.”Consumers” who” used” All” Advantage”–”a” dial” up” ISP”launched” in” 1999″which” provided”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!16!Nissenbaum,!supra!note!15,!at!p.!156.!17!Preliminary!FTC!Staff!Report,!Protecting!Consumer!Privacy!in!an!Era!of!Rapid!Change:!A!Proposed!Framework!for!Businesses!and!Policymakers,!December!2010,!http://www.ftc.gov/os/2010/12/101201privacyreport.pdf.!!18!Dana!Mattioli,!On!Orbitz,!Mac!Users!Steered!to!Pricier!Hotels,!WSJ,!Aug.!23,!2012,!http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304458604577488822667325882.html.!!19!Nissenbaum,!supra#note!15,!at!p.!152B53.!20!Consider!the!effects!of!the!EU!”Cookie!Directive”;!Sophie!Curtis,!Information!Commissioner!Criticizes!’Dreamed!up’!EU!Cookie!Directive,!TECHWORLD,!Sept.!14,!2012,!http://news.techworld.com/security/3381339/informationBcommissionerBcriticisesBdreamedBupBBeuBcookieBdirective.!! 5″connectivity”in”return”for”tracking”users”and”serving”popup”ads”–”understood”the”benefit”of”the”bargain”and”were”not”surprised”by”tracking.”INNOVATIVE!USES!The”trickiest”decisions”involve”truly”innovative”data”practices,”which”by”definition”cannot”be”anticipated”by”consumers.”Nissenbaum” posits” that” “by” putting” forward” existing” informational” norms” as” benchmarks” for” privacy” protection,” we”appear”to”endorse”entrenched”flows”that”might”be”deleterious”even”in”the”face”of”technological”means”to”make”things”better.”Put”another”way,”contextual”integrity”is”conservative”in”possibly”detrimental”ways.”21″For”example,”if”Facebook”had”not”proactively”launched”its”News” Feed“feature”in”2006″and”had”instead”solicited”users’”optin” consent,” we” might”not” have” benefitted” from” Facebook” as” we” know” it” today.” It” is” only” when” data” started” flowing” that” users” became”accustomed”to”the”change,”which”is”viewed”today”as”an”indispensable”service”by”more”than”a”billion”users”worldwide.”Hence”even”in”these”cases”of”groundbreaking”innovation,”optin”consent”is”not”always”advisable.22″Certain”prospective”data” uses” are” so” immensely” […]

[…] sharing” features.”Consumers” who” used” All” Advantage”–”a” dial” up” ISP”launched” in” 1999″which” provided”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!16!Nissenbaum,!supra!note!15,!at!p.!156.!17!Preliminary!FTC!Staff!Report,!Protecting!Consumer!Privacy!in!an!Era!of!Rapid!Change:!A!Proposed!Framework!for!Businesses!and!Policymakers,!December!2010,!http://www.ftc.gov/os/2010/12/101201privacyreport.pdf.!!18!Dana!Mattioli,!On!Orbitz,!Mac!Users!Steered!to!Pricier!Hotels,!WSJ,!Aug.!23,!2012,!http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304458604577488822667325882.html.!!19!Nissenbaum,!supra#note!15,!at!p.!152B53.!20!Consider!the!effects!of!the!EU!”Cookie!Directive”;!Sophie!Curtis,!Information!Commissioner!Criticizes!’Dreamed!up’!EU!Cookie!Directive,!TECHWORLD,!Sept.!14,!2012,!http://news.techworld.com/security/3381339/informationBcommissionerBcriticisesBdreamedBupBBeuBcookieBdirective.!! 5″connectivity”in”return”for”tracking”users”and”serving”popup”ads”–”understood”the”benefit”of”the”bargain”and”were”not”surprised”by”tracking.”INNOVATIVE!USES!The”trickiest”decisions”involve”truly”innovative”data”practices,”which”by”definition”cannot”be”anticipated”by”consumers.”Nissenbaum” posits” that” “by” putting” forward” existing” informational” norms” as” benchmarks” for” privacy” protection,” we”appear”to”endorse”entrenched”flows”that”might”be”deleterious”even”in”the”face”of”technological”means”to”make”things”better.”Put”another”way,”contextual”integrity”is”conservative”in”possibly”detrimental”ways.”21″For”example,”if”Facebook”had”not”proactively”launched”its”News” Feed“feature”in”2006″and”had”instead”solicited”users’”optin” consent,” we” might”not” have” benefitted” from” Facebook” as” we” know” it” today.” It” is” only” when” data” started” flowing” that” users” became”accustomed”to”the”change,”which”is”viewed”today”as”an”indispensable”service”by”more”than”a”billion”users”worldwide.”Hence”even”in”these”cases”of”groundbreaking”innovation,”optin”consent”is”not”always”advisable.22″Certain”prospective”data” uses” are” so” immensely” […]

[…] on! what! terms! the!information!is!shared!by!the!subject!and!the!terms!of!further!dissemination.”18!As!Professor!Nissenbaum!recognizes,!relationships! can! change! over! time.!This! is!particularly! true! with!respect! to! business! models!that! are!young!and!in! flux! together!with! users’!perceptions!and!expectations.!For! example,! if! Facebook! had! not! proactively! launched! its! News! Feed! feature!in! 2006,! we! might! not! have! benefitted! from! Facebook!(or! similar! services)!as! we! know! it!today.!It!is!only!when!data!started!flowing!that!users!saw!the!benefit,!which!is!viewed!today!as!an!indispensible!service!by!more!than!one!billion!users!worldwide.!!!Some! argue! that! soliciting! express! consent!should! be!a!prerequisite! to!any$shift! in! existing!boundaries.19!In!reality,!however,!shifting!contexts!are!not!always!readily!negotiated.!Rather,!organizations!should! assess! the! effects! […]

[…] on! what! terms! the!information!is!shared!by!the!subject!and!the!terms!of!further!dissemination.”18!As!Professor!Nissenbaum!recognizes,!relationships! can! change! over! time.!This! is!particularly! true! with!respect! to! business! models!that! are!young!and!in! flux! together!with! users’!perceptions!and!expectations.!For! example,! if! Facebook! had! not! proactively! launched! its! News! Feed! feature!in! 2006,! we! might! not! have! benefitted! from! Facebook!(or! similar! services)!as! we! know! it!today.!It!is!only!when!data!started!flowing!that!users!saw!the!benefit,!which!is!viewed!today!as!an!indispensible!service!by!more!than!one!billion!users!worldwide.!!!Some! argue! that! soliciting! express! consent!should! be!a!prerequisite! to!any$shift! in! existing!boundaries.19!In!reality,!however,!shifting!contexts!are!not!always!readily!negotiated.!Rather,!organizations!should! assess! the! effects! […]