Privacy Paradox
A Twenty-First Century Framework for Digital Privacy
Jeffrey Rosen Mon, May 15, 2017, 12:00 PM
The National Constitution Center has assembled a new collection of white papers on digital privacy.
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Privacy
Digital Divergence: How Digital Network Technology Threatens both Privacy and Security
David Kris Mon, May 8, 2017, 9:02 AM
A summary of David Kris's new paper for the National Constitution Center's May 10 event on "Digital Privacy in the 21st Century."
National Security Letters
Microsoft Joins Other Tech Companies by Releasing 2014 National Security Letter
Jordan Brunner Fri, Apr 14, 2017, 1:29 PM
Yesterday morning, Microsoft released, along with its most recent biannual transparency reports, a 2014 National Security Letter (NSL) from the FBI which sought “data belonging to belonging to a customer of our consumer services,” according to the company’s press release on the matter.
Privacy Paradox
Twitter Drops Complaint Against DHS
Jordan Brunner Fri, Apr 7, 2017, 3:38 PM
A summary of Twitter's complaint against the Department of Homeland Security in response to a CBP summons to reveal account information of one of its users.
Neil Gorsuch
Gorsuch on Cyber-Related Issues: Part Two
Sarah Tate Chambers Thu, Mar 30, 2017, 3:08 PM
This is the second part of a three-part series on Judge Neil Gorsuch’s handling of cyber issues. In this collection of cases, Judge Gorsuch identifies the uniqueness of computer searches and the accompanying safeguards, and examines potentially faulty databases.
Neil Gorsuch
Gorsuch on Cyber-Related Issues: Part One
Sarah Tate Chambers Thu, Mar 23, 2017, 9:08 AM
The first in a three-part series of Judge Gorsuch’s treatment of cyber-related issues.
Privacy
Trump's Social Media Plan: Problematic Law and Policy, Pointless Security
April Doss Mon, Mar 20, 2017, 4:42 PM
Recent proposals to search the cellphones and social media profiles of visitors arriving at the U.S. border raise serious legal questions and are unwise from a policy perspective.
Western Europe
Balancing Privacy and Security in Germany
Russell A. Miller Tue, Mar 14, 2017, 10:32 AM
As the recent, seminal BKA-Act Case shows, Germany wants to be seen as a beacon for privacy and data protection in our anxious, big-data era while also benefitting from a blood-and-iron security regime.
Privacy Paradox
What the “Interior Security” Executive Order does to Foreigners’ Privacy Rights
Stewart Baker, Zachary Schreiber Fri, Feb 3, 2017, 11:52 AM
What is the provision on the Privacy Act of Trump's Executive order on “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States" aimed at?
Privacy Paradox
The Economic Case for Preserving PPD-28 and Privacy Shield
Cameron Kerry, Alan Charles Raul Tue, Jan 17, 2017, 3:19 PM
In the first days of the new administration, an Obama executive order extending certain privacy protections to ordinary foreign citizens should not be on the chopping block: it is vital to transatlantic digital trade and ecommerce.