Written By: Ali Mousavi The connection between a person’s browsing history and his or her own state of health is too tenuous to support plaintiffs’ contention that the disclosure requirements of HIPAA or California Civil Code section 1798.91 apply in… Continue Reading
By Chris A. Batiste-Boykin On March 6, 2014, Newsweek published an article by reporter Leah McGrath Goodman in which Goodman claimed to have identified the creator of Bitcoin as Mr. Dorian Nakamoto. The article reads almost like a Tom Clancy… Continue Reading
By Lauren Harriman Heads up—Dropbox just dropped a bomb during its most recent Terms of Service (TOS) and Privacy Policy update, and you need to take action! The update, which takes effect on March 24, adds an arbitration section to the TOS.… Continue Reading
By Nicole Syzdek Gartner, Inc., an American information technology research and advisory firm, reported that in 2013, combined end-user spending on 3-D printers will reach $412 million, up 43% from 2012.[1] This rapid increase in revenue for 3-D printing companies… Continue Reading
By Lauren Harriman In 1984, Congress was facing a rapidly changing technological landscape. The world wide web was not yet available at the consumer level, but Internet use was growing quickly among universities. Law enforcement officers felt unprepared to handle… Continue Reading
By Kennard Herfel Among the global gossamer of controversies concerning the NSA revelations brews a key case involving Ladar Levison, the founder of the encrypted email provider Lavabit. Levison created Lavabit soon after the Congress passed the Patriot Act to… Continue Reading
By Lauren Harriman California’s new eraser law lets minors remove their posts from websites. But in a time where everything anyone posts is a google search away from being uncovered, is Internet erasability really something we want to teach the… Continue Reading
By Emily Poole Google has just been hit with a €900,000 ($1.2 million USD) fine, the maximum amount possible for violation of Spain’s data protection law. Google was found guilty of three distinct violations: (1) collecting users’ data, (2) combining users’ data… Continue Reading
By Emily Poole The European Union (“EU”) is in the process of strengthening its online data privacy laws, the far-reaching effects of which will be felt by any U.S. company or organization operating in the EU. The latest move toward… Continue Reading
By Emily Poole Encrypted email provider Lavabit, founded by Ladar Levison, closed shop last August after being ordered to give the U.S. government the SSL keys to the entire Lavabit website. With the keys, the government—appearing to only be after… Continue Reading
