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ArticleVol. 103 · Iss. 3
Consumer Agents
In the twenty-first-century economy, individuals need market help that they are not getting. The technology has long existed for a browser plug-in that would…
Rory Van Loo -
ArticleVol. 103 · Iss. 3
The Surveillance of System-Adjacent Individuals
Although the Fourth Amendment protects against “unreasonable searches and seizures,” this right is not enjoyed by all people equally. Supreme Court jurisprudence has curtailed…
Mariam A. Hinds -
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A Stage with Three Kings: EdTech, Sovereignty, and the Future of Transatlantic Data Law
The landmark Microsoft Ireland case highlights the limits of U.S. law enforcement authority to compel access to data stored abroad during criminal investigations. In…
Qifan Zhang -
ArticleVol. 103 · Iss. 2
Policing Children’s Data
In recent years, advances in policing technology have dramatically expanded law enforcement’s ability to access data. This includes children’s data—their photographs, text messages, geolocation…
Nila Bala -
NoteVol. 102 · Iss. 3
Safe at Home: Reimagining Address Confidentiality
On her fourth attempt to escape, a Michigan survivor hoped that her abuser would not find her this time. But, as in her previous…
Haley Bills -
NoteVol. 102 · Iss. 2
Plane-Arazzi: Balancing Remedies for Celebrities Tracked By ADS-B With the Threat of Censorship
Since their rollout in 2008 and widespread adoption in the years since, Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) transponders have made air travel both smarter and…
Savannah C. Olmstead -
ArticleVol. 101 · Iss. 5
Digital Rummaging
The digital world encodes our lives with incriminating clues. How you travel, live, love, and shop are tracked through growing surveillance technologies. Police have…
Andrew Guthrie Ferguson -
ArticleVol. 101 · Iss. 4
Estimating a Face: What Predicting Appearance from DNA Reveals About the Need to Regulate Genetic Investigations
Reliance on flawed forensic disciplines has placed innocent people in prison with alarming frequency. In the past thirty years, forensic science has contributed to…
Allison Durkin -
ArticleVol. 101 · Iss. 3
Privacy Nicks: How the Law Normalizes Surveillance
Privacy law is failing to protect individuals from being watched and exposed, despite stronger surveillance and data protection rules. The problem is that our…
Woodrow Hartzog, Evan Selinger & Johanna Gunawan -
NoteVol. 101 · Iss. 2
Ditching “DNA on Demand”: A Harms-Centered Approach to Safeguarding Privacy Interests Against DNA Collection and Use by Law Enforcement
In February 2022, news broke that the San Francisco Police Department had used a woman’s DNA collected years prior—as part of a rape examination—to…
Emma Kenny-Pessia -
NoteVol. 100 · Iss. 3
Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Compelled Biometric Decryption is a Testimonial Act
Abstract Most Americans can open their personal device using only their finger, not to type the password, but as the password itself. Using features…
Aubrey Zimmerling -
NoteVol. 100 · Iss. 3
A Privacy Torts Solution to Postmortem Deepfakes
Introduction In 2021, Road Runner, a documentary about late celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, became embroiled in controversy for using AI-generated voice technology to create…
Olivia Wall