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July 2018

If the US fails to protect citizens’ data, it will lag behind

[Commentary] While opinions may differ on the soundness of the European approach, it is difficult to dispute that the European Union is currently leading the charge on protecting consumers’ personal information online. Its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which went into effect in May, is setting the standard for data protection. The US only has a small window to get back in the game and influence the shape of global digital privacy norms.

"I was devastated": Tim Berners-Lee, the man who crated the world wide web, has some regrets

Initially, Tim Berners-Lee’s innovation was intended to help scientists share data across a then-obscure platform called the Internet, a version of which the US government had been using since the 1960s. But owing to his decision to release the source code for free—to make the Web an open and democratic platform for all—his brainchild quickly took on a life of its own. Berners-Lee’s life changed irrevocably, too.

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Center on Privacy & Technology

Date: 
Mon, 07/02/2018 - 15:30 to 19:30

Just how private is location data kept by cellphone providers?

Join us after the Supreme Court renders its decision in Carpenter v. United States to hear experts reflect on implications for policy and practice.

  • Professor Laura Donohue, Fourth Amendment expert, Georgetown University Law Center 

  • Jason Downs, Criminal litigation expert, Downs Collins

  • Todd Hesel, Appellate criminal prosecutor, Maryland Office of the Attorney General


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