The Privacy Debate

The Federal Trade Commission building is seen in Washington

The FTC can rise to the privacy challenge, but not without help from Congress

Chris Jay Hoofnagle, Woody Hartzog, and Daniel J. Solove

Thursday, August 8, 2019

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees joint hearing

Why data ownership is the wrong approach to protecting privacy

Cameron F. Kerry and John B. Morris

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Proposed New York bill expands scope of data privacy debate

Jack Karsten and Raj Karan Gambhir

Monday, June 24, 2019

Federal Trade Chairman Joseph Simons, (L), Federal Trade Commissioners (2nd L-R), Rohit Chopra, Noah Phillips, Rebecca Slaughter and Christine Wilson testify on the "Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission" before the U.S. Senate Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance and Data Security Subcommittee in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, U.S., November 27, 2018. REUTERS/ Leah Millis - RC1654D52A80

Rulemaking and its discontents: Moving from principle to practice in federal privacy legislation

Cameron F. Kerry and Daniel J. Weitzner

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hold a news conference during the 'Christchurch Call Meeting' at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France May 15, 2019. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS - RC155DB283B0

The US falls behind international efforts to rein in technology platforms

Clara Hendrickson

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

People look at data on their mobiles as background with internet wire cables on switch hub is projected in this picture illustration taken May 30, 2018. Picture taken May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration - RC138602D200

Brookings survey finds three-quarters of online users rarely read business terms of service

Darrell M. West

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

The exterior shot of the State Capitol is seen as California legislators work late into the night to pass a $40 billion budget in the building in Sacramento, California February 17, 2009. As California lawmakers resumed their push on Tuesday to close a state budget shortfall of more than $40 billion, state officials began informing some 20,000 state employees they could lose their jobs if the legislature fails to pass a budget plan. REUTERS/Max Whittaker (UNITED STATES) - GM1E52I0UL901

A federal privacy law could do better than California’s

Cameron F. Kerry

Monday, April 29, 2019

A general view of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington February 28, 2013. Positions hardened on Wednesday between U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders over the budget crisis even as they arranged to hold last-ditch talks to prevent harsh automatic spending cuts beginning this week. Looking resigned to the $85 billion in "sequestration" cuts starting on Friday, government agencies began reducing costs and spelling out to employees how furloughs will work. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E92S1U0N01

Proposed language for data collection standards in privacy legislation

Cameron F. Kerry

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

U.S. 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), speaks at the 2019 National Action Network National Convention in New York, U.S., April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - RC1EE3F6C660

Should big technology companies break up or break open?

Thursday, April 11, 2019

An illustration picture shows a network cable next to a pack of smartphones in Berlin, June 7, 2013. The debate over whether the U.S. government is violating citizens' privacy rights while trying to protect them from terrorism escalated dramatically on Thursday amid reports that authorities have collected data on millions of phone users and tapped into servers at nine internet companies. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY BUSINESS) - BM2E967131Y01

Comparing American and European perspectives on tech and privacy

Amalia Coyle and Ted Piccone

Wednesday, April 3, 2019