During class this week, we heard from Andrew Howard, who shared information on the regulatory and communications landscape shaping the privacy debate. As part of his lecture, Andrew told us that a fundamental issue is that technological innovation outpaces lawmaking by a huge margin; as a result, self-regulation has largely failed (e.g., behavioral ads). In addition, in the U.S., there is a complex patchwork of state data breach notification laws and sector-specific federal statutes (e.g., HIPAA, FCRA) that complicate matters.

Be sure to look at the following websites for additional information:

  • Electronic Freedom Foundation’s When Government Comes Knocking
  • Global Network Initiative’s look at restrictive regimes
  • Facebook’sprivacy policy

    • For this week’s blog, do a little snooping on your classmates. Find another blogger from our class who features content similar to your own (sports, culture, fashion, etc) and write a piece that adds to or furthers the conversation from one of their posts.