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Access And Aggregation: Privacy, Public Records, And The Constitution, Daniel J. Solove
Access And Aggregation: Privacy, Public Records, And The Constitution, Daniel J. Solove
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
In this article, Professor Solove develops a theory to reconcile the tension between transparency and privacy in the context of public records. Federal and state governments maintain public records containing personal information spanning an individual's life from birth to death. The web of state and federal regulation that governs the accessibility of these records generally creates a default rule in open access to information. Solove contends that the ready availability of public records creates a significant problem for privacy because various bits of information when aggregated paint a detailed portrait of a person's life that Solove refers to as a …
The Globalization Of Jurisdiction, Paul Schiff Berman
The Globalization Of Jurisdiction, Paul Schiff Berman
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
This Article begins by surveying the myriad ways that increasing globalization of communication, travel, and trade, and in particular the rise of the Internet, have forced judges and legal scholars to "adapt" traditional rules for legal jurisdiction to the new economic and social environment. For example, if a person posts content online that is legal where posted but illegal in some place where it is viewed, can that person be subject to suit in the far-off location? How should the International Shoe "minimum contacts" test account for online contacts? Is online activity sufficient to make one "present" in a jurisdiction …