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A Brief History Of Information Privacy Law, Daniel J. Solove
A Brief History Of Information Privacy Law, Daniel J. Solove
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
This book chapter provides a brief history of information privacy law in the United States from colonial times to the present. It discusses the development of the common law torts, Fourth Amendment law, the constitutional right to information privacy, numerous federal statutes pertaining to privacy, electronic surveillance laws, and more. It explores how the law has emerged and changed in response to new technologies that have increased the collection, dissemination, and use of personal information.
A Model Regime Of Privacy Protection, Daniel J. Solove
A Model Regime Of Privacy Protection, Daniel J. Solove
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
A series of major security breaches at companies with sensitive personal information has sparked significant attention to the problems with privacy protection in the United States. Currently, the privacy protections in the United States are riddled with gaps and weak spots. Although most industrialized nations have comprehensive data protection laws, the United States has maintained a sectoral approach where certain industries are covered and others are not. In particular, emerging companies known as "commercial data brokers" have frequently slipped through the cracks of U.S. privacy law. In this article, the authors propose a Model Privacy Regime to address the problems …