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The Data Heist: Protecting Consumers And Their Information Through Opt-In Consent, John A. Hudson
The Data Heist: Protecting Consumers And Their Information Through Opt-In Consent, John A. Hudson
Arkansas Law Review
This Comment will: (1) compare and contrast the data privacy laws in the United States and the European Union; (2) demonstrate the significant risk American consumers are subject to under the United States’ current laws and regulations; and (3) address the protections provided by the European Union’s explicit opt-in consent requirement that would ensure safer conditions for American consumers.
Semantics And Sin Tax: Maintaining Autonomy In The Age Of Hyper-Personalization, Stephen Kohn
Semantics And Sin Tax: Maintaining Autonomy In The Age Of Hyper-Personalization, Stephen Kohn
Mitchell Hamline Law Review
No abstract provided.
Data Privacy Issues In West Virginia And Beyond: A Comprehensive Overview, Jena Martin
Data Privacy Issues In West Virginia And Beyond: A Comprehensive Overview, Jena Martin
Consumer Law Scholarship
This white paper was commissioned by the Center for Consumer Law and Education, a joint initiative launched by West Virginia University and Marshall University to “coordinate the development of consumer law, policy, and education research to support and serve consumers.”
As such, this paper has a dual purpose. First, it provides a comprehensive overview of the many different legal issues that affect data privacy concerns (both nationally and in West Virginia). Second, it documents and discusses the result of a survey and specific focus groups that were undertaken throughout the fall of 2019 into January 2020 where individuals within the …
Forging A Path Towards Meaningful Digital Privacy: Data Monetization And The Ccpa, Rebecca Harris
Forging A Path Towards Meaningful Digital Privacy: Data Monetization And The Ccpa, Rebecca Harris
Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was passed in response to a number of newsworthy data breaches with widespread impacts, and which revealed how little digital privacy consumers actually have. Despite the large market for consumer data, individual consumers generally do not earn money when their personal data are sold. Further, consumers have very little control over who collects their data, what information is collected, and with whom it is shared. To place control back in the hands of the consumer, affirmative consent should be required to collect and sell consumer’s data, and consumers should have the ability to sell …
Untangling The Privacy Law Web: Why The California Consumer Privacy Act Furthers The Need For Federal Preemptive Legislation, Jordan Yallen
Untangling The Privacy Law Web: Why The California Consumer Privacy Act Furthers The Need For Federal Preemptive Legislation, Jordan Yallen
Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Recent Renaissance In Privacy Law, Margot Kaminski
A Recent Renaissance In Privacy Law, Margot Kaminski
Publications
Considering the recent increased attention to privacy law issues amid the typically slow pace of legal change.
Privacy's Constitutional Moment And The Limits Of Data Protection, Neil M. Richards, Woodrow Hartzog
Privacy's Constitutional Moment And The Limits Of Data Protection, Neil M. Richards, Woodrow Hartzog
Scholarship@WashULaw
America’s privacy bill has come due. Since the dawn of the Internet, Congress has repeatedly failed to build a robust identity for American privacy law. But now both California and the European Union have forced Congress’s hand by passing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These data protection frameworks, structured around principles for Fair Information Processing called the “FIPs,” have industry and privacy advocates alike clamoring for a “U.S. GDPR.” States seemed poised to blanket the country with FIP-based laws if Congress fails to act. The United States is thus in the midst …