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"Do-Not-Track" As Contract, Joshua A.T. Fairfield
"Do-Not-Track" As Contract, Joshua A.T. Fairfield
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
Support for enforcement of a do-not-track option in browsers has been gathering steam. Such an option presents a simple method for consumers to protect their privacy. The problem is how to enforce this choice. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) could enforce a do-not-track option in a consumer browser under its section 5 powers. The FTC, however, currently appears to lack the political will to do so. Moreover, the FTC cannot follow the model of its successful do-not-call list since the majority of Internet service providers (ISPs) assign Internet addresses dynamically--telephone numbers do not change, whereas Internet protocol (IP) addresses may …
We're Friends, Right? Client List Misappropriation And Online Social Networking In The Workplace, Brian V. Wyk
We're Friends, Right? Client List Misappropriation And Online Social Networking In The Workplace, Brian V. Wyk
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
Social networks, such as Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn have grown tremendously over the past decade, and today they claim over 200 million users between the three services. A great number of smaller social networks have also appeared, and new services are constantly being created. With the vast growth of social networking has come the use of social networking in business. As businesses have sought to exploit the wealth of information that social network users share over these networks, businesses have encountered the problem of protecting the compilations of information they have produced. The problem became clear in 2008 when a …