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Best Practices And The State Of Information Security, Kevin Cronin
Best Practices And The State Of Information Security, Kevin Cronin
Chicago-Kent Law Review
The forces of globalization, together with widely available industry standards and best practices, and heightened state legislative activity, are driving the U.S. towards a more unified approach to data security. But the success of this unified approach requires more than free market efficiency and innovation. In order to maintain a state of evolutionary equilibrium in the global information economy, the U.S. must move from a fragmented approach towards data security and privacy standards, towards a more comprehensive set of standards with new penalties and effective enforcement, to better reflect the inherent value of personal data in today's global marketplace.
Returning To A Principled Basis For Data Protection, Gus Hosein
Returning To A Principled Basis For Data Protection, Gus Hosein
Chicago-Kent Law Review
Society must remain conscious of both pragmatic and principle-based rationales for information security rules. The identity card debate in the United Kingdom provides an example of exactly why a governmental information security approach that is sensitive to civil liberties would be the best approach to data protection. In contrast, we should be cautious of a balancing test that places security in parity with civil liberties and, therefore, erroneously allows pragmatism to triumph over principle.
Reasons Why We Should Amend The Constitution To Protect Privacy, Deborah Pierce
Reasons Why We Should Amend The Constitution To Protect Privacy, Deborah Pierce
Chicago-Kent Law Review
Threats to consumer privacy are many, and varied. Some threats come from corporate entities such as data aggregators and social networking sites; while others come from panoptics government surveillance systems such as Secure Flight. Not only can the data be compromised, but consumers may be adversely affected by incorrect information in their files. The time may be right to explicitly protect privacy via a constitutional amendment to the U.S. Constitution.