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Smartphone, Dumb Regulations: Mixed Signals In Mobile Privacy, Christian Levis Dec 2011

Smartphone, Dumb Regulations: Mixed Signals In Mobile Privacy, Christian Levis

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

The smartphone has turned a user’s location into valuable information. Users of smart devices can use location-based mobile services to get driving directions, check into social networks, or even see which of their friends are around. But the use of this technology, and the new type of data created by it, raises privacy concerns as to who has access to one's location-based information. Because the only legislation covering this technology, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, is more than twenty-five years old, courts encounter problems when trying to use it to resolve these privacy issues, often reaching illogical results. This Note …


10th Annual Conference On Recent Developments In Intellectual Property Law & Policy, Marc Greenberg, William T. Gallagher, Chester Chuang Sep 2011

10th Annual Conference On Recent Developments In Intellectual Property Law & Policy, Marc Greenberg, William T. Gallagher, Chester Chuang

Intellectual Property Law

Welcome to the 10 Annual Conference on Recent Developments in Intellectual Property Law andPolicy, presented by the Intellectual Property Law Center of Golden Gate University School of Law.