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Privacy In Gaming, N. Cameron Russell, Joel R. Reidenberg, Sumyung Moon
Privacy In Gaming, N. Cameron Russell, Joel R. Reidenberg, Sumyung Moon
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
Video game platforms and business models are increasingly built on collection, use, and sharing of personal information for purposes of both functionality and revenue. This paper examines privacy issues and explores data practices, technical specifications, and policy statements of the most popular games and gaming platforms to provide an overview of the current privacy legal landscape for mobile gaming, console gaming, and virtual reality devices. The research observes how modern gaming aligns with information privacy notions and norms and how data practices and technologies specific to gaming may affect users and, in particular, child gamers.
After objectively selecting and analyzing …
Apis And Your Privacy, N. Cameron Russell
Apis And Your Privacy, N. Cameron Russell
Faculty Scholarship
Application programming interfaces, or APIs, have been the topic of much recent discussion. Newsworthy events, including those involving Facebook’s API and Cambridge Analytica obtaining information about millions of Facebook users, have highlighted the technical capabilities of APIs for prominent websites and mobile applications. At the same time, media coverage of ways that APIs have been misused has sparked concern for potential privacy invasions and other issues of public policy. This paper seeks to educate consumers on how APIs work and how they are used within popular websites and mobile apps to gather, share, and utilize data.
APIs are used in …