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Children Seen But Not Heard, Stacey B. Steinberg
Children Seen But Not Heard, Stacey B. Steinberg
UF Law Faculty Publications
Children are expected to abide by the will of their parents. In the last 200 years, American jurisprudence has given parents the ability to control their children’s upbringing with few exceptions. The principle governing this norm is that parents know best and will use their better knowledge to protect their children’s welfare.
The COVID-19 pandemic, public school rules, and children’s privacy laws offer modern examples of regulations in which the interests of parents and children may not align. Minors may want access to vaccines, despite a parent’s refusal to sign a consent form. Minors may want to talk to their …
Digital Dollar: Privacy And Transparency Dilemma, Jiaying Jiang
Digital Dollar: Privacy And Transparency Dilemma, Jiaying Jiang
UF Law Faculty Publications
Many have voiced concerns that a digital dollar, a digital form of central bank money, will facilitate government surveillance, thus depriving users of privacy. Contrary to popular belief, this Article investigates critical technical designs proposed by leading think tanks, central banks, and scholars from interdisciplinary fields, it reaches a surprising conclusion: a digital dollar can offer better privacy protection than existing digital payment systems. The Article argues that those expressing concerns have made two flawed assumptions: (1) that the digital dollar data is fully transparent regarding personal information and transaction details, and (2) that the government or the Federal Reserve …
Target(Ed) Advertising, Derek E. Bambauer
Target(Ed) Advertising, Derek E. Bambauer
UF Law Faculty Publications
Targeted advertising—using data about consumers to customize the ads they receive—is deeply controversial. It also creates a regulatory quandary. Targeted ads generate more money than untargeted ones for apps and online platforms. Apps and platforms depend on this revenue stream to offer free services to users, if not for their financial viability altogether. However, targeted advertising also generates significant privacy risks and consumer resentment. Despite sustained attention to this issue, neither legal scholars nor policymakers have crafted interventions that address both concerns, and existing regulatory regimes for targeted advertising have critical gaps.
This Article makes three key contributions to the …