Privacy

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Wednesday, September 7, 3:00pm-4:30pm
Format: Lecture, featuring guest respondents
Lead: John Palfrey, featuring Herbert Burkert
Participants: Urs Gasser, Phil Malone, Charlie Nesson, and others

This pillar topic, led by John Palfrey and featuring Herbert Burkert, will cover a mixture of privacy history, theory, black letter law, and current controversies. Herbert Burkert will offer a multinational perspective of privacy law and policy, outlining the emergence of data protection law in Europe. Against this backdrop, recent US privacy online controversies –including Facebook’s "Beacon" program and Google’s roll out of "Buzz" – will be explored to gain a deeper understanding of the current the state of privacy law and norms and possible ways forward. Participants Urs Gasser, Phil Malone, and Charlie Nesson will add their perspectives on these issues throughout this session.

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