Information Policy

Related Faculty

John Chuang

Professor

Biosensory computing; climate informatics; information economics and policy

Chris Jay Hoofnagle

Professor of Practice

Internet law, information privacy, consumer protection, cybersecurity, computer crime, regulation of technology, edtech

Deirdre Mulligan

Professor

privacy, fairness, human rights, cybersecurity, technology and governance, values in design

AnnaLee Saxenian

Professor

Regional economic development, Entrepreneurship, Silicon Valley.

Recent Publications

Context, Causality, and Information Flow: Implications for Privacy Engineering, Security, and Data Economics

May 8, 2018

The creators of technical infrastructure are under social and legal pressure to comply with expectations that can be difficult to translate into computational and business logics. This dissertation bridges this gap through three projects that focus on privacy engineering, information security, and data economics, respectively. These projects culminate in a new formal method for evaluating the strategic and tactical value of data: data games. This method relies on a core theoretical contribution building on the work of Shannon, Dretske, Pearl, Koller, and Nissenbaum: a definition of situated information flow as causal flow in the context of other causal relations and strategic choices.

China’s long game in techno-nationalism

May 7, 2018

The new world of data: Four provocations on the Internet of Things

Feb 6, 2017

Public Cybersecurity and Rationalizing Information Sharing

Apr 6, 2016

Assessing the Federal Trade Commission's Privacy Assessments

Mar 1, 2016

Native Advertising and Endorsement: Schema, Source-Based Misleadingness, and Omission of Material Facts

Dec 15, 2015

Privacy on the Ground: Driving Corporate Behavior in the United States and Europe

Oct 1, 2015

An examination of corporate privacy management in the United States, Germany, Spain, France, and the United Kingdom, identifying international best practices and making policy recommendations.

Cybersecurity Research: Addressing the Legal Barriers and Disincentives

Sep 28, 2015

Wireless Visions: Infrastructure, Imagination, and US Spectrum Policy

Mar 16, 2015

Where in the World is the Internet? Locating Political Power in Internet Infrastructure

Dec 1, 2014

Information Policy news

As Section 230 Court Cases Loom on the Horizon, Hany Farid Addresses Possible Ramifications

Feb 13, 2023

Is Section 230 Going To End Reddit As We Know It? — Hany Farid Weighs In

Feb 1, 2023

Gabriel Nicholas at computer with headphones

MIMS Alum Gabriel Nicholas Discusses the Twitter Files on CNN

Dec 13, 2022

Chris Hoofnagle on Book Digitization and Ownership

Dec 8, 2022

This Is the Worst Time for Donald Trump to Return to Twitter

Nov 20, 2022

Apparently, the people has spoken, and they want former President Donald Trump back on Twitter. However, Hany Farid believes that this would be the worst time for him to return to the social media platform.

image of a person on a couch holding a laptop with someone wearing a physician's coat on the screen, and icons indicating a call

UC Berkeley Researchers Use Google Search Data To Examine Interest in At-Home Abortions

May 31, 2022

Berkeley researchers, including Prof. Coye Cheshire, used Google search data to explore interest in at-home abortion and assess its implications.

Cover of book "Law and Policy for the Quantum Age"

New Book From Chris Hoofnagle: Law and Policy for the Quantum Age

Feb 17, 2022

In a new book, Law and Policy for the Quantum Age, Professor Chris Jay Hoofnagle and Simson L. Garfinkel explain the genesis of quantum information theory, and its applications through quantum sensing, computing, and communications.