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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

Recent Publications

Law and Policy for the Quantum Age

Jan 6, 2022

It is often said that quantum technologies are poised to change the world as we know it, but cutting through the hype, what will quantum technologies actually mean for countries and their citizens?

Leveraging Differential Privacy While Attending to Social and Political Commitments

Dec 15, 2021

This Thing Called Fairness: Disciplinary Confusion Realizing a Value in Technology

Nov 14, 2019

Bringing Design to the Privacy Table: Broadening “Design” in “Privacy by Design” Through the Lens of HCI

May 8, 2019

This paper reviews HCI research on privacy and design to discuss how utilizing a broader range of design methods from HCI can help support “privacy by design” efforts.

Rescripting Search to Respect the Right to Truth

Jul 23, 2018

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.

These Aren't the Autonomous Drones You're Looking for: Investigating Privacy Concerns Through Concept Videos

Dec 5, 2016

Public Health as a Model for Cybersecurity Information Sharing

May 5, 2016

Assessing the Federal Trade Commission's Privacy Assessments

Mar 1, 2016

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.

Law news

AnnaLee Saxenian on Silicon Valley’s Lack of Noncompete Agreements

Oct 17, 2019

Hany Farid Weighs in on Tell-Tale Signs of Image Manipulation

Oct 18, 2019

Bloc by Bloc. Image courtesy of Harvard University Press.

Steven Weber Deconstructs the Future, Bloc by Bloc

Oct 22, 2019

In his newly published book, Bloc by Bloc, Professor Steven Weber explores the future of the global enterprise as international tensions reach new heights.

Steven Weber on the Decaying Tech Ties Between U.S. and China

Oct 14, 2019

Concerns regarding Beijing's censorship and human rights record continue to disrupt tech-industry ties between the U.S. and China.

Google Alone Takes Stand on Privacy, Ph.D. Student Nick Doty Explains

Sep 25, 2019

Shazeda Ahmed Explains China’s Social Credit System

Sep 23, 2019

Hany Farid’s eGlyph Can Help Europe Fight Online Extremism

Sep 18, 2019

Preventing online extremism has become a priority for European policy-makers in the wake of the harrowing attack in Christchurch, which was live-streamed on Facebook. Technology like the Counter Extremism Project's eGlyph, a tool developed by UC Berkeley professor Hany Farid, should be used to screen out extremist content on social media platforms.

The FTC Can Regulate Cybersecurity, Say I School Professors

Feb 17, 2017

Chris Jay Hoofnagle, Deirdre Mulligan, and others weighed in on an ongoing lawsuit challenging the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to regulate companies’ data security practices.

Professor Mulligan Urges Cybersecurity Law Reform

May 11, 2015

Statement to US Copyright Office urges reform of the laws inhibiting cybersecurity research.

Non-Profit “Free Law Project” Provides Open Access to U.S. Case Law

Sep 25, 2013

Although case law is technically public domain, legal decisions are often scattered across the Internet, locked up in proprietary systems, and only available by paying exorbitant fees. A new non-profit aims to make these legal materials easily and freely available to all.

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