Privacy

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Daniel Aranki

Daniel Aranki

Assistant Professor of Practice
Predictive medicine; artificial intelligence; machine learning; tele-health; information disclosure; privacy; security.
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John Chuang

Professor
Biosensory computing; climate informatics; information economics and policy
Chris Hoofnagle

Chris Jay Hoofnagle

Professor of Practice
Internet law, information privacy, consumer protection, cybersecurity, computer crime, regulation of technology, edtech
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Deirdre Mulligan

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

Recent Publications

When a Product Is Still Fictional: Anticipating and Speculating Futures through Concept Videos
Jun 6, 2016

We analyze the concept videos of Google Glass and Microsoft Hololens, viewing them as design fictions that project a vision about the future of computing. Analyzing these videos along with media articles during the time period after the products were announced but before they were available to the public, we begin to see how people use the videos to imagine different types of futures - including imagining different implications that these technologies might have on privacy.

Public Health as a Model for Cybersecurity Information Sharing
May 5, 2016
Assessing the Federal Trade Commission's Privacy Assessments
Mar 1, 2016
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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.

PIA Requirements and Privacy Decisionmaking in U.S. Government Agencies
Dec 1, 2011
Catalyzing Privacy: New Governance, Information Practices, and the Business Organization
Oct 1, 2011
Privacy on the Books and on the Ground
Oct 1, 2010
Privacy Issues of the W3C Geolocation API
Feb 24, 2010
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Inferring Personal Information from Demand-Response Systems
Feb 2, 2010
Americans Reject Tailored Advertising and Three Activities that Enable It
Sep 26, 2009

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Privacy news

Ashkan Soltani
Alum Ashkan Soltani Named Executive Director of California Privacy Protection Agency
Oct 6, 2021

School of Information alumnus Ashkan Soltani, MIMS ’09, was appointed Executive Director of the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA).

Deirdre Mulligan
Deirdre Mulligan Weighs in on Apple’s New Plan to Fight Child Sexual Abuse Material
Aug 11, 2021
Hany Farid
Hany Farid: Should we Celebrate or Condemn Apple’s New Child Protection Measures?
Aug 13, 2021
Ashkan Soltani
NYT Profiles Alum Ashkan Soltani’s Work Leading the Nation’s First Privacy Agency
Mar 15, 2022
Ashkan Soltani, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Ashkan Soltani on Legislation to Protect Data Privacy
Jun 4, 2021
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I School Research Shows People are Using Password Managers Ineffectively
May 21, 2021
PrivacyBot
MIMS Final Project ‘PrivacyBot’ Featured in Consumer Reports
May 12, 2021
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Data Privacy and Cryptography Experts File Brief in Support of Census Bureau
Apr 29, 2021

Twenty leading experts in data privacy and cryptography, including Prof. Deirdre Mulligan and Ph.D. student Nitin Kohli, filed an amicus brief in support of the Census Bureau’s use of “differential privacy” to protect the privacy of census respondents. 

Ashkan Soltani, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Ashkan Soltani on Privacy and the Latest Apple Update (iOS 14.5)
Apr 26, 2021
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Google Will Stop Using ‘Cookies’ to Track People; Alumnus Ashkan Soltani Says It May Be a Good Signal
Mar 9, 2021

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