Scholarly Articles & Institutional Publications

The article discusses how far apart European and American legal systems are when it comes to data privacy and liability. The developments relating to the recent European ruling could prompt a discussion in America about privacy policies. The full text of the article is available at: http://blogs.wsj…

André Bywater discusses the state of the proposed reforms to the EU data protection rules, as well as the key elements that would be introduced by the suggested changes. The full text is available at: http://www.daftblogger…

The social responsibility for businesses is an increasingly important topic. Lawyers and law firms are interested in this field under at least three perspectives: (i) as counselors for their clients on these issues; (ii) as suppliers of services to their clients, when they are asked to adhere to their clients’ code of conduct; and (iii) […]

Author discusses the problem of balancing right to privacy and conflicting right to freedom of expression. The full text is available at: https://privacyassociation…

The page describes the W3C work on Tracking Preferences and a Do Not Track Button. According to W3C “users need a mechanism to express their own preferences regarding tracking that is both simple to configure and efficient when implemented”.   Abstract “This specification defines the DNT request header field as an HTTP mechanism for expressing […]

The number of social media has increased tremendously during the last years. Is it ok for employers to ask their employees to turn over usernames or passwords for their personal accounts? Employers argue that access to personal accounts would protect proprietary information or trade secrets, help them comply with federal financial regulations, or prevent exposure […]

Conclusion from the article: “While in the Washington, D.C., the different stakeholders seemed to finally agree on a need for more transparancy for consumers, but were still unsure on whether to implement it through legislation, regulation, self regulation, or Do Not Track mechanisms that so far have no oversight nor enforcement of the user’s wishes, […]

New England Law Review, Vol. 48, 2013 Abstract: “The Supreme Court held in Clapper v. Amnesty International that a group of non-profit organizations, journalists, and attorneys representing international clients did not have standing to challenge “programatic surveillance” of “one-end domestic” communications under Section 702 the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. This article reviews the Court’s opinion […]

In December 2013 and January 2014, respectively the Data Protection Authorities of Spain and France sanctioned Google for privacy violation, imposing fines of EUR 300,000 and EUR 150,000. The background: In 2012 Google announced its decision to replace the individual privacy policies of each of its products and services with a single privacy policy. A […]

  In my talk I will go ahead analyzing the approach of American will provide some elements to understand benefits and risks of cloud computing from an American lawyer’s perspective. I ethics opinions on cloud computing. Then, I will discuss the different implications of privacy law on cloud computing under an American perspective, as opposed to a […]