[NYCInfoLaw] InfoLaw Reading Group at NYU - September 30 at 7:00 pm

[David Wake]

The next InfoLaw reading group, focusing this week on problems of Privacy
online, will take place at NYU, in Furman Hall room 310 on Wednesday,
September 30 at 7:00 pm, to be followed immediately thereafter by the
Drinking Group.

Furman Hall is located at 245 Sullivan Street, between Washington Square
South and West Third Street.  It is two blocks east of the West Fourth
subway station (A,C, E, B, D, F and V lines) and five blocks east of the
Christopher Street subway station (1 train). At the entrance to Furman Hall,
you will be asked by a security guard to show ID, please explain that you
are there for the Student Event InfoLaw Reading Group.

Readings:

To Aim Ads, Web is Keeping a Closer Eye on You
Louise Story, NYT 03/10/08
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/technology/10privacy.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=privacy+March+10+2008&st=nyt&oref=slogin
[short and introductory to concepts]

What Google Knows: Privacy and Internet Search Engines
Omer Tene
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1021490
[Best is section IV describing harms of privacy loss]

Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising Failures of
Anonymization
Paul Ohmhttp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1450006
[If you only read two sections, choose II and IV]

"Anonymized" data really isn't - and here's why not
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/your-secrets-live-online-in-databases-of-ruin.ars
[short summary of *Broken Promises*]

Extra Credit

Rethinking Public Key Infrastructures and Digital Certificates; Building in
Privacy
Stefan Brands
Chapter 1
http://www.credentica.com/mit/Chapter1.pdf

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David Wake
NYU School of Law
JD Candidate, 2010
Ph: (617) 275 3372
Email: david.wake at nyu.edu
         dewake at gmail.com
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