Faruki Blog

Privacy Enabling Technologies: De-identification

Privacy Enabling Technologies or "PET's" are those technologies that provide options for using personally identifiable information ("PII") of.. Read More

What Is a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy? Part Deux. The Supreme Court Reconsiders the Katz Standard.

This time last year, I questioned what is a reasonable expectation of privacy today? In that blog, I discussed one of the seminal cases in privacy.. Read More

What We Can Learn From the Target Data Breach and Even More From its Response?

Ron Raether, Jeff Knight and I attended the American Conference International's 8th Annual Cyber and Data Risk Insurance in Chicago (Ron spoke), a.. Read More

The DATA Act: What the Current Battle Around Big Data Reiterates About the Basics of Privacy for Businesses

Last week, my colleague Chris Herman blogged about the recent panel at the mid‑year ABA meeting in Chicago. The panel provided differing views on.. Read More

Privacy in the Digital Age – Three perspectives from the ABA Midyear Meeting

On February 6, the State and Local Government Law Section of the American Bar Association sponsored a panel at the Midyear Meeting titled "Privacy in.. Read More

It Smells Like Smoke, Do You Need A New Toaster? How Your House Just Got A Lot Smarter and You May Have Lost A Little More Privacy

So you burnt something in your oven. We've all been there, frantically waving a towel in front of our smoke detectors to stop the shrill. No big.. Read More

Why Compliance Should Be Part of Your Total Litigation Strategy

The recent settlement between Apple and the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") highlights (yet again) why accounting for information privacy and.. Read More

Has the Privacy Pendulum Begun its Return Swing? Courts and Corporations push back on the NSA's surveillance program.

Privacy has taken a beating on the national stage in light of Edward Snowden's initial revelations in May and the steady stream of new disclosures of.. Read More

HIPAA-Hop Hooray for Business Associates

For businesses working alongside healthcare providers, payers and clearinghouses, this September may be a stressful month preparations for the next.. Read More

Privacy Today: The More Things Change, the More they Stay the Same

I recently had the privilege of moderating a privacy panel discussion at an unmanned aerial systems (“UAS”) conference. UAS’s have been in the news.. Read More
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