CPSC 185: Control, Privacy and Technology
Brad Rosen (brad.rosen@yale.edu)
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(1) Crazy Laws & Prosecutorial Discretion (Jan. 21 – Intro & Overview)
- Inmates of Attica Correctional Facility v Rockerfeller, 477 F2d 375 (2d Cir. 1973): http://cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeals/F2/477/375/1514/
- Lon Fuller, The Case of The Speluncean Explorers: http://www.nullapoena.de/stud/explorers.html
- Miller v. Skumanick, Order [Order] (Optional: Skim Complaint [Complaint])
- Miller v. Skumanick, 3rd Cir. Appeal Pages: 4-11, Skim 14-21, 22-35.
- United States v. Dougherty 473 F.2d 1113 (D.C. Cir. 1974) condensed opinion
- United States v. Krzyske, 857 F.2d 1089 (6th Cir. 1988) http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/857/857.F2d.1089.85-1799.85-1760.html
[N.B. The Fuller Article and the Inmates of Attica case serve as a framework for a number of the issues we will discuss in the class.]
(2) Search, Seizure, and “Reasonable Expectations” (Jan. 28)
- Katz v. U.S., 389 U.S. 347 (1967):
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0389_0347_ZO.html
Harlan’s Concurrence: - http://www4.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0389_0347_ZC1.html
- California v. Greenwood, 486 U.S. 35 (1988):
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0486_0035_ZO.html
Brennan’s Dissent: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0486_0035_ZD.html - Kyllo v. U.S., 533 U.S. 27 (2001): http://www4.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-8508.ZO.html
- Time Magazine, Antonin Scalia, Civil Libertarian:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,130509,00.html - U.S. v. Camacho, 368 F3d 1182 (9th Cir. 2004): http://openjurist.org/368/f3d/1182/united-states-v-camacho
- Forbes, Scanner Vans Allow Drive By Snooping, http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0927/technology-x-rays-homeland-security-aclu-drive-by-snooping.html
- Andy Greenberg, Full-Body Scan Technology Deployed in Street-Roving Vans, http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2010/08/24/full-body-scan-technology-deployed-in-street-roving-vans/
- Opening Brief For Petitioners, EPIC v. Napolitano, http://epic.org/EPIC_Body_Scanner_OB.pdf (pp. 1-19, 31-33)
- Complaint, Ventura v. Napolitano, http://static.infowars.com/2011/01/i/general/Ventura_lawsuit.pdf (skim)
(3) Search and Seizure, 2.0 (Feb. 4)
- U.S. v. Knotts, 460 U.S. 276 (1983) (Read the Case Syllabus Only): http://supreme.justia.com/us/460/276/case.html (Optional Skim Case)
- U.S. v. Garcia, 474 F3d 994 (7th Cir. 2007): http://openjurist.org/474/f3d/994/united-states-v-garcia
- People v. Weaver, 2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 03762: http://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/decisions/2009/may09/53opn09.pdf (read pp. 1-28 and fn 1 on p. 29 — n.b. page numbers are of the pdf, as each opinion has its own page numbers)
- Delaware v. Holden [PDF] (read pp. 1-7, 9-17)
- U.S. v. Pineda Moreno, 9th Cir. Opinion: http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1497005.html Dissent from Denial of en banc: http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2010/08/12/08-30385.pdf
- U.S. v. Maynard [PDF] (read pp. 1-5, 8-12, 16-38, skim pp. 6-7, 13-15, 39-41)
- Application for Historical Cell Site Data [PDF] (read pp. 1-4, 15 – 35, skim pp. 5-14 [Conclusions of Fact])
- Lily Robinton, Courting Chaos: Conflicting Guidance From Courts Highlights the Need for Clearer Rules to Govern the Search and Seizure of Digital Evidence [PDF]
- Optional: Read Case Syllabus Only from U.S. v. Karo, 486 U.S. 705 (1984), http://supreme.justia.com/us/468/705/case.html
(4) Right Against Self Incrimination (Feb. 11)
- U.S. v. Cohen, 388 F2d 464 (9th Cir. 1967): http://openjurist.org/388/f2d/464/united-states-v-cohen
- U.S. v. Boucher, 2007 WL 4246473 (D. Vt. Nov. 29 2007): read the Magistrate Order first, then the Appeal
- Bronston v. U.S., 409 U.S. 352 (1973): http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=409&invol=352
- Brogan v. U.S., 522 U.S. 398 (1998): (note that the Souter and Stevens opinions are extremely short)
Scalia’s Opinion: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/96-1579.ZO.html
Souter’s Concurrence: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/96-1579.ZC.html
Ginsburg’s Concurrence: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/96-1579.ZC1.html
Stevens’s Dissent: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/96-1579.ZD.html - Andrew J. Ungberg, Protecting Privacy Through a Responsible Decryption Policy: [PDF]
- Murphy v. Waterfront Comm’n of N.Y. Harbor, 378 U.S. 52 (1964) (Sub-Optional – We were going to have you read this, but we decided it was way too boring. Here’s the link in case you’re interested, but we won’t even call it “optional.”):
http://openjurist.org/378/us/52/murphy-v-waterfront-commission-of-new-york-harbor
(5) Laptops, and Documents, and Text Messages (oh my!) (Feb. 18)
- U.S. v. Hubbell, 530 U.S. 27 (2000): http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-166.ZO.html
Thomas’s Concurrence: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-166.ZC.html - U.S. v. Arnold, 523 F.3d 941 (9th Cir. 2008): district court opinion; Ninth Circuit opinion
- Ontario v. Quon, US Supreme Court
Optional/Skim: Quon v. Arch Wireless, 529 F.3d. 892 (9th Cir. 2008) Ninth Circuit: Opinion; Ikuta’s Dissent; Wardlaw’s Concurrence - People v. Diaz, California Supreme Court
- State v. Smith, Ohio Supreme Court
- Thompson v. Ross, W.D. Pa.
- United States v. Garvey, US Virgin Islands
- Kashmir Hill, Aussie Teen Proves a Lover’s Revenge Is Best Served Digitally
- Kashmir Hill, The Geek Squad Becomes the Porn Squad
(6) Emails, Passwords and Consent (Feb. 18)
- U.S. v. Warshak, (6th Cir. 2010), Slip Opinon, (skim 4-13, read p14-29, p. 94-98)
- In Re Application of the United States of America for an Order Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §2703(d) — EFF Amicus Brief
- Cnet, DOJ Abandons Warrantless Attempt to Read Yahoo Email
- Aol News, Snooping on Wife’s Email Could Put Man In Prison
- Venkat Balasubramani, Ex-Employees Awarded $4,000 for Email Snooping by Employer
- The Atlantic, Should Employers Be Allowed to Ask For Your Facebook Password?
- Reuters, In US Courts, Facebook Posts Become Less Private
(7) Skirting Around the Law’s Protection (Mar. 4)
- Joshua L. Simmons, Buying You – The Government’s Use of Fourth-Parties to Launder Data About “The People”: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1475524
- EPIC, Choicepoint Home (browse/skim): http://epic.org/privacy/choicepoint/
- EPIC, FTC Letter – Request for investigation into data broker products for compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act: http://epic.org/privacy/choicepoint/fcraltr12.16.04.html
- Private Information Stolen from Nationwide Consumer Database (ConsumerAffairs.com, Feb. 16, 2005): http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/choicepoint.html
- Data Blunders Cost ChoicePoint $15 Million (ConsumerAffairs.com, Jan. 16, 2006): http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/01/choicepoint_fine.html
- ChoicePoint-FBI Deal Raises New Privacy Questions (ConsumerAffairs.com, May 16, 2006): http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/05/fbi_choicepoint.html
- ChoicePoint to pay $275,000 in latest data breach (CNET.com, Oct. 20, 2009): http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10379722-245.html
- Lawsuits Challenge US Online Data Brokers (Reuters Legal, Feb. 24, 2011): http://www.reuters.com/assets/print?aid=USN2427826420110224
- Escaping the Scrapers, WSJ, http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/10/11/escaping-the-scrapers/
- Purcell v. Spokeo, Complaint [PDF] (pp. 1-5)
(8) Control: Can We, Practically and Legally & If So, Should We? (Mar. 25)
A. Wiretapping
- Ars Technica, FBI pushes for surveillance backdoors in web 2.0 tools, http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/fbi-pushes-for-surveillance-backdoors-in-web-20-tools.ars
- Going Dark: Lawful Electronic Surveillance In the Face of New Technology, Valerie Caproni, General Counsel FBI, http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/Caproni02172011.pdf
- In re National Security Agency Telecommunications Records Litigation, No. 06-1791 (N.D.C.A. June 3, 2009) (Only Pages 2-6): http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/att/orderhepting6309_0.pdf
- Telecoms Win Dismissal of Wiretap Suits (N.Y. Times, June 3, 2009): http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/us/politics/04nsa.html?scp=1&sq=AT&T%20NSA%20wiretapping&st=cse
- Hepting v. AT&T Corp., 9th Cir. Oral Arguments (Optional): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppRKfXiXBLM
B. Workplace Privacy
- Stengart v. Loving Care, 990 A.2d 650 (2010), http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/courts/supreme/a-16-09.opn.html (Supreme Court)
408 N.J. Super. 54, 973 A.2d 390 (2009): http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/appellate/a3506-08.opn.html (Appellate Division – SKIM) - A Company Computer and Questions About E-Mail Privacy (N.Y. Times, June 27, 2008): http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/technology/27mail.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=business&adxnnlx=1214862365-v6tJmItYLdKLKVEcpU7/bQ
- Rebels in Black Robes Recoil at Surveillance of Computers (N.Y. Times, Aug. 8, 2001): http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/08/national/08COUR.html?
- Smyth v. Pillsbury Co., 914 F. Supp. 97 (E.D. Pa. 1996): http://www.loundy.com/CASES/Smyth_v_Pillsbury.html (Skim)
- CA Public Utilities Commission General Order 107-B: http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/published/Graphics/567.pdf (skim)
- California Judge Confirms Police Officers’ Rights Were Violated By Hidden Locker Room Camera (ACLU.org, Apr. 4, 2006): http://www.aclu.org/technology-and-liberty/california-judge-confirms-police-officers-rights-were-violated-hidden-locker-
- High Tech, Under the Skin (N.Y. Times, Feb. 2, 2006): http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/02/fashion/thursdaystyles/02tags.html
(9) Technology/Privacy: Facebook / Social Net / Aggregation Effect (Apr. 1)
A. Intro to Information Gathering
- How Privacy Vanishes Online (N.Y. Times, Mar. 17, 2010):http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/technology/17privacy.html
- Cookies, Web Bugs, and In re Doubleclick Inc. Privacy Litigation, 154 F. Supp. 2d 497 (S.D.N.Y. 2001) (from Information Privacy Law 808-10 (Daniel J. Solove & Paul M. Schwartz eds., 2009)) (read the entire attached PDF)
- Summer viral campaigns are here; is anybody feeling pinpricked yet? (Hollywood Reporter, Apr. 30, 2008) (read the attached article)
- When Tweets Can Make You a Jailbird (N.Y. Times, Mar. 16, 2010): http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202446309011&slreturn=1&hbxlogin=1
- Law Students Teach Scalia About Privacy and the Web (N.Y. Times, May 18, 2009): http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/18/technology/internet/18link.html
- CDT Memo on Sorrell v. IMS, http://www.cdt.org/files/pdfs/20110324_SorrellvIMS.pdf
B. AOL Search Term Fiasco: You Are What You Search For
- A Face Is Exposed for AOL Searcher No. 4417749 (N.Y. Times, Aug. 9, 2006):http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/technology/09aol.html?pagewanted=1
- AOL search data release reveals a great deal (USAToday.com, Aug. 17, 2006):http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/andrewkantor/2006-08-17-aol-data_x.htm
C. Facebook and a New Tomorrow
- Facebook is Marketing Your Brand Preferences (With Your Permission) (N.Y. Times, Nov. 7, 2007):http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/07/technology/07adco.html
- Facebook Test-Drives Real Time Ad Targeting, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2382544,00.asp
- Keeping a Closer Eye on Employees’ Social Networking (NYTimes.com, Mar. 26, 2010):http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/keeping-a-closer-eye-on-workers-social-networking/?scp=1&sq=facebook%20employers&st=cse. (OPTIONAL – For a 2009 study on the rate at which employers search for applicants’ profiles, see the following CareerBuilder.com report, published Aug. 19, 2009:http://www.careerbuilder.com/share/aboutus/pressreleasesdetail.aspx?id=pr519&sd=8/19/2009&ed=12/31/2009&siteid=cbpr&sc_cmp1=cb_pr519_&cbRecursionCnt=2&cbsid=f430eced50a44966a0c38ab247728f26-323142413-RF-4)
- Who’s Stalking You on Facebook? (Gawker.com, May 13, 2008): http://gawker.com/390004/whos-stalking-you-on-facebook
D. You Are What You Buy
- Walmart & RFID Chips:
Wal-Mart Cancels ‘Smart Shelf’ Trial (CNET.com, Jul. 9, 2003): http://news.cnet.com/2100-1017_3-1023934.html - Wal-Mart Radio Tags Track Clothing, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704421304575383213061198090.html
- Another Day, Another RFID Trial (NYTimes.com, Oct. 1, 2007):http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/01/another-day-another-rfid-trial/
- In re Northwestern Airlines Privacy Litigation, 2004 WL 1278459 (D. Minn. June 6, 2004) (read the attached PDF)
- FTC Forces Sears, Kmart Out of the Spyware Business (ArsTechnica.com, Sept. 13, 2009):http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/ftc-forces-sears-kmart-out-of-the-spyware-business.ars
(10) Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur) (Apr. 8 )
A. EPIC / Facebook
- EPIC Defends Privacy of Facebook Users: Files Complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (EPIC.org, Dec. 17, 2009): http://epic.org/2009/12/epic-defends-privacy-of-facebo.html
- Complaint (Only Skim): http://epic.org/privacy/inrefacebook/EPIC-FacebookComplaint.pdf
- Written Congressional Testimony of Marc Rotenberg, July 28, 2010, http://epic.org/privacy/socialnet/EPIC_Testimony_House_Jud_7_10.pdf
B. EPIC / FTC / Google Buzz
- Harvard Law Student Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Google (The Crimson, Feb. 22, 2010):http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/2/22/google-hibnick-buzz-lawsuit/
- Hibnick Complaint (read only pages 3-8 of the attached PDF)
- EPIC Urges Federal Trade Commission to Investigate Google Buzz (EPIC.org, Feb. 16, 2010):http://epic.org/2010/02/epic-urges-federal-trade-commi.html
- EPIC Complaint (Only Skim): http://epic.org/privacy/ftc/googlebuzz/GoogleBuzz_Complaint.pdf
- FTC Google Buzz Complaint http://www.ftc.gov/os/caselist/1023136/110330googlebuzzcmpt.pdf (Exhibits are here: http://www.ftc.gov/os/caselist/1023136/110330googlebuzzexhibit.pdf
- Analysis of Proposed Consent Order, http://www.ftc.gov/os/caselist/1023136/110330googlebuzzanal.pdf (Optional — skim Consent Order, http://www.ftc.gov/os/caselist/1023136/110330googlebuzzagreeorder.pdf)
- FTC Charges Deceptive Privacy Practices in Google’s Rollout of Its Buzz Social Network http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2011/03/google.shtm
C. Governance Regimes
- Privacy Governance by Contract, by Self-Regulation, by Property, and by Statute (excerpts from Information Privacy Law 808-10 (Daniel J. Solove & Paul M. Schwartz eds., 2009)) (read the attached PDF)
(11) Guest Lecturer: Edith Ramirez, (Apr. 15) [Please note: there may be additional readings added on 4/11 or 4/12]
- FTC Staff Issues Privacy Report, Dec. 1, 2010, http://ftc.gov/opa/2010/12/privacyreport.shtm
- Remarks of Chairman Leibowitz, http://ftc.gov/speeches/leibowitz/101201privacyreportremarks.pdf
- Protecting Consumer Privacy In An Era of Rapid Change, FTC Staff Report, Dec. 2010, http://www.ftc.gov/os/2010/12/101201privacyreport.pdf
- Keynote Address of Commissioner Edith Ramirez, Advertising Law & Public Policy Conference, Mar. 15 2011, http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/ramirez/110315ana.pdf, (pp. 1-6)
- Keynote Address by Commissioner Edith Ramirez, 28th Annual Institute on Telecommunications Policy & Regulations, Dec. 9, 2010, http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/ramirez/101209fcbaspeech.pdf (pp. 2-5, 8-10)
- Prepared Statement of the FTC on Do Not Track, Dec. 2, 2010, http://ftc.gov/os/testimony/101202donottrack.pdf
(12) Theories of Privacy Rights: Penumbras and Unintended Consequences (Apr. 22):
- Samuel D. Warren & Louis D. Brandeis, The Right to Privacy, 4 Harv. L. Rev. 5 (1890). (attached as PDF)
- Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
Douglas’s opinion for the Court:http://www4.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0381_0479_ZO.html
Black’s dissent (first three paragraphs only):http://www4.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0381_0479_ZD.html - Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) (Blackmun’s opinion – only preamble (the paragraphs preceding section I) and section VIII):http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0410_0113_ZO.html
- Randall P. Bezanson, The Right to Privacy Revisited: Privacy, News, and Social Change 1890-1990, 80 Cal. L. Rev. 5 (1992) [only pages 1137-1150] (attached as PDF)
- Robert C. Post, The Social Foundations of Privacy: Community and Self in the Common Law Tort, 77 Cal. L. Rev. 5 (1989) [only pages 969-978] (attached as PDF)
- Catsouras v. Dept. of Cal. Hwy. Patrol, 181 Cal. App. 4th 856 (2010) [only pages 10-18] (attached as PDF)
- National archives v. Favish, 541 U.S. 157 (2004) (Opinion by Kennedy):http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/02-954.ZO.html
- Refresh Lon Fuller, The Case of The Speluncean Explorers:http://www.nullapoena.de/stud/explorers.html