Public Interest Comment on Federal Trade Commission Report, Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam D. Thierer
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Federal Trade Commission ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Consumer Privacy ◽  
Commission Report

scholarly journals Law School as Social Innovation

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 225
Author(s):  
Lorne Sossin
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Law School ◽  
Legal Knowledge ◽  
Law Schools ◽  
The Face

Legal education is in the midst of a range of challenges and disruptions. This address outlines these dynamics, and explores the potential of social innovation as a model for law schools which both responds to current challenges and enhances resilience in the face of disruption. By reframing legal education as facing outward, and advancing its public interest mandate through partnerships, collaboration and academic initiatives designed to solve social problems, law schools can enhance the student learning experience, generate new forms of legal knowledge and thrive at a time of rapid change. Address delivered at the Australian Law Teachers Association (ALTA) 2016 Conference in Wellington on 8 July 2016.

Protecting Privacy Online: Is Self-Regulation Working?

2000 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary J. Culnan
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Federal Trade Commission ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Progress Report ◽  
Regulatory Regime ◽  
Privacy Policy ◽  
Consumer Privacy ◽  
Fair Information Practices ◽  
Information Practices

The author assesses the extent to which 361 consumer-oriented commercial Web sites post disclosures that describe their information practices and whether these disclosures reflect fair information practices. Although approximately 67% of the sites sampled post a privacy disclosure, only 14% of these disclosures constitute a comprehensive privacy policy. The study was initiated by the private sector as a progress report to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and is one in a series of efforts designed to assess whether consumer privacy can be protected through industry self-regulation or whether legislation is required. Although the FTC does not recommend legislation at this time, the study suggests that an effective self-regulatory regime for consumer privacy online has yet to emerge.

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