One of the areas of law I am particularly interested in is internet privacy. Browsing history is becoming more and more relevant in litigation. Any attorney who uses email and the internet (to be covered another day, there are, in fact, still attorneys out there who do not use either) should have a basic understanding of what privacy means, and how it has the potential to impact clients, their business operations, potential investigations involving their internet activities, and litigation.
Georgetown Law (my alma mater, for purposes of full disclosure) just launched a Center on Privacy and Technology. With an emphasis on examining the “intersection of privacy, law and technology”, some areas the Center will concentrate on will include: studying the impact of government surveillance, analyzing the use of “Big Data” collection in making decisions about individuals, and delving into privacy issues raised by disruptors who are developing technology such as wearables, health apps and biometric authentication. Very interesting stuff.
The Center’s first Executive Director will be Alvaro Bedoya, Chief Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy and to Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.).
Go Hoyas! Check out the link to the press release here.
LEGAL DISRUPTORS 