Marc Rotenberg
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Marc Rotenberg is Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in Washington, D.C. He teaches information privacy law at Georgetown University Law Center and has testified before Congress on many issues, including access to information, encryption policy, consumer protection, computer security, and communications privacy. Rotenberg testified before the 9/11 Commission on “Security and Liberty: Protecting Privacy, Preventing Terrorism” and has served on several national and international advisory panels. He currently chairs the ABA Committee on Privacy and Information Protection and is the former chair of the Public Interest Registry, which manages the .org domain. Rotenberg is editor of The Privacy Law Sourcebook and co-editor of Information Privacy Law.

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Brandeis in Italy: The Privacy Issues in the Google Video Case

Posted March 1, 2010 | 14:41:16 (EST)

Reports of the recent decision by an Italian court to issue suspended sentences against three Google exes for posting a video of a young person with downs syndrome being taunted has sparked a flurry of First Amendment concern. The opinion of reporters, at least in the U.S., has been nearly...

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What's Privacy in the Age of Facebook?

Posted September 25, 2009 | 03:20:26 (EST)

Not long ago, a lot of people on Facebook got outraged over the site's new terms of service. The issue? Facebook appeared to be taking control of user content -- wall posts and photos -- and making it more difficult for people who simply wanted to delete their digital history....

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Privacy vs. Security? Privacy.

Posted November 9, 2007 | 10:34:00 (EST)

On November 13, 2007 the Miller Center for Public Affairs is hosting "Privacy vs. National Security," the second event in its National Discussion and Debate Series.

Read an opposing viewpoint by K.A. Taipale.

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My opponents argue that as a consequence of 9-11, and with advances...

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