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    Vol. 39, No. 3- Privacy

     

    Human Rights

    Introduction

    by Jeffrey Rosen

    In a public interview in December 2012, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said that Justice Louis Brandeis “understood how new technologies interfere with privacy, which I think will be one of the most important issues before the court in the decades to come.” It’s hard to disagree, given the significance of the privacy cases the Supreme Court is now considering.

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    Human Rights

    Protecting Children's Privacy Online: The Battle Continues

    by Kathryn C. Montgomery

    During the heady days of the dot-com boom in the 1990s, the emergence of the World Wide Web ushered in a host of online marketing and data collection practices that raised fundamental privacy concerns for children. The business model of one-to-one marketing, combined with the increasing value of children as a target market for advertisers, created a perfect storm for marketers who wanted to use the Internet to reach young people.

    Human Rights

    Warrantless Wiretapping Under the FISA Amendments Act

    by Mitra Ebadolahi

    Since July 2008, however, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act has jeopardized the confidentiality of such communications. On December 28, 2012—just days before the FISA Amendments Act was set to expire—the Senate voted to reauthorize the law for five more years. And on February 26, the Supreme Court held that American media, human rights, and legal and labor organizations lacked standing to challenge the constitutionality of the statute.