EPIC Commentaries

Over the past several years, EPIC has published many letters and columns on emerging privacy and civil liberties issues. This collection of "EPIC Commentaries" highlights many of the key concerns for consumers and Internet users today – the increasing scope of surveillance, the consolidation of the Internet economy, and the need for the effective enforcement of fundamental rights.

• Marc Rotenberg, Bias by Computer, New York Times (August 10, 2016)
• Marc Rotenberg, Unlawful stops legitimized after the fact?, San Francisco Daily Journal (July 5, 2016)
• Claire Gartland, Biometrics Are a Grave Threat to Privacy, New York Times (July 5, 2016)
• Marc Rotenberg, Promoting innovation, protecting privacy, OECD Observer (June 2016)
• Alan Butler, Rule may expand hacking authority, San Francisco Daily Journal (May 12, 2016)
• Rotenberg & Jacobs, "Enforcing Privacy Rights: Class Action Litigation and the Challenge of cy pres", Springer (2016)
• Marc Rotenberg, Google, Europe and Privacy, New York Times (May 2, 2016)
• Alan Butler, Whack-a-mole with the NSA, San Francisco Daily Journal (March 31, 2016)
• Alan Butler, It's How Hackers Help That Matters, New York Times (March 30, 2016)
• Marc Rotenberg, They're Right to Distrust U.S. Data Security, Wall Street Journal (March 22, 2016)
• Marc Rotenberg, Not your father's Terry stop, San Francisco Daily Journal (March 1, 2016)
• Marc Rotenberg, Privacy and Drone Spying, New York Times (February 18, 2016)
• Marc Rotenberg, Digital Privacy, in the U.S. and Europe, The New York Times (October 13, 2015)
• Marc Rotenberg and Alan Butler, Supreme Court's Ruling on Hotel Guests' Privacy, The New York Times (July 8, 2015)
• Alan Butler, Get a Warrant: The Supreme Court's New Course for Digital Privacy Rights after Riley v. California, 10 Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy 83 (July 7, 2015)
• Jeramie Scott, Federal regulations should limit surveillance and data collection, Asbury Park Press (May 28, 2015)
• Marc Rotenberg, FAA needs to set rules on drone surveillance, Philadelphia Inquirer (May 21, 2015)
• Alan Butler, Court Must Keep Protecting Privacy, San Francisco Daily Journal (March 3, 2015)
• Jeramie Scott, Cybersecurity: The View from Washington, San Francisco Daily Journal (January 28, 2015)
• Marc Rotenberg, Google's position makes no sense: Opposing view, USA TODAY (January 22, 2015)
• Marc Rotenberg, Online Privacy: Who Writes the Rules? , The New York Times (December 27, 2014)
• Marc Rotenberg and Julia Horwitz, Privacy Rules for Uber, The Huffington Post (December 12, 2014)
• Marc Rotenberg, The Right to Privacy Is Global, U.S. News & World Report (December 5, 2014)
• Khaliah Barnes, Student Data Collection Is Out of Control, The New York Times (September 24, 2014)
• Marc Rotenberg, Superpowers of the Web: The Writer Responds, The New York Times (July 19, 2014)
• Marc Rotenberg, Invitation to a Dialogue: Internet Behemoths, The New York Times (July 15, 2014)
• Marc Rotenberg and Alan Butler, Symposium: In Riley v. California, a Unanimous Supreme Court Sets Out Fourth Amendment for Digital Age, SCOTUSBlog (June 26, 2014)
• Marc Rotenberg, On International Privacy: A Path Forward for the US and Europe, Harvard International Review (June 1, 2014)
• Khaliah Barnes, Include the Public in the Debate Over Surveillance, The New York Times (May 26, 2014)
• Marc Rotenberg, EU Strikes a Blow for Privacy: Opposing view, USA TODAY (May 15, 2014)
• Marc Rotenberg and Khaliah Barnes, Students and Data Privacy, Business Day (May 3, 2014)
• Khaliah Barnes, N.S.A. Surveillance Creates Vulnerability, The New York Times (April 21, 2014)
• Marc Rotenberg, Deciding Where to Set the Limits on Surveillance, The New York Times (April 11, 2014)
• Alan Butler, The PCLOB Report and the Need for Executive Branch Constitutional Enforcement, Just Security (March 11, 2014)
• Khaliah Barnes, Why a 'Student Privacy Bill of Rights' is desperately needed, The Washington Post (March 6, 2014)
• Marc Rotenberg and Julia Horwitz, Make Legal Memos Public, The New York Times (January 20, 2014)
• Marc Rotenberg, Ginger McCall, Julia Horwitz, The Open Government Clinic: Teaching the Basics of Lawyering, The Indiana Law Review (Spring 2014)
• Marc Rotenberg, Obama Sets Good Course on Privacy Debate, CNN (January 17, 2014)
• Marc Rotenberg, Google, Let Users Opt in on Privacy Setting, CNN (January 11, 2014)
• Khaliah Barnes, Agencies Behaving Badly: Government Surveillance and Privacy Act Violations, Jurist (January 2, 2014)
• Alan Butler and Amie Stepanovich, Square Peg, Round Hole - How the FISC Has Misapplied FISA to Allow for Bulk Metadata Collection, Just Security (December 2, 2013)
• Marc Rotenberg, Protecting Data Privacy, The New York Times (November 4, 2013)
• Marc Rotenberg, Better Privacy Laws: Priority for America and Germany, , The New York Times (September 3, 2013)
• Alan Butler, Standing Up to Clapper: How to Increase Transparency and Oversight of FISA Surveillance, 48 N.E. L. Rev. 55 (2013)
• Alan Butler, When Cyberweapons End Up On Private Networks: Third Amendment Implications for Cybersecurity Policy, 62 Am. U. L. Rev. 1203 (2013)
• Marc Rotenberg and David Jacobs, Updating the Law of Information Privacy: The New Framework of the European Union, Harvard Journal Of Law And Public Policy (Spring 2013)
• Marc Rotenberg and Khaliah Barnes, Amassing Student Data and Dissipating Privacy Rights, Educase Review (January 28, 2013)
• Marc Rotenberg, Internet Freedom Advocates in Tow, The New York Times (December 9, 2012)