Video of PBS News Hour Discussion on Privacy in the Age of Big Data

Last night, I appeared on a short segment on the PBS News Hour discussing, “What’s the future of privacy in a big data world?” I was also joined by Jules Polonetsky, executive director of the Future of Privacy Forum. If you’re interested, here’s the video. Transcript is here. Finally, down below the fold, I’ve listed a few law review articles and other essays of mine on this same subject.

Additional reading:

Journal articles:

“The Pursuit of Privacy in a World Where Information Control Is Failing,” Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, 36 (2013): 409–55. 
“A Framework for Benefit-Cost Analysis in Digital Privacy Debates,” George Mason University Law Review, 20, no. 4 (Summer 2013): 1055–105.
“Technopanics, Threat Inflation, and the Danger of an Information Technology Precautionary Principle,” Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology, 14 (2013): 309–86.

Testimony / Filings:

Senate Testimony on Privacy, Data Collection & Do Not Track, April 24, 2013.
Comments of the Mercatus Center to the FTC in Privacy & Security Implications of the Internet of Things, May 31, 2013.

Blog posts & opeds:

“Edith Ramirez’s ‘Big Data’ Speech: Privacy Concerns Prompt Precautionary Principle Thinking,” Technology Liberation Front, August 29, 2013.
“Relax and Learn to Love Big Data,” US News & World Report, September 13, 2013.


“Who Really Believes in ‘Permissionless Innovation’?” Technology Liberation Front, March 4, 2013.
“What Does It Mean to ‘Have a Conversation’ about a New Technology?” Technology Liberation Front, May 23, 2013.


“Planning for Hypothetical Horribles in Tech Policy Debates,” Technology Liberation Front, August 6, 2013.
“On the Line between Technology Ethics vs. Technology Policy,” Technology Liberation Front, August 1, 2013.
“Can We Adapt to the Internet of Things?” IAPP Privacy Perspectives, June 19, 2013.