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Paul Schwartz

@paulschwartz.bsky.social

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Law professor at UC Berkeley and a Co-Director Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. International Expert in #Privacy & Security Law 🌐 paulschwartz.net

Paul Schwartz is an American legal scholar who specializes in information privacy law. He is the Jefferson E. Peyser Professor at the UC Berkeley School of Law and a director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. He was formerly the Anita and Stuart Subotnick Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School from 1998 to 2004. .. more

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Paul Schwartz @paulschwartz.bsky.social · Nov 24

My latest paper, Privacy Standing, is now out in the BU Law Review. In it, I analyze the Supreme Court's invention of a new tradition of common-law faux historicism for privacy standing: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Paul Schwartz @paulschwartz.bsky.social · 3d

Friday Song of the Week: Rufus Thomas, The Memphis Train
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#fridaysongofweek

The Memphis Train (Single)

YouTube video by Rufus Thomas - Topic

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Privacy + Security Academy @privsecacademy.bsky.social · 3d

Join “What’s the Deal?: Privacy and AI Trends in M&A and Other Data-Driven Transactions” session at the Privacy + Security Forum, – Nov. 12-14, 2025: Register today www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-fall-aca... #privacy #privsecforum

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Privacy + Security Academy @privsecacademy.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you Lokker for supporting the Privacy + Security Forum – Nov. 12-14, 2025: www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-fall-aca... #privsecforum #privacy

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Privacy + Security Academy @privsecacademy.bsky.social · 5d

Join the “Reporting Live! From the Changing Tides of Federal AI Governance” session at the Privacy + Security Forum, – Nov. 12-14, 2025: Register today www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-fall-aca... #privacy #privsecforum

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Privacy + Security Academy @privsecacademy.bsky.social · 6d

Join the “No Gatekeeping: Empowering Use of Responsible AI” session at the Privacy + Security Forum, – Nov. 12-14, 2025: Register today www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-fall-aca... #privacy #privsecforum

Paul Schwartz @paulschwartz.bsky.social · 9d

Friday Song of the Week: Elvis, For the Good Times
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For the Good Times

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 12d

TOMORROW - The Economics of Privacy – Thurs, Oct 30 at 1 PM ET REGISTER FREE teachprivacy.com/video-the-ec... I talk with Prof. Alessandro Acquisti (MIT) about the value of personal data, attitudes and behaviors, the privacy paradox, impact of laws.

Video: The Economics of Privacy

The Economics of Privacy Thurs, Oct 30, at 1 PM ET Daniel Solove interviews Alessandro Acquisti (MIT) about his pathbreaking work on the economics of

teachprivacy.com

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Claudie Moreau @claudiemoreau.bsky.social · 12d

🚨 Latombe readies to appeal his legal challenge to the EU-US data transfer agreement

www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...

EXCLUSIVE: Latombe to appeal EU-US data transfer court challenge | Euractiv

The French MP tells Euractiv he will seek to overturn the lower court's assessment of the validity of transatlantic data flows

www.euractiv.com

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Andrew Guthrie Ferguson @profferguson.bsky.social · 13d

Your Data Will Be Used Against You

Robert Stribley @stribs.bsky.social · 13d

New from me: A recent report about robot vacuum cleaners sending maps of people’s homes to manufacturers is just the latest in a series of stories about privacy issues with these machines :: Friend link - stribs.medium.com/is-your-vacu...

Is Your Vacuum Cleaner Spying On You?

A recent report about robot vacuum cleaners sending maps of people’s homes to manufacturers is just the latest in a series of stories…

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Privacy + Security Academy @privsecacademy.bsky.social · 13d

Join the “Challenges in the Privacy Landscape for Clinical Research: The DOJ Bulk Data Rule, State Privacy Laws, and GDPR” session at the Privacy + Security Forum, – Nov. 12-14, 2025: Register today www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-fall-aca... #privacy #privsecforum

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Privacy + Security Academy @privsecacademy.bsky.social · 13d

Join the “Breach Mode: From Investigation to Notification and Call Centers—Best Practices for Managing the Madness” session at the Privacy + Security Forum, – Nov. 12-14, 2025: Register today -https://www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-fall-academy-registration/ #privacy #privsecforum

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 14d

“Intellectual property is a field of law in which the usual right-left splits don’t apply. Most of the IP cases in recent years have been unanimous or nearly so," Professor Pamela Samuelson @pamelasamuelson.bsky.social told @politico.com https://politi.co/3WqjssA #UCBerkeleyLaw

Supreme Court to hear landmark case that could shake up Silicon Valley

Google and Oracle finally bring their decade-long dispute over what software code should be free to the Supreme Court, but a key figure will be missing.

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Privacy + Security Academy @privsecacademy.bsky.social · 14d

Join the “AI Dealmaking: The Importance of Diligence in M&A Involving AI Companies” session at the Privacy + Security Forum, – Nov. 12-14, 2025: Register today -https://www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-fall-academy-registration/ #privacy #privsecforum

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Privacy + Security Academy @privsecacademy.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you Troutman Pepper Locke for supporting the Privacy + Security Forum – Nov. 12-14, 2025: www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-fall-aca... #privsecforum #privacy @tpllaw.bsky.social

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Privacy + Security Academy @privsecacademy.bsky.social · 14d

Join the “Agentic AI: Privacy in the Age of Autonomous AI Agents” session at the Privacy + Security Forum, – Nov. 12-14, 2025: Register today -https://www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-fall-academy-registration/ #privacy #privsecforum

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 15d

Podcast! In his new book, Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach, Ryan Calo argues that if the purpose of technology is to expand human capabilities and affordances, the purpose of law is to establish the expectations, incentives, and boundaries that guide that expansion toward human flourishing.

Ryan Calo Wants to Change the Relationship Between Law and Technology | TechPolicy.Press

Calo is the author of Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach, published by Oxford University Press.

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Paul Schwartz @paulschwartz.bsky.social · 16d

Univ California this month breaks world record for most faculty to win Nobel Prize in one year. Five awards! A gold standard university system!

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Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna @gzf.bsky.social · 16d

“In order to protect fundamental rights, maintain legal certainty, and continue to ensure a high level of protection, any reform should be evidence-based, targeted, transparent, and further the EU’s values” (Christopher Kuner in this new FPF guest post)

#GDPR #Draghi

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The Draghi Dilemma: The Right and the Wrong Way to Undertake GDPR Reform

There has been much interest in the report on European competitiveness issued in September 2024 by former Italian Prime Minister and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi at the request of Euro...

Paul Schwartz @paulschwartz.bsky.social · 17d

UK Guardian: "US student handcuffed after AI system apparently mistook bag of chips for gun" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US student handcuffed after AI system apparently mistook bag of chips for gun

Baltimore county high schools have gun detection system that alerts police if it sees what it deems suspicious

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Paul Schwartz @paulschwartz.bsky.social · 17d

Friday Song of the Week: Wendy Rene, What Will Tomorrow Bring? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpdu...
#fridaysongofweek

Wendy Rene - What Will Tomorrow Bring

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TeachPrivacy @teachprivacy.bsky.social · 17d

The Economics of Privacy – Thurs, Oct 30 at 1 PM ET - REGISTER FREE teachprivacy.com/video-the-ec... @Daniel-Solove.bsky.social talks with Prof. Alessandro Acquisti (MIT) about the value of personal data, attitudes and behaviors, the privacy paradox, impact of laws. #PrivacyMatters

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 18d

The Economics of Privacy – Thurs, Oct 30 at 1 PM ET REGISTER FREE teachprivacy.com/video-the-ec... @Daniel-Solove.bsky.social talks with Prof. Alessandro Acquisti (MIT) about the value of personal data, attitudes and behaviors, the privacy paradox, impact of laws.

Video: The Economics of Privacy

The Economics of Privacy Thurs, Oct 30, at 1 PM ET Daniel Solove interviews Alessandro Acquisti (MIT) about his pathbreaking work on the economics of

teachprivacy.com

Paul Schwartz @paulschwartz.bsky.social · 19d

Wonderful having you in the privacy seminar, @klonick.bsky.social! Thanks for presenting your tremendous paper, "Ban Cookie Banners."

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Privacy + Security Academy @privsecacademy.bsky.social · 19d

Join the “State AG Privacy Enforcement: Current Priorities and Tips for Success” session at the Privacy + Security Forum, – Nov. 12-14, 2025: Register today: www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-fall-aca... #privacy #privsecforum

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 20d

An absolute honor to present my latest paper “Ban Cookie Banners” in the legendary @paulschwartz.bsky.social ‘s privacy seminar and very grateful he could accommodate a last minute special guest who was home sick from daycare 💙♥️

Paul Schwartz @paulschwartz.bsky.social · 20d

Two UC Berkeley professors just won Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry! Go Cal Bears! @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

Paul Schwartz @paulschwartz.bsky.social · 21d

Friday song of the week (delayed slightly due to travel): Candi Staton, He Called Me Baby www.youtube.com/watch?v=txOo... #fridaysongofweek

Candi Staton - He Called Me Baby

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 25d

“To effectively regulate technology, we must pull back the curtain and confront its human dimensions.” – from my book ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY www.amazon.com/gp/product/0...

Reposted by Paul M. Schwartz, Serge Egelman

TeachPrivacy @teachprivacy.bsky.social · 28d

California Sets 30-Day Breach Reporting Deadline www.hipaajournal.com/california-d... #infosec

California Sets 30-Day Breach Reporting Deadline

Individuals and businesses that do business in the state of California will soon be required to notify individuals affected by a data breach within 30 California has updated its data breach…

www.hipaajournal.com

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TeachPrivacy @teachprivacy.bsky.social · 28d

Join us for a fireside chat with Nita Farahany to discuss Mental Privacy. Nov 12-14, 2025: www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-fall-aca... #privsecforum #PrivacyMatters