Tracy Mitrano, Director
The University Computer Policy and Law Program's (UCPL) mission is to further information technologies ethics education. Typically, UCPL sponsors three or four speakers a semester for both small workshops and university lectures on topics such as digital copyright and libraries, Internet privacy and security, disability access technologies, logging and monitoring of network flow data, compliance strategies with relevant laws and campus IT policies and policy development. Complicated legal and policy issues require the expression of a variety of voices, perspectives and opinions. UCPL respects this diversity of opinion and desires to encourage campus community discussion and debate on these topics.
Daniel J. Solove
John Marshall Harlan Research Professor of Law
George Washington University Law School
The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet
Thursday, February 3, 2011
8:00 - 9:30pm
Robert Purcell Community Center Auditorium
Archived Video | Transcript of the talk
Social media offer unimagined opportunities for personal expression and communication, but there’s a downside. A trail of our personal information is preserved and instantly available in a Google search. A permanent chronicle of our private lives—often dubious and sometimes totally false—follows us, accessible to anyone who cares to look. Scope and amplification extend far and wide.
In a world where anyone can spill out their—and others'—most personal secrets to a world-wide audience, how should we balance privacy and free speech? How should the law protect people when harmful gossip and rumors are spread about them on the Internet?
What Every School Official Must Know About Privacy
Friday, February 4, 2011
9:00 - 10:30am
G10 Biotech
An archived video of the talk may be viewed online
Educational institutions process an extensive amount of personal or sensitive information. Their ability to handle that information properly and navigate difficult privacy issues is essential to prevent legal and ethical violations, avoid litigation, and protect student and employee welfare.
Though the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is well known, it does not address many important issues, such as alumni and donor record handling, employee information, searches and surveillance of students, confidential information not maintained in records, cyberbullying, sexting, and data security, retention, and destruction, as well as countless others.
In this talk, Professor Solove will discuss the privacy issues facing Cornell and the importance of having a comprehensive program to deal with them.
Workshop: Establishing a Comprehensive Privacy Program at Cornell
Friday, February 4, 2011
2:30 - 4:30pm
G01 Biotech
An archived video and workshop materials may be viewed online (Login with Cornell NetID required.)
Professor Solove will discuss his perspective on developing a comprehensive privacy program, offer model policies and practices and describe the functions a Chief Privacy Officer. This session will include an introduction of materials in his educational privacy consulting firm, TeachPrivacy and time for a seminar-style discussion about the merits and shortcomings of different methods of handling privacy issues.
Speaker Biography: Available through the George Washington University Law School web site.
Events sponsored by Cornell Information Technologies.