Privacy and Cybersecurity

“When you collect this data, it’s really hard to control,” said Catherine Crump, director of UC Berkeley’s Technology & Public Policy Clinic. “It’s no different from once you share your data with Meta or Google, they’re going to repackage your data and sell it to advertisers and you don’t have any idea which of the advertising companies have your data.”

“People should understand — and be alarmed — that once these data silos come down, they won’t go back up,” writes Professor Catherine Crump. “The power to track, target and punish will exist for every future administration.”

Professors Catherine Crump and Chris Hoofnagle weigh in on AI wearables and the legality of recording everything. 

Catherine Crump, technology law professor at UC Berkeley School of Law gives insight on location data tech used to track dissidents. 

Professor Rebecca Wexler discusses the intersection between reproductive justice and data privacy.

“Part of this story is about how the system they created was vulnerable and all this information was available to someone else.”said Orin Kerr, a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley who specializes in criminal procedure and privacy.