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Should the FTC Sue Google Over Search?

September 20, 2012

Sept. 28, 2012 – 12:00pm to 2:00pm TechFreedom will host a parliamentary-style lunch debate on Friday, September 28, 2012, to discuss the FTC’s antitrust investigation...


Let’s Not Exaggerate Privacy Risks: Re-Identification Isn’t So Easy After All, says New Barth-Jones Paper

September 6, 2012

The privacy debate has been increasingly shaped by an apparent consensus that de-identifying sets of personally identifying information doesn’t work.  In particular, this has led...


FTC Votes 4-1 for $22.5 Million Google Privacy Settlement

August 17, 2012

TechFreedom President Berin Szoka and Executive Director of the International Center for Law and Economics Geoffrey Manne were quoted on the recent FTC fine of...


FTC’s Google Settlement a Pyrrhic Victory for Privacy and the Rule of Law

August 9, 2012

The Federal Trade Commission today announced Google will pay an unprecedented $22.5 million fine for allegedly violating its 2011 consent decree over how Google handled...


Szoka Testifies at Senate Privacy Self-Regulation Hearing

June 29, 2012

The debate thus far has systematically underestimated the benefits to consumers from the use of personal data to tailor advertising, develop new products, and conduct...


Szoka to Testify Today Before U.S. Senate on Privacy Self-Regulation

June 28, 2012

TechFreedom President Berin Szoka will testify on privacy and self-regulation at today’s livestreamed hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. As he explains...