The Internet's Whois service allows anyone to type a domain name into a Web interface and then receive the name and contact details of whoever has registered it. ICANN contracts make it mandatory to provide indiscriminate public access to this information. Data protection laws in Europe and...

Brain machine interface (BMI) technologies extract brain activity and translate that activity into commands that control external devices. BMIs have been used by patients with physical disabilities to allow for thought-controlled use of computers, prosthetic limbs, and robotic arms. In the...

The free flow of data across borders underpins today's globalized economy. But the flow of personal data outside the jurisdiction of national regulators also raises concerns about the protection of privacy. Addressing these legitimate concerns without undermining international integration is a...

This is an update from mid-2014 to mid-2017 of my Asian Data Privacy Laws – Trade and Human Rights Perspectives (Oxford University Press, 2014), to accompany the publication of the paperback edition in July 2017.The update is organized according to the Chapter structure of the book. The Table...

This article considers the roles of data protection authorities (DPAs), or as they are sometimes called 'privacy enforcement agencies' (PEAs), and the associations they form. The article is based on data from the 2017 Global Tables of Data Privacy Laws and Bills at...

In the early 2000s, we surveyed and analyzed the global repertoire of policy instruments deployed to protect personal data in “The Governance of Privacy: Policy Instruments in Global Perspective.” In this article, we explore how those instruments have changed as a result of 15 years of...