Dan Solove on Internet Privacy

[Tracy Mitrano <tbm3 () CORNELL EDU>]

Although this list is about "security," privacy is the proverbial other side of the coin.  Please join us remotely for 
a talk this evening streamed live.  On this issue, there is no one better than Dan Solove!


The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet
Thursday, February 3, 8-9:30 pm
Robert Purcell Community Center Auditorium, or go to www.ucpl.cornell.edu<http://www.ucpl.cornell.edu/> for a live 
stream

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?