The Program on Economics & Privacy (PEP) at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School invited applications for the Research Roundtable on Regulating Privacy. In the past year, Congress has considered sweeping national privacy legislation, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has begun the process to implement rulemaking to curtail so-called “commercial surveillance.” Accordingly, we … Continue reading “Research Roundtable on Regulating Privacy”
Advanced technology has become both a necessity and convenience of everyday life. The Advanced Institute on the Economics of Information: Advertising, Privacy, and Data Security was designed to provide state and federal judges an understanding of the economic forces at work in online advertising and information markets, as well as a background on privacy, and … Continue reading “Advanced Institute on the Economics of Information: Advertising, Privacy, and Data Security”
Advanced technology has become both a necessity and convenience of everyday life. With those advancements, policymakers and regulators are faced with the difficult task of protecting consumers in the wake of rapid technological innovations. The Workshop on the Law & Economics of Privacy for State Attorneys General was designed to provide Attorneys General and their … Continue reading “Workshop on the Law & Economics of Privacy for State Attorneys General”
2023 is turning out to be an eventful year for privacy policy. The FTC has proposed modifications to its Facebook order that would keep Facebook from monetizing data from minors, and has flexed its enforcement powers through a broad interpretation of its Health Breach Notification Rule—one that it now wants to codify. At the same … Continue reading “2023 Privacy Update: FTC, Congress, and the States (Webinar)”
The Program on Economics & Privacy (PEP) at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School accepted papers for a Research Roundtable on Competition and Consumer Protection Issues Surrounding Information Flows. Firms use consumer information in a variety of ways that implicate both privacy and competition. For example, collection and sharing of consumer data clearly … Continue reading “Research Roundtable on Competition and Consumer Protection Issues Surrounding Information Flows”
Watch a recording of the webinar here: Or listen on our podcast, “The Marketplace of Ideas”: This one-hour talk examined the recent Department of Justice (DOJ) complaint against Apple, which alleges that Apple has designed and structured its iPhone platform in a manner that violates Section 2 of the Sherman Act. Professor James Cooper of … Continue reading “The Intersection of Antitrust & Privacy: A Deep Dive into the U.S. v. Apple Antitrust Case (Webinar)”
On Thursday, September 26 and Friday, September 27, 2024, the Program on Economics & Privacy hosted a workshop where authors presented a wide range of empirical research on privacy. The full agenda for the program may be found here:
The Law & Economics Center at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School’s Program on Economics & Privacy hosted a virtual webinar, Privacy Policy in the New Administration. Our panelists provided a discussion on some of the important developments under the Biden administration, and what to expect in this area from the new Trump administration. … Continue reading “Privacy Policy in the New Administration”
The Program on Economics hosted a Research Roundtable on AI, Privacy, and Discrimination. The papers presented addressed a range of topics, including Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), AI governance, AI standards, anti-discrimination laws and algorithmic bias.
FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak sat down with Professor James C. Cooper, Director of the LEC’s Program of Economics & Privacy and Professor of Law at Scalia Law School, for a discussion about the Federal Trade Commission’s priorities under the new administration. The conversation focused on key consumer protection and competition issues concerning the digital economy, … Continue reading “Luncheon with US Federal Trade Commissioner Melissa Holyoak”
