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UIC Journal of Privacy & Technology Law Journal of Information & Privacy Law Menu Home Current Issue Archives Most Popular Papers Recent Citations Submissions Authors Blog About History Readership Subscriptions & Issues Meet Our Staff Student Candidacy Contact Receive Custom Email Notices or RSS Search for: Search for: Our Current Issue Read Online » -- Meet Our Editorial Board » Illinois Employee Sick Leave Act: The false protection of health By David Wehr, Managing Editor on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 Sickness is an unfortunate constant in life, and the burden of taking time off work to rest and recuperate is often not an option due to the lack of pay for that time off. While medical advancements are making many illnesses a thing of the past and finding new treatments to sicknesses every year, the… Continue Reading... Eighteen Years Later, It Is Time for USA Patriot Act Section 215 to Expire By Sara Geoghegan, Editor in Chief on Thursday, November 14th, 2019 Congress enacted the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act) Act of 2001 on October 26, 2001, roughly six weeks after the September 11thterrorist attacks. The USA Patriot Act codified many surveillance practices that had previously been approved only in court decisions, making them more difficult to change after the crisis had passed. Continue Reading... GDPR, or the latest acronym that aims to protect users’ online data By Keri Mikuska, Staff Editor on Thursday, April 18th, 2019 In an age where technology and social media pervade everyday life, where the lines between public and private are increasingly blurred, an individual’s right to privacy is more important than ever. The European Union enacted the GDPR for the purpose of protecting the personal data—specifically data collected over the internet as a result of recent technological advances—of subjects within the EU. And it’s not only member countries of the European Union that are subject to GDPR: any entity that offers goods or services to, or otherwise monitors data subjects in the EU is subject to this regulation. Continue Reading... Los Angeles Lakers Tackle Frivolous Telephone Consumer Privacy Suit with No Litigation Coverage By Raquel Lee, Production Editor on Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 Companies are increasingly concerned about abuses of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), a well-intentioned federal statute enacted to protect consumers from unsolicited messages. Under the TCPA, companies are prohibited from using an automated dialer, sending unsolicited SMS messages, and sending unsolicited fax messages to consumers. The TCPA further requires that consumers must be given… Continue Reading... The Autonomous Automobile By Patrise A. White on Tuesday, January 16th, 2018 Webster’s Online Dictionary, defines autonomous as “existing or capable of existing independently”; responding, reacting, or developing independently of the whole. As you may or may not know, the human body performs many of its tasks autonomously. For example, the human nervous system or autonomic nervous system, “…regulates the processes in the body that we cannot… Continue Reading... The Model Voter: Voter Data, Psychological Profiling and Privacy in Political Elections By Chathan Vemuri on Monday, January 8th, 2018 Political elections remain contentious whether just before, ongoing or even when they have concluded. Effort is put into trying to make sure the campaign is reaching out to voters who will reliably vote for the candidate come election day. Claims are made about irregular vote counts, missing ballots, votes counted more than once, discrimination at… Continue Reading... The Legality of WikiLeaks: Are they a Patriot? By Bianca Wright on Monday, December 4th, 2017 As soon as WikiLeaks began releasing confidential documents, the United States administration began to seek ways to not only prevent the release of publication but to also punish those who have provided confidential information. But the thought of WikiLeaks being a patriot seems to have been overlooked. WikiLeaks should be viewed as a patriot. With… Continue Reading... Cryptocurrency: digital currency or security? By Quinn P. O’Grady (AKA Peter Bash), Candidacy Editor on Monday, November 27th, 2017 Instead of investing in the stock market, some individuals have turned to investing in digital currencies, otherwise known as cryptocurrency. One of the more well-known cryptocurrencies is Bitcoin. As of 6:40 am on Friday, November 3, 2017, Bitcoin reached $7,454.04 per coin. With the enormous impact that Bitcoin has had on the public, other cryptocurrencies… Continue Reading... Cryptocurrency: Should it be regulated? By Matthew J. Roberts (AKA Jared Franklin), Symposium Editor on Monday, November 27th, 2017 One of the major cases regarding the future of Cryptocurrency is the case of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission v. Recoin Foundation, LLC. This case by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has the SEC alleging that Recoin and its members violated multiple sections of the 1993 Securities Act and the 1934 Securities… Continue Reading... Carpenter v. United States: The Evolving Relationship Between Advanced Technology & Personal Privacy By Raquel Lee on Monday, November 20th, 2017 In June 2017, the Supreme Court granted certiorari to Carpenter v. United States, a case that will an answer an essential question for our data-driven society: whether a warrantless search and seizure of historical cellphone records revealing location and movements of a cellphone user is permitted by the Fourth Amendment. As of 2016, 95% of… Continue Reading... View all posts » Related News 3L Michael Podgurski Awarded Prestigious C.B. 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