David Thaw

University of Pittsburgh - School of Law

Associate Research Professor of Law and Assistant Research Professor of Computing & Information

3900 Forbes Ave.

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

United States

http://www.davidthaw.com

University of Pittsburgh - School of Information Sciences

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

United States

Yale University - Information Society Project

Affiliated Fellow

P.O. Box 208215

New Haven, CT 06520-8215

United States

University of Pittsburgh - Graduate School of Public & International Affairs

Pittsburgh, PA 15260-0001

United States

National Defense University - College of Information and Cyberspace

300 5th Ave

Ft McNair

Washington, DC 20319

United States

  • University of Pittsburgh - School of Law

  • University of Pittsburgh - School of Information Sciences

  • Yale University - Information Society Project

  • University of Pittsburgh - Graduate School of Public & International Affairs

  • National Defense University - College of Information and Cyberspace

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Information Privacy Law Scholars' Brief in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins

UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2656482, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-27, Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2656482, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-32, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-32
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2015
Julie E. Cohen, Chris Jay Hoofnagle, William McGeveran, Paul Ohm, Joel R. Reidenberg, Neil M. Richards, David Thaw and Lauren E. Willis
Georgetown University Law Center, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of Minnesota Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, Fordham University School of Law, Washington University School of Law, University of Pittsburgh - School of Law and Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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Article III standing, injury, harm, privacy, Fair Credit Reporting Act, FCRA, data brokers, modern hiring practices, consumer reporting, inaccuracy, background checks

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Criminalizing Hacking, Not Dating: Reconstructing the CFAA Intent Requirement

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 103, No. 3, 2013
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 28 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2015
David Thaw
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Downloads 511 (92,962)
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Cybercrime, Computer Crime, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, CFAA, Deterrence

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The Efficacy of Cybersecurity Regulation

Georgia State University Law Review, Vol. 30, 2014
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 31 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 24 May 2019
David Thaw
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Downloads 488 (98,316)
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cybersecurity, regulation, regulatory capture, information security, hybrid rulemaking, regulatory delegation

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Enlightened Regulatory Capture

89 Wash. L. Rev. 331 (2014), U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-30
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2014
David Thaw
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Downloads 299 (170,432)
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Regulatory Capture, Administrative Law, regulation, cybersecurity, information security, HIPAA, healthcare

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Cybersecurity Stovepiping

96 Nebraska Law Review 339 (2017), U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-07
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 07 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2017
David Thaw
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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cybersecurity, privacy, data security, data breach, security breach, technology, risk management, risk tolerance, evidence-based regulation, rulemaking, policymaking

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Data Breach (Regulatory) Effects

2015 Cardozo L. Rev. de Novo 151, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-13
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 18 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2015
David Thaw
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Downloads 271 (188,539)

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cybersecurity, privacy, data security, data breach, security breach, breach notification, regulation

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From Russia With Love

59 Houston Law Review 1137 (2022), U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2019-32
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 03 May 2022
David Thaw
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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influence operations, election interference, election hacking, cybersecurity, elections, hacking, risk management

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Reasonable Expectations of Privacy Settings: Social Media and the Stored Communications Act

13 Duke L. & Tech. Rev. 36 (2015), U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-02
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 23 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2015
Christopher Borchert, Fernando M. Pinguelo and David Thaw
University of Connecticut - School of Law, Seton Hall University School of LawSCARINCI HOLLENBECK, LLC and University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Downloads 229 (222,596)
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SCA, Stored Communications Act, privacy, Fourth Amendment, surveillance

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Bot Contracts

62 Arizona Law Review 877 (2020), U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-09, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 19 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2020
Deborah R. Gerhardt and David Thaw
University of North Carolina School of Law and University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Downloads 192 (261,937)

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Block-chain, Contracts, Smart Contracts

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Redefining Cybersecurity Policy

U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-30
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 08 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2016
David Thaw
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Downloads 150 (323,787)
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User Choices and Regret: Understanding Users’ Decision Process About Consensually Acquired Spyware

I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 283-344, 2006
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 22 May 2013
Nathaniel Good, Jens Grossklags, Jens Grossklags, David Thaw, Aaron Perzanowski, Deirdre K. Mulligan and Joseph Konstan
University of California, Berkeley - School of Information, Pennsylvania State UniversityTechnische Universität München (TUM) - Department of Informatics, University of Pittsburgh - School of Law, University of Michigan Law School, University of California, Berkeley - School of Information and University of Minnesota - Minneapolis
Downloads 139 (344,039)
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Privacy, Notice, End User License Agreement, EULA, Security and Usability, Spyware, Terms of Service, ToS

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Ancient Worries and Modern Fears: Different Roots and Common Effects of U.S. and EU Privacy Regulation

Connecticut Law Review, Forthcoming, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-06
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 21 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2017
Pierluigi Perri and David Thaw
University of Milan - Faculty of Law and University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
Downloads 131 (360,026)

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jurisdiction, privacy, chilling effects, surveillance, compliance, cross-jurisdictional privacy management, data protection reform, framework

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When Machines are Watching: How Warrantless Use of GPS Surveillance Technology Violates the Fourth Amendment Right Against Unreasonable Searches

Yale Law Journal Online, Vol. 121, p. 177, 2011
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 08 Mar 2012
Priscilla J. Smith, Nabiha Syed, David Thaw and Albert Wong
Yale Law School - Information Society Project, Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society, University of Pittsburgh - School of Law and Columbia University - Law School
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Surveillance at the Source

103 Kentucky Law Journal 405, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-40
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 21 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2021
David Thaw
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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privacy, surveillance, public-private partnerships

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COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and the Evidence on Boosters: A Systematic Review (with Partial Evidence on the Omicron Variant)

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 21-10, Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research Working paper 21-57, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2021-xx
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 04 Oct 2022
Bernard S. Black and David Thaw
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, vaccine, vaccine efficacy, vaccine effectiveness, vaccine booster, BNT162b2, mRNA1273, Ad26.COV2.S, ChAdOx1-S, SARS-CoV-2 variants

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COVID‐19 Vaccine Efficacy and the Evidence on Boosters

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 30 Dec 2021
Bernard S. Black and David Thaw
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, vaccine, vaccine efficacy, vaccine booster, BNT162b2, mRNA1273, Ad26.COV2.S, ChAdOxS-1, SARS-CoV-2 variants

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Administrative Truth: Comments on Cortez’s Information Mischief

Chicago-Kent Law Review, Forthcoming, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2019-19
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 05 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2021
David Thaw
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
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Administrative Law, Public Administration, Information Neutrality, Information Policy, President Trump