Daniel J. Solove

George Washington University Law School

Eugene L. and Barbara A. Bernard Professor of Intellectual Property and Technology Law

2000 H Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20052

United States

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1.

'I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy

San Diego Law Review, Vol. 44, p. 745, 2007, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 289
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2014
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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privacy, nothing to hide, data mining, surveillance

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Understanding Privacy

Daniel J. Solove, UNDERSTANDING PRIVACY, Harvard University Press, May 2008, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 420, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 420
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 05 May 2008 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2014
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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privacy, philosophy, Wittgenstein, theory, surveillance, data mining, identity theft, information, norms

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A Taxonomy of Privacy

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 154, No. 3, p. 477, January 2006, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 129
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 16 Feb 2005 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2024
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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Citation 33

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privacy, taxonomy, Fourth Amendment, Prosser, Brandeis, philosophy

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Artificial Intelligence and Privacy

77 Florida Law Review 1 (2025), GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2024-36, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2024-36
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 29 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2025
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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AI, artificial intelligence, privacy, algorithmic decision-making, machine learning

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Privacy Harms

GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2021-11, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2021-11, 102 Boston University Law Review 793 (2022)
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 18 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2022
Danielle Keats Citron and Daniel J. Solove
University of Virginia School of Law and George Washington University Law School
Downloads 12,638 (820)
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privacy harm, standing, concrete injury, Spokeo v. Robins, TrasnUnion v. Ramirez, statutory private rights of action

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A Brief History of Information Privacy Law

PROSKAUER ON PRIVACY, PLI, 2016, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 215
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 10 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2017
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
Downloads 11,740 (936)
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privacy, information, history, technology

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Privacy Self-Management and the Consent Dilemma

126 Harvard Law Review 1880 (2013), GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-141, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2012-141
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 04 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2015
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
Downloads 8,783 (1,525)
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privacy, Fair Information Practice Principles, FTC

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The FTC and the New Common Law of Privacy

114 Columbia Law Review 583 (2014), GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-120, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2013-120
Number of pages: 94 Posted: 21 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2014
Daniel J. Solove and Woodrow Hartzog
George Washington University Law School and Boston University School of Law
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privacy, FTC, administrative law, common law, contract, data security, deception, unfairness, COPPA, FCRA, GLBA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Safe Harbor, FTC Act, Section 5

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The Myth of the Privacy Paradox

89 George Washington Law Review 1 (2021), GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-10, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2020-10
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 24 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2021
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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Citation 43

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privacy paradox, CCPA, California Consumer Privacy Act, privacy self-management

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Data Is What Data Does: Regulating Based on Harm and Risk Instead of Sensitive Data

118 Northwestern University Law Review 1081 (2024), GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2023-22, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2023-22
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 11 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2024
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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Privacy, sensitive data, privacy harm, GDPR, CCPA, personal data

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The PII Problem: Privacy and a New Concept of Personally Identifiable Information

New York University Law Review, Vol. 86, p. 1814, 2011, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 1909366, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 584, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 584
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 15 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2014
Paul M. Schwartz and Daniel J. Solove
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and George Washington University Law School
Downloads 5,863 (3,031)
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personally identifiable information, behavioral marketing, privacy, FTC, de-identification, computer science, technology

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Privacy and Power: Computer Databases and Metaphors for Information Privacy

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Privacy and Power: Computer Databases and Metaphors for Information Privacy

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 53, p. 1393, July 2001
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 14 Dec 2000 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2014
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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Privacy, information, database, computer, cyberspace, Internet, metaphor, literature

Privacy and Power: Computer Databases and Metaphors for Information Privacy

Posted: 24 Sep 2001
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School

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Privacy, information, database, computer, cyberspace, Internet, metaphor, literature

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Murky Consent: An Approach to the Fictions of Consent in Privacy Law

104 Boston University Law Review 593 (2024), GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2023-23, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2023-23
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 24 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2024
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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Privacy, Consent, Notice and Choice, Contracts, GDPR, CCPA

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Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff between Privacy and Security (Chapter 1)

Daniel J. Solove, NOTHING TO HIDE: THE FALSE TRADEOFF BETWEEN PRIVACY AND SECURITY, Chapter 1, Yale University Press, 2011, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 571, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 571
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 11 May 2011 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2021
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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Citation 1

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privacy, national security, Fourth Amendment, First Amendment, criminal procedure, surveillance, USA-Patriot Act, data mining

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Conceptualizing Privacy

90 California Law Review 1087 (2002)
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 07 Jan 2005 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2023
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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privacy, concept, Wittgenstein, pragmatism

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The Limitations of Privacy Rights

98 Notre Dame Law Review 975 (2023), GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022-30, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2022-30
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 09 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2023
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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privacy rights, privacy laws, privacy regulation, right to access, right to erasure, right to be forgotten, right to data portability, right to correction, right to objection, right not to be subject to automatic decisionmaking

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An Overview of Privacy Law

Chapter 2 of PRIVACY LAW FUNDAMENTALS (published by IAPP, 2015), GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2015-45, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-45
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 06 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2015
Daniel J. Solove and Paul M. Schwartz
George Washington University Law School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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privacy, cybersecurity, data security, FTC, Fourth Amendment, First Amendment, criminal procedure, surveillance, HIPAA, data breach

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The Great Scrape: The Clash Between Scraping and Privacy

113 California Law Review (forthcoming 2025)
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 11 Jul 2024 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2024
Daniel J. Solove and Woodrow Hartzog
George Washington University Law School and Boston University School of Law
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Reconciling Personal Information in the United States and European Union

102 California Law Review 877 (2014), UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2271442, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-77, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2013-77
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 29 May 2013 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2015
Paul M. Schwartz and Daniel J. Solove
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and George Washington University Law School
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privacy, PII, personal data, personally identifiable information, EU Data Protection Directive, Fair Information Practices, comparative law, European privacy

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Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff Between Privacy and Security (full text of book)

Yale University Press (2011)
Number of pages: 260 Posted: 10 Dec 2021
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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privacy, surveillance, Fourth Amendment, security, First Amendment, NSA, technology

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Risk and Anxiety: A Theory of Data Breach Harms

96 Texas Law Review 737 (2018), GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2017-2, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-2, U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-3
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 15 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2018
Daniel J. Solove and Danielle Keats Citron
George Washington University Law School and University of Virginia School of Law
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Data Breach, Data Security, Cybersecurity, Harms, Clapper, Spokeo, Standing, Privacy

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The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet (full text of book)

The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet, Yale University Press (2007), GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper 2017-4, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper 2017-4
Number of pages: 257 Posted: 17 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2021
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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blog, social network, gossip, rumor, free speech, First Amendment, privacy, Google, anonymity, defamation, reputation, libel, slander

23.

AI, Algorithms, and Awful Humans

92 Fordham Law Review 1923 (2024), GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2024-09, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2024-09
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 06 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2024
Daniel J. Solove and Hideyuki MATSUMI
George Washington University Law School and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
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AI, artificial intelligence, privacy, algorithmic decision-making, machine learning

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Kafka in the Age of AI and the Futility of Privacy as Control

104 Boston University Law Review 1021 (2024), GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2024-31, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2024-31, Boston Univ. School of Law Research Paper No. 4685553
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 30 Jan 2024 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2024
Daniel J. Solove and Woodrow Hartzog
George Washington University Law School and Boston University School of Law
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Artificial Intelligence, AI, machine learning, privacy, Franz Kafka

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The Ultimate Unifying Approach to Complying with All Laws and Regulations

19 Green Bag 2d 223 (2016), GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2016-16, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-16
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 09 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2020
Daniel J. Solove and Woodrow Hartzog
George Washington University Law School and Boston University School of Law
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legal compliance, regulation, theory of law, legal harmonization

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HIPAA Turns 10: Analyzing the Past, Present, and Future Impact

84 Journal of AHIMA 22-28 (2013), GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-75, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2013-75
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 06 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2013
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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HIPAA, medical privacy, health privacy, security, privacy, HITECH

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The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age (full text of book)

Daniel J. Solove, The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age, NYU Press (2004), GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper 2017-5, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper 2017-5
Number of pages: 296 Posted: 17 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2021
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
Downloads 3,971 (5,892)
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privacy, information, digital, Fourth Amendment, databases, data mining, Orwell, Kafka

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Privacy's Other Path: Recovering the Law of Confidentiality

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 96, p. 123, 2007, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 249, Washington U. School of Law Working Paper No. 07-03-02
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 13 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2013
Neil M. Richards and Daniel J. Solove
Washington University School of Law and George Washington University Law School
Downloads 3,915 (6,011)
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privacy, confidentiality, Brandeis, Prosser, British law, English law, comparative law, torts

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The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age (Chapter 1)

GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 121, Daniel J. Solove, THE DIGITAL PERSON: TECHNOLOGY AND PRIVACY IN THE INFORMATION AGE, NYU Press, 2004
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 26 Oct 2004 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2021
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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privacy, information, digital, Fourth Amendment, databases, data mining, Orwell, Kafka

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The Prediction Society: AI and the Problems of Forecasting the Future

GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2023-58, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2023-58, 2025 Illinois Law Review 1 (2025)
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 05 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2025
Hideyuki MATSUMI and Daniel J. Solove
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and George Washington University Law School
Downloads 3,869 (6,157)
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algorithm, prediction, inference, privacy, AI, artificial intelligence, GDPR, CCPA

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The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet (Chapter 1)

THE FUTURE OF REPUTATION: GOSSIP, RUMOR, AND PRIVACY ON THE INTERNET, Daniel J. Solove, Yale University Press, October 2007
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 06 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2021
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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blog, social network, gossip, rumor, free speech, First Amendment, privacy, Google, anonymity, defamation, reputation, libel, slander

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A Model Regime of Privacy Protection (Version 3.0)

GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 132, University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2006, No. 2, 2006
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 07 Feb 2006 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2014
Daniel J. Solove and Chris Jay Hoofnagle
George Washington University Law School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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privacy, databases, databrokers, ChoicePoint, identity theft, credit, legislation, regulation, information, security, data

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Access and Aggregation: Privacy, Public Records, and the Constitution

86 Minnesota Law Review 1137 (2002)
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 24 Sep 2001 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2023
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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Privacy, Public Records, Court Records, First Amendment, Freedom Of Information, Access, Internet, Cyberspace

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Identity Theft, Privacy, and the Architecture of Vulnerability

54 Hastings Law Journal 1227 (2003)
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 30 Jul 2003 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2023
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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identity theft, databases, architecture, privacy, Internet, identification, LoPucki, social security numbers, Fair Credit Reporting Act, credit reporting, password

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A Regulatory Roadmap to AI and Privacy

IAPP News, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper 2025-20, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper 2025-20
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 11 Jun 2024 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2025
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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AI, artificial intelligence, privacy, algorithmic decision-making, machine learning

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Data Mining and the Security-Liberty Debate

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 74, p. 343, 2008, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 278
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 01 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2014
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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privacy, security, liberty, data mining, NSA, surveillance, deference, balancing

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Privacy Law Fundamentals

D. Solove & P. Schwartz, PRIVACY LAW FUNDAMENTALS, International Association of Privacy Professionals, 2011, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 542, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 1790262, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 542
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2013
Daniel J. Solove and Paul M. Schwartz
George Washington University Law School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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privacy, law, information, overview, privacy law, private statutes

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The New Vulnerability: Data Security and Personal Information

SECURING PRIVACY IN THE INTERNET AGE, Radin & Chander, eds., Stanford University Press, 2008, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 102
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 30 Aug 2004 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2014
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
Downloads 2,430 (12,957)
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privacy, security, identity theft, Social Security numbers, data

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A Model Regime of Privacy Protection (Version 2.0)

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 06 Apr 2005
Daniel J. Solove and Chris Jay Hoofnagle
George Washington University Law School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Downloads 2,427 (12,982)
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Privacy, legislation, regulation, ChoicePoint, information, security, data

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Reconstructing Electronic Surveillance Law

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 21 Oct 2003 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2014
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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surveillance, privacy, patriot act, government, search, technology, FBI

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ALI Data Privacy: Overview and Black Letter Text

68 UCLA Law Review 1252 (2022)
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2022
Daniel J. Solove and Paul M. Schwartz
George Washington University Law School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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privacy, ALI, security, legislation, privacy regulation, model privacy law, U.S. privacy law

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Prosser's Privacy Law: A Mixed Legacy

California Law Review, Vol. 98, p. 1887, 2010, Washington U. School of Law Working Paper No. 10-03-06
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 11 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2014
Neil M. Richards and Daniel J. Solove
Washington University School of Law and George Washington University Law School
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A Model Regime of Privacy Protection (Version 1.1)

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 11 Mar 2005
Daniel J. Solove and Chris Jay Hoofnagle
George Washington University Law School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Privacy, legislation, regulation, ChoicePoint, information, security, data

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The Origins and Growth of Information Privacy Law

PLI/PAT, Vol. 748, p. 29, 2003
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 21 Oct 2003 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2014
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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privacy, history, information, technology, Brandeis

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The Scope and Potential of FTC Data Protection

83 George Washington Law Review 2230 (2015), GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2014-40, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-40
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 01 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 12 Jan 2016
Woodrow Hartzog and Daniel J. Solove
Boston University School of Law and George Washington University Law School
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FTC, Federal Trade Commission, privacy, data security, Wyndham, LabMD, FTCA, Section 5, deception, unfairness

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Privacy in Authoritarian Times: Surveillance Capitalism and Government Surveillance

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 21 Feb 2025
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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An Overview of Privacy Law in 2022

Chapter 1 of PRIVACY LAW FUNDAMENTALS (6th Edition, IAPP 2022), GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022-26, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2022-26
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2022
Daniel J. Solove and Paul M. Schwartz
George Washington University Law School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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privacy, cybersecurity, data security, FTC, GDPR, HIPAA, ECPA, COPPA, FCRA, FERPA, TCPA, VPPA, PIPL, LGPD, PIPEDA, Fourth Amendment, First Amendment, surveillance, data breach

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Digital Dossiers and the Dissipation of Fourth Amendment Privacy

Southern California Law Review, Vol. 75, July 2002
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 13 Sep 2002 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2014
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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Fourth Amendment, privacy, dossiers, searches, law enforcement, security, records

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The Virtues of Knowing Less: Justifying Privacy Protections Against Disclosure

53 Duke Law Journal 967 (2003)
Number of pages: 99 Posted: 03 Oct 2003 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2023
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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privacy, First Amendment, free speech, tort, disclosure, private facts, information, gossip, public concern, evidence, media, press

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Unifying Privacy and Data Security

Chapter 7 of BREACHED! WHY DATA SECURITY LAW FAILS AND HOW TO IMPROVE IT (Oxford University Press 2022), Boston Univ. School of Law Research Paper No. 4173764, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022-54, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2022-54
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 03 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2022
Daniel J. Solove and Woodrow Hartzog
George Washington University Law School and Boston University School of Law
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data security, cybersecurity, data breach, privacy, relationship between privacy and security, data minimization, data mapping

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Rethinking Free Speech and Civil Liability

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 109, 2009, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 465, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 465
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 10 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2009
Daniel J. Solove and Neil M. Richards
George Washington University Law School and Washington University School of Law
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First Amendment, civil liability, tort, contract, property, free speech, confidentiality, privacy, defamation, unconstitutional conditions, government employment

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The Multistate Bar Exam as a Theory of Law

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 104, p. 1403, 2006, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 208
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 11 May 2006 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2013
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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bar, exam, jurisprudence, philosophy, dworkin, hart, llewellyn

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A Tale of Two Bloggers: Free Speech and Privacy in the Blogosphere

Washington University Law Review, Vol. 84, p. 1195, 2006, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 207, Berkman Center for Internet & Society - Bloggership: How Blogs are Transforming Legal Scholarship Conference
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 08 May 2006 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2012
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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blog, blogger, bloggership, gossip, privacy, free speech, defamation

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The First Amendment as Criminal Procedure

New York University Law Review, Vol. 82, p. 112, 2007, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 217
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 18 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 05 May 2008
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, surveillance, free speech, press, criminal procedure, wiretapping, NSA, Wilkes, Entick

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Breached! Why Data Security Law Fails and How to Improve It (Chapter 1)

Oxford University Press (2022), GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022-24, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2022-24
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 03 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2022
Daniel J. Solove and Woodrow Hartzog
George Washington University Law School and Boston University School of Law
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data security, cybersecurity, data breach, privacy, breach notification, identity theft, security by design,

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An Overview of Privacy Law in 2024

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 30 Oct 2024
Daniel J. Solove and Paul M. Schwartz
George Washington University Law School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Downloads 1,236 (36,691)

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privacy, cybersecurity, data security, , FTC, GDPR, HIPAA, ECPA, CCPA, data breach, FCRA, COPPA, surveillance, consumer privacy laws, Fourth Amendment

57.

Against Privacy Essentialism

GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper 2025-19, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper 2025-19
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 14 May 2024 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2025
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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privacy, Solove, theory of privacy, taxonomy of privacy, essentialism, pragmatism, Wittgenstein, definition of privacy, concept of privacy

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The FTC and Privacy and Security Duties for the Cloud

13 BNA Privacy & Security Law Report 577 (2014), GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2014-28, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-28
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 15 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2014
Daniel J. Solove and Woodrow Hartzog
George Washington University Law School and Boston University School of Law
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privacy, data security, cloud, contract, FTC, Federal Trade Commission, consumer protection law

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Melville's Billy Budd and Security in Times of Crisis

Cardozo Law Review Vol. 26, No. 6, p. 2443, 2005, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 106, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 106
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 06 Sep 2004 Last Revised: 05 May 2008
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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Billy Budd, Melville, privacy, security, Hamdi, Due Process, enemy combatants, literature, rule of law

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Fourth Amendment Codification and Professor Kerr's Misguided Call for Judicial Deference

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 74, Winter 2005, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 153
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 19 Aug 2005 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2013
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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Fourth Amendment, search, seizure, surveillance, technology, judicial restraint, deference

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Fourth Amendment Pragmatism

Boston College Law Review, Vol. 51, p. 1511, 2010, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 510, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 210
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 27 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2013
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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Fourth Amendment, Search, Pragmatism, Criminal Procedure

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Standing and Privacy Harms: A Critique of TransUnion v. Ramirez

101 Boston University Law Review Online 62 (2021), GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022-06, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2022-06
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 02 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2022
Daniel J. Solove and Danielle Keats Citron
George Washington University Law School and University of Virginia School of Law
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standing, privacy, TransUnion v. Ramirez, Spokeo v. Robins, FCRA, Fair Credit Reporting Act, private right of action

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Can Pragmatism Be Radical? Richard Posner and Legal Pragmatism

113 Yale Law Journal 687-741 (2003)
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 29 Jan 2004 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2023
Michael Sullivan and Daniel J. Solove
Emory University - Emory College of Arts and Sciences and George Washington University Law School
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Pragmatism, posner, dewey, democracy

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The Failure of Data Security Law

Chapter 3 from Daniel J. Solove & Woodrow Hartzog, Breached! Why Data Security Law Fails and How to Improve It, ISBN‎ 978-0190940553, March 2022, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2024-34, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2024-34, Boston Univ. School of Law Research Paper No. 4752438
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 21 Mar 2024 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2024
Daniel J. Solove and Woodrow Hartzog
George Washington University Law School and Boston University School of Law
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data security, cybersecurity, data breach, privacy, breach notification

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On Privacy and Technology (excerpt)

Daniel J. Solove, ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY (Oxford University Press 2025)
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 28 Feb 2025
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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Data Vu: Why Breaches Involve the Same Stories Again and Again

Scientific American (July 2022), GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2023-24, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2023-24, Boston Univ. School of Law Research Paper No. 4326723
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 19 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2023
Daniel J. Solove and Woodrow Hartzog
George Washington University Law School and Boston University School of Law
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data breach, data security

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Should the FTC Kill the Password? The Case for Better Authentication

14 Bloomberg BNA Privacy & Security Law Report 1353 (2015), GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2015-33, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-33
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 28 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2015
Daniel J. Solove and Woodrow Hartzog
George Washington University Law School and Boston University School of Law
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data security, cybersecurity, FTC, authentication, password, two factor authentication

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Radical Pragmatism

THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO PRAGMATISM pp. 324-344 (Alan Malachowski, ed. 2013) , GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2014-39, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-39
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 04 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 31 Jul 2014
Michael Sullivan and Daniel J. Solove
Emory University - Emory College of Arts and Sciences and George Washington University Law School
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pragmatism, John Dewey, Richard Posner, Richard Rorty, legal theory

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The Darkest Domain: Deference, Judicial Review, and the Bill of Rights

84 Iowa Law Review 941 (1999)
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 31 Mar 2005 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2023
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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consitutional law, deference, judicial review, bill of rights, law and fact

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Postures of Judging: An Exploration of Judicial Decisionmaking

Cardozo Studies in Law & Literature, Vol. 90, p. 173, 1997
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 30 Mar 2005
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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Dworkin, Dostoyevsky, judging, jurisprudence

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Five Myths About Privacy

The Washington Post 2013
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 18 Feb 2021
Daniel J. Solove
George Washington University Law School
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surveillance, national security, NSA, Snowden