Alan Rubel

University of Wisconsin, Madison - Information School

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University of Wisconsin, Madison - Program in Legal Studies

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Madison, WI 53706-1481

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  • University of Wisconsin, Madison - Information School

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison - Program in Legal Studies

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Student Privacy in Learning Analytics: An Information Ethics Perspective

Rubel, A. & Jones, K. M. L. Student privacy in learning analytics: An information ethics perspective. The Information Society, 32(2), 143-159, 2016, DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2016.1130502
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 05 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2016
Alan Rubel and Kyle M. L. Jones
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Information School and Indiana University-Indianapolis (IUPUI)
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privacy, learning analytics, ethics, information ethics, education privacy

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Privacy and the USA Patriot Act: Rights, the Value of Rights, and Autonomy

Law and Philosophy, 2006
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 07 Feb 2006
Alan Rubel
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Information School
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privacy, Patriot Act, rights, value of rights

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Genetically Engineered Animals and the Ethics of Food Labeling

LABELING GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD: THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND LEGAL DEBATE, pp. 63-87, Paul Weirich, ed., Oxford University Press, 2007
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 02 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2014
Robert Streiffer and Alan Rubel
University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Philosophy and University of Wisconsin, Madison - Information School
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GMO, genetically engineered foods, enviropigs, AquAdvantage Salmon, genetically engineered animals, food labeling, consumer autonomy

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Libraries, Electronic Resources, and Privacy: The Case for Positive Intellectual Freedom

Library Quarterly 84(2) (April 2014):183-208
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 05 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2014
Alan Rubel
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Information School
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privacy, intellectual freedom, positive freedom, library, electronic books

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Justifying Public Health Surveillance: Basic Interests, Unreasonable Exercise, and Privacy

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, March 2012
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2012
Alan Rubel
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Information School
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A Matter of Trust: Higher Education Institutions as Information Fiduciaries in an Age of Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 24 Dec 2019
Kyle M. L. Jones, Alan Rubel and Ellen LeClere
Indiana University-Indianapolis (IUPUI), University of Wisconsin, Madison - Information School and iSchool
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higher education, learning analytics, student privacy, trust, information fiduciary

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Data Analytics in Higher Education: Key Concerns and Open Questions

University of St. Thomas Journal of Law and Public Policy, 2017
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 26 Jan 2017
Alan Rubel and Kyle M. L. Jones
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Information School and Indiana University-Indianapolis (IUPUI)
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Learning Analytics, Higher Education, Student Privacy, Moral Philosophy, Big Data

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Nanotechnology, Sensors, and Rights to Privacy

Public Affairs Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 131-153, April 2010
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 21 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2014
Alan Rubel
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Information School
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privacy, right to privacy, surveillance, Fourth Amendment

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Democratic Principles and Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods

Public Affairs Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 223-248, 2004
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 18 Sep 2009
Robert Streiffer and Alan Rubel
University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Philosophy and University of Wisconsin, Madison - Information School
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genetically engineered foods, labeling, environmental ethics, democratic theory

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Medical Privacy and the Public's Right to Vote: What Presidential Candidates Should Disclose

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 417-439, August 2006
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 02 Apr 2007
Robert Streiffer, Alan Rubel and Julie R. Fagan
University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Information School and University of Wisconsin - Madison
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democracy, medical privacy, presidential candidates, right to know, right to vote

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A Framework for Analyzing and Comparing Privacy States

Forthcoming in JASIST--Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (2014)
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 14 Feb 2014
Alan Rubel and Ryan Biava
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Information School and University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Political Science
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privacy, political science, information ethics and policy

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Agency Laundering and Information Technologies

Ethical Theory & Moral Practice, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 23 Oct 2019
Alan Rubel, Clinton Castro and Adam Pham
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Information School, Florida International University (FIU) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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ethics, algorithm, AI, agency, autonomy, big data, privacy, automation, agency laundering, COMPAS, transparency, information technology, responsibility gap

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The Particularized Judgment Account of Privacy

Res Publica 17(3): 275-290 (2011)
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 05 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2014
Alan Rubel
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Information School
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privacy, right to privacy, information, informational privacy

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The Temptation of Data-Enabled Surveillance: Are Universities the Next Cautionary Tale?

Communications of the ACM, 63(4), 22–24, 2020 , DOI: 10.1145/3382741
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 17 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2020
Alan Rubel and Kyle M. L. Jones
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Information School and Indiana University-Indianapolis (IUPUI)
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Higher Education, Student Privacy, Surveillance, Information Fiduciary

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Four Facets of Privacy and Intellectual Freedom in Licensing Contracts for Electronic Journals

Four Facets of Privacy and Intellectual Freedom in Licensing Contracts for Electronic Journals. College & Research Libraries, [S.l.], v. 76, n. 4, p. 427-449, May 2015. ISSN 2150-6701
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 13 Oct 2018
Alan Rubel and Mei Zhang
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Information School and University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Privacy, Intellectual Freedom, Libraries, Licenses, Surveillance

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Privacy, Transparency, and Accountability in the NSA's Bulk Metadata Program

Privacy, Security, and Accountability: Ethics, Law, and Policy, Adam Moore (ed.), Rowman & Littlefield International, 2015
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 04 Mar 2019
Alan Rubel
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Information School
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privacy, surveillance, security, accountability, metadata

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Legal Archetypes and Metadata Collection

Wisconsin International Law Journal, Vol. 34, No. 4, 2017
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 01 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2019
Alan Rubel
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Information School
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privacy, surveillance, NSA, metadata, jurisprudence, legal archetypes