The phrase “reasonable expectation of privacy” sounds like a straightforward promise. Someone shares information for a particular purpose and expects it to remain private beyond that purpose. In American constitutional law, however, the phrase has a more specific role. Its history helps explain why everyday expectations of privacy and legal protection do not always align….
Protecting children online appears to begin with a simple question: Is the user a child? Answering that question, however, may require an online service to collect or analyze information about the person seeking access. A measure intended to protect children’s privacy can therefore create a privacy concern of its own. California’s newly enacted Assembly Bill…
Workplace monitoring is not new. Employers have long measured attendance, productivity, location, communications, and use of company systems. Artificial intelligence introduces a more intimate possibility: technology that does not merely record what an employee does, but attempts to determine what the employee feels. California has now drawn a boundary around that possibility. On September 30,…
A private message is written for an audience and a purpose. Using it to train artificial intelligence changes that relationship. The information may already sit on a company’s servers, but technical access does not establish a lawful basis for another use. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) addresses this distinction in its September 2026 report, Responsible…
Smart glasses no longer necessarily resemble conspicuous pieces of experimental technology. Some look much like ordinary eyewear while incorporating cameras, microphones, speakers, and artificial intelligence. Their increasingly conventional appearance may help explain their commercial appeal. It also complicates the ability of people nearby to understand when technology is observing, recording, or processing their surroundings. At…