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Professor William McGeveran appeared in the "Good Question" segment on WCCO News, answering the question, "How much does the government really know about us?" McGeveran said, "The government, if you take it all…
Professor William McGeveran will give a talk entitled "Encoding Privacy Law. A DH 2.0 Collaborative Presentation" on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. in Room 125 of the Nolte Center for Continuing Education…
Professor William McGeveran was interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio's "All Things Considered" show about criminal prosecutions against public employees who misuse government databases for personal purposes.…
Professor William McGeveran was a panelist in a roundtable about cell phone privacy on the Huffington Post's new video podcast channel, HuffPost Live. The panel considered court and Congressional decisions about…
Professor William McGeveran appeared in the "Good Question" segment on WCCO News, answering a viewer's query about Facebook. A hoax message spreading through the social network encourages users to post a status…
Professor William McGeveran was quoted in an article on Forbes.com about a court ruling that the federal Video Privacy Protection Act could apply to online streaming video as well as traditional VCR tapes or DVDs.…
Professor William McGeveran was quoted in a Minnesota Public Radio story about the settlement in lawsuit brought by the Minnesota Attorney General against Accretive Health. The complaint alleged Accretive's bill…
Professors William McGeveran and Myron Orfield published a Star Tribune opinion article arguing that the Minnesota Secretary of State has the statutory and constitutional power to select titles for…
Professor William McGeveran was quoted in a Forbes.com article about the use of Shell Oil trademarks in an elaborate prank. Greenpeace and other groups opposed to the company's arctic drilling plans have mocked Shell…
Professor William McGeveran was quoted in an article entitled "Facebook Status Update Privacy Hoax" on KARE 11.com. McGeveran was quoted saying, "Take it off Facebook. Just think of the real world. If you say…
Professor William McGeveran was quoted in a Pioneer Press article about a recent data breach at Minnesota's Division of Driver and Vehicle Services (DVS). McGeveran, an expert on Internet and privacy law,…
Professor William McGeveran was quoted in a Bloomberg Business Week article entitled "Netflix Wants Everyone to Know What You're Watching." The article explains that Netflix wants to amend the 1988 Video…