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Privacy and Security

Questions about privacy are central to the digital economy. We study how much people value privacy, the privacy paradox, and developments in state and federal privacy legislation. Our work has contributed to policy discussions of data portability, data regulation, and advertising models.

Testimony and Filings

An Examination of the Google-DoubleClick Merger and the Online Advertising Industry: What Are the Risks For Competition and Privacy. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights Committee on the Judiciary

September 27, 2007

Thomas M. Lenard

Lenard, Thomas. “An Examination of the Google-DoubleClick Merger and the Online Advertising Industry: What Are the Risks For Competition and Privacy.” Testimony before the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, September 27, 2007.

Commentaries and Op-Eds

Googling Monopoly

August 22, 2007

Thomas M. Lenard and Paul H. Rubin

Lenard, Thomas, Paul Rubin. “Googling ‘Monopoly.'” Wall Street Journal, August 2007.

Research Papers

Privacy and the Commercial Use of Personal Information: The Case of Customer Proprietary Network Information

August 15, 2007

Thomas M. Lenard and Paul H. Rubin

Lenard, Thomas, Paul Rubin. “Privacy and the Commercial Use of Personal Information: The Case of Customer Proprietary Network Information.” August 2007.

Commentaries and Op-Eds

Vista, Open Access and Net Neutrality

November 25, 2006

Thomas M. Lenard

Lenard, Thomas M. “Vista, Open Access and Net Neutrality.” November 2006.

Testimony and Filings

Privacy in the Commercial World II

June 20, 2006

Thomas M. Lenard

Lenard, Thomas M. “Privacy in the Commercial World II.” Testimony before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, June 20, 2006.

Commentaries and Op-Eds

Slow Down on Data Security Legislation

August 9, 2005

Thomas M. Lenard and Paul H. Rubin

Lenard, Thomas M. and Paul H. Rubin. “Slow Down on Data Security Legislation.” August 2005.

Research Papers

An Economic Analysis of Notification Requirements for Data Security Breaches

July 12, 2005

Thomas M. Lenard and Paul H. Rubin

Lenard, Thomas M. and Paul H. Rubin. “An Economic Analysis of Notification Requirements for Data Security Breaches.” Progress on Point 12.12. The Progress & Freedom Foundation, July 2005.

DISCOVER THE LATEST IN TECH POLICY

The Voluntary IP Service Transition Auction (VISTA)

Beyond GDP, with Diane Coyle on Two Think Minimum

Shane Greenstein on Co-Invention and the Geography of AI Innovation

EXPLORE OUR RESEARCH TOPICS

Antitrust and Competition

Artificial Intelligence

Broadband

Content Moderation

Economics and Methods

Free Speech

Evidence-Based Policy

Intellectual Property