“The CCPA gives every consumer the right to tell a business: stop selling or sharing my personal information. When a consumer sends a clear opt-out signal, cookies used for selling and sharing user data should not be set.” globalprivacyaudit.org/2026/califor...

Friday Song of the Week: Dwight Yoakam, Purple Rain www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_Ue... #fridaysongofweek

Good Morning From The Drummer, My Friends.

I’m thrilled to announce that I’m joining the faculty of the University of Minnesota, where I will be the Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law and the Director of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law.

Friday Song of the Week: Lady Wray, Bad Girl www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Oq... #fridaysongofweek

"Autonomy with Oversight: Legal Guardrails for Agentic AI" — Join us at the Privacy + Security Forum (May 6–8, 2026) for an in-depth discussion. Register here: bit.ly/34nInA7 #privacy #privsecforum

Erwin Chemerinsky’s Berkeley Law Deanship Extended Through June 2029 www.law.berkeley.edu/article/erwi...

And ICYMI, with @gwyneth.bsky.social for the Berkeley Law Voices Carry podcast. Listen here www.law.berkeley.edu/podcast-epis...

Prof. Khiara Bridges talks with Nina Martin, @motherjones.com re: The hidden health inequality facing even the wealthiest Black mothers www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Washington Post's warning on latest digital scams wapo.st/3QeqHDS

Thank you Lewis Brisbois for supporting the Privacy + Security Forum – May 6-8, 2026: www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-spring-a... #privsecforum #privacy

Friday Song of the Week: Jackie DeShannon, Don't Turn Your Back on Me www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3nI... #fridaysongofweek

"AI Vendor Compromise Workshop"— Join us at the Privacy + Security Forum (May 6–8, 2026) for an in-depth discussion. Register here: bit.ly/34nInA7 #privacy #privsecforum

Thank you Booz Allen for supporting the Privacy + Security Forum – May 6-8, 2026: www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-spring-a... #privsecforum #privacy

"AI Governance Workshop"— Join us at the Privacy + Security Forum (May 6–8, 2026) for an in-depth discussion. Register here: bit.ly/34nInA7 #privacy #privsecforum

Thank you BDO for supporting the Privacy + Security Forum – May 6-8, 2026: www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-spring-a... #privsecforum #privacy

Friday song of the week: Spinners, Easy Come, Easy Go www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwkP... #fridaysongofweek

"In the book, I say that if we really wanted to solve the Black maternal health crisis, we would start taking racism seriously. We have to stop denying that it exists," Professor Khiara M. Bridges spoke to @thenation.com about her new book, "Expecting Inequity": https://bit.ly/4vcYg9C

Join “Data, DOGE, and Danger: Accountability for the Federal Government’s Activities with Our Data” session at the Privacy + Security Forum, – May 6-8, 2026: www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-spring-a... #privacy #privsecforum

Join us at the Privacy + Security Forum, May 6–8 www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-spring-a... #privsecforum

Friday Song of the Week, Elvis, Where Do I Go From Here www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO3K... #fridaysongofweek

Awesome choice @eff.org !

Interested in becoming a law professor focusing on privacy and AI? Apply to GW Law’s VAP in Privacy & Technology Law: www.law.gwu.edu/privacy-and-...

Oklahoma is set to become the 21st state to pass a consumer privacy law. Unfortunately, the law is in the same mold as other state consumer privacy laws, a framework written by industry lobbyists that barely moves the needles on protecting privacy.

You could say that Rock n Roll was born 111 years ago today in Arkansas, but probably not where you'd think. Before there was a Chuck Berry or Little Richard, there was those who wanted to be like her. Rosetta Nubin better known as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of Rock was born on this day

Happy Birthday to Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and a massive thank you to her for inventing rock and roll She was born on March 20th, 1915

Friday Song of the Week: Candi Staton, Heart on a String www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDVo... #fridaysongofweek

The thing I hate most about cookie banners is when I have to disable my adblocker to see them in the first place because a site will not function at all until I have explicitly clicked through the cookie banner.

And a special thank you to (among others) @rcalo.bsky.social @daniellecitron.bsky.social @lessig.bsky.social @daniel-solove.bsky.social @hartzog.bsky.social @anupamchander.bsky.social @ethanz.bsky.social @hoffprof.bsky.social @paulschwartz.bsky.social on whose work I relied!!

CalPrivacy Executive Director Tom Kemp addresses a common misconception about your data privacy and why you should care.

📽️Want to take control of your personal data? DROP is a free privacy tool from the State of California that helps you take more control of your personal information. Watch our quick how-to video to learn how DROP works and how easy it is to get started. youtu.be/7MdThSgi61Q?...

Book launch day! “Your Data Will Be Used Against You: Policing in the Age of Self Surveillance” is out. Bluesky friends, I would be so grateful if you would buy a copy. And if you can’t afford it, could you at least share this announcement. Thank you. #BookSky politics-prose.com/search?q=You...

Join us for a fireside chat with Stephen Bolinger to discuss his Documentary ‘Privacy People’. May 6-8, 2026: bit.ly/34nInA7 #privsecforum #PrivacyMatters @sbolinger.bsky.social

Song of the Week: Jeanne & the Darlings- Soul Girl (Stax) www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PC0... #fridaysongofweek

“Privacy’s Defender” (@mitpress.bsky.social) is on sale now! Click below for more about the book and national book tour (including #Seattle, Silicon Valley, and #Denver next week).

Hey, #Portland #PDX! Before you go see EFF’s Cindy Cohn at @powells.bsky.social at 7pmPT tonight, listen to her interview on KBOO’s Genius Box about “Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance.”

Leading privacy and information technology legal scholar #BULawProf @hartzog.bsky.social was named the inaugural Andrew R. Randall Professor during an investiture ceremony this spring. Learn more about his scholarship ➡️ mailchi.mp/bu/bulaw-173...

Coverage of my February 6 keynote talk, Data Federalism 3.0, at Chapman Law School www.law.berkeley.edu/sidebar/prof...

Thoughtful critique of age verification requirements by @taylorlorenz.bsky.social Age verification is a big privacy threat, with the costs worth more than the benefits. The best approaches to protect children online involve privacy protections. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Friday Song of the Week: Johnny Copeland, Cut Off My Right Arm www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1Cj... #FridaySongofWeek

Some Supreme Court Justices think that viewing the Fourth Amendment as a right to "privacy" is an illegitimate 1960s Warren Court policy invention. But it's not: That language goes back to the beginning, as I showed in this 2022 article. scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcont...

Thank you Dentons for supporting the Privacy + Security Forum – May 6-8, 2026: www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-spring-a... #privsecforum #privacy

California Privacy Protection Agency fines edtech firm GoFan $1.1 million. Failures in co's privacy statement, failure to offer adequate opt-out, failure to offer delete right. privacy.ca.gov/wp-content/u...

Join us for a fireside chat with Mary Anne Franks to discuss Fearless Speech. May 6-8, 2026: www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-spring-a... #privsecforum #PrivacyMatters

Thank you ArentFox Schiff for supporting the Privacy + Security Forum – May 6-8, 2026: www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-spring-a... #privsecforum #privacy

New Developments in Privacy and AI Law (Tues Mar 10 at 2 PM ET) – Register Free: teachprivacy.com/video-new-de... with Omer Tene and Daniel Solove #AI

Friday Song of the Week: Elvis, Fairytale www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1Zx... #fridaysongofweek

2025 annual report of the California Privacy Protection Agency has dropped. Lots going on in the Golden State regarding privacy. privacy.ca.gov/wp-content/u...

See who is speaking at the Privacy + Security Forum! lnkd.in/g2cSjyyW 🙌 explore our agenda: lnkd.in/gspRyi2i