Patrick Dillon

Lawyer. Theorist.

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Explaining ancient wisdom to the modern mind is a fools errand.

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In Christ we have a fresh start as often as we trust in Him.

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Christianity is a fight.

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The first discipline is the spiritual discipline.

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Massachusetts votes to pass new privacy rights bill that bans sale of precise location data https://t.co/OND1e6KIQs

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People under the power of masters cannot be denominated free, however equitably and kindly they may be treated. - Price

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When you parse a concept like the abuse of power, it clarifies that power is in the world and its use should be limited.

But this is a moral claim.

Without a consistent moral framework, some see abuses that don't exist, while others don't see abuses that do.

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Classically, a republican government provides two arrangements for its citizens:

1) It ensures that citizens are treated equally before the law.

2) It ensures that the interests of its citizens determine the law.

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There is a tight nexus in modern Western history between the institutional accumulation of citizens' personal information and the abuse of power.

#dataprivacy

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While it is promising that the US House is once again considering federal unified legislation to give Americans control over their personal data, the SECURE Data Act is too narrow a protection in its current form.

https://t.co/URfnWlJY5A

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@HouseCommerce @RepGusBilirakis Except this bill, as proposed, is going to recede several of the strongest protections and preempt states that prioritize their citizens' data control.

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@MyersHk72418 The combination of receding and narrow consumer data protection, and preempting effective state laws that give meaningful protection, makes opposing this legislation a pretty clear choice.

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Countries outside the EU and EEA are now eligible for Europrivacy, the European data protection seal.

The certification demonstrations compliance with GDPR data processing requirements and is critical for international data transfers with European countries.

https://t.co/12VINSk9DO

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For companies that collect data through pixels, deanonymize it, and are being sued for CIPA violations:

California courts do NOT find "pseudonymization" arguments persuasive as a basis to reject Article III standing when anonymity is rendered functionally meaningless.

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Instead of rushing to automation, we should be rushing to integration.