Litigation Takes the Stage: Using Litigation to Solve Performances in Privacy Law

Authors

Stephanie Don

Abstract

Technology’s constant and continuous development is many steps ahead of United States’ privacy laws. This Note asserts that current domestic privacy law is years behind what technology is capable of and is merely performative. That is, privacy law claims to protect us but simply does not. Ari Ezra Waldman’s book, Industry Unbound, exemplifies how consumers and privacy professionals alike are under the false impression that the privacy profession protects consumer data. To attempt to catch up with technology’s fast-paced development—specifically in the social media space—and to create truly protective privacy law, this Note proposes that litigation be used to advance privacy law instead of relying on slow-moving administrative or legislative methods.

Recommended Citation

Stephanie Don, Litigation Takes the Stage: Using Litigation to Solve Performances in Privacy Law, 14 Hastings Sci. & Tech. L.J. 287 (2023).
Available at: https://repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_science_technology_law_journal/vol14/iss2/4