“Abandon Rights, All Ye Who Enter Here.” You won’t find those words posted above the doors of any workplace. But they might as well be engraved there in stone. Employers are increasingly monitoring workers, aided by technological snooping devices and a culture that tacitly encourages their use. If your company possesses the tools and the…
Janet Jackson’s infamous “wardrobe malfunction” at the 2004 Superbowl precipitated a nationwide controversy. To judge by the hysterical reaction, one would think that nothing so shocking had ever been seen on television. Yet, remarkably, during the conservative 1950s, similar breast-baring accidents on television (by Faye Emerson and Jayne Mansfield) raised barely a stir. Is America…
An investigation into the Religious Right, judicial nominees, and future decisions on evolution, prayer in schools, abortion, and more Blending the effective use of grassroots campaigns, aggressive lobbying, and a well-tended career path for conservative law students and attorneys, the Religious Right has already succeeded in influencing major court decisions on a range of critical…
A page-turning narrative of privacy and the evolution of communication, from broken sealing wax to high-tech wiretapping A sweeping story of the right to privacy as it sped along colonial postal routes, telegraph wires, and today’s fiber-optic cables on a collision course with presidents and programmers, librarians and letter-writers. American Privacy traces the lineage of…
Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist for Parenting & Family Issues Approaching the risks for children on the Internet in a thought-provoking and intellectual manner, this study skillfully integrates contemporary news reports and disturbing legal cases to show how Facebook and other ready-made forums for information exchange are breaking down boundaries of privacy and facilitating a growing number…
[This blog post originally appeared on Good Digital Parenting.] Managing a household was challenging enough before we were engulfed by a tidal wave of consumer electronics. But now, it’s no longer enough to know how to cook a good meal, wash and dry clothes, build a kite, or fix a bike. Kids expect parents to…
2014-01-17 Cybertraps for Educators and Districts from Frederick Lane A presentation delivered to the San Diego County Office of Education Joint Powers Authority on January 17, 2014. If you are interested in discussing a presentation or professional development program for your organization on this topic, please contact me for information regarding my rates and availability.
2011-10-24 Living in a Wired World from Frederick Lane This is a lecture I delivered to the KnowledgeNet Group of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) by video conference from Ernst & Young in New York to Minneapolis, MN, on October 24, 2011. If you are interested in discussing a presentation or professional development…
2011-06-23 Privacy, Anonymity, and Intellectual Freedom in the Facebook Era from Frederick Lane Presented for the Fred K. Darragh Distinguished Lecture at the Central Arkansas Library System in Little Rock, Arkansas on June 23, 2011. If you are interested in discussing a presentation or professional development program for your organization on this topic, please contact…
For Immediate Release AUTHOR AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS Contacts: Frederick Lane (802) 318-4604 FSLane3@gmail.com The scandal that has engulfed Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) may seem to many parents like yet another reason to turn off the news. That’s an understandable reaction, but parents should embrace it for it what it is: a great opportunity to educate…
