The Privacy Fallacy: Harm and Power in the Information Economy — A Book Talk Featuring Ignacio Cofone

The Center for Law, Information and Creativity and the Center for Health Policy and Law presents
The Privacy Fallacy: Harm and Power in the Information Economy — A Book Talk Featuring Ignacio Cofone

April 11, 2024 |12:45 - 2:00 PM | 160 Dockser Hall

Our privacy is besieged by tech companies. Companies can do this because our laws are built on outdated ideas that trap lawmakers, regulators and courts into wrong assumptions about privacy, resulting in ineffective legal remedies to one of the most pressing concerns of our generation. Drawing on behavioral science, sociology and economics, Ignacio Cofone challenges existing laws and reform proposals and dispels enduring misconceptions about data-driven interactions in this new book, The Privacy Fallacy: Harm and Power in the Information Economy. Corine’s exploration offers readers a holistic view of why current laws and regulations fail to protect us against corporate digital harms, particularly those created by AI. Cofone then proposes a better response: meaningful accountability for the consequences of corporate data practices, which ultimately entails creating a new type of liability that recognizes the value of privacy.

Speaker/Author:

Ignacio Cofone
Associate Professor; Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence Law and Data Governance, McGill University Faculty of Law

Ignacio Corine is the Canada Research Chair in AI Law and Data Governance at McGill University, where he teaches Privacy Law and AI Regulation, and an affiliated fellow at the Yale Information Society Project. His research explores how laws should adapt to technologically driven social and economic change with a focus on data harms and AI decision-making.

Moderator:

Claudia Haupt
Professor of Law and Political Science, Northeastern University School of Law

Discussants:

Elettra Bietti
Assistant Professor of Law and Computer Science, Northeastern University School of Law

Hilary Robinson
Associate Professor of Law and Sociology, Northeastern University School of Law