Peter Fleischer: Privacy...?

This is a place for me to ruminate about Privacy. For two decades, I worked as Google's Global Privacy Counsel.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

The Saga Continues...now to the Italian Supreme Court

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In December of last year, an Italian Court of Appeals overturned my conviction—as well as that of two other Googlers—for violating Italian ...
Saturday, April 6, 2013

What people in the know now know that you don't know

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When I was on Rhodes recently, I marveled at how virtually every building was designed with one principle in mind:  security.  What'...
Thursday, April 4, 2013

Stretch Goals for Privacy Lawyers

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The global trends in privacy are crystal clear:  more privacy laws, more litigation, more regulation, more compliance obligations, more...
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Why Johnny can't read...a privacy policy

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Why can't Johnny read a privacy policy?  It's because privacy policies aren't being written for Johnny to read.  They'r...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

We Need a Better, Simpler Narrative of US Privacy Laws

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Ask yourself why a European privacy regulator can propagate the preposterous view publicly that the US has " no effective privacy...
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Monday, March 4, 2013

A Glorious Day for a Free Internet in Italy

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Just before Christmas, an Italian Appeals Court  over-turned the convictions  of three Googlers, including myself, for allegedly viola...
Sunday, February 17, 2013

Don Quixote

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Re-read Don Quixote as you follow the debate about revising Europe's privacy laws. Is it more noble to pursue the glory of fantasy ...
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Monday, February 11, 2013

Talking Privacy to the Guys in the Pool

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I'm in Florida for a few days, joining the Privacy Law Salon, and a chance to talk about privacy with a lot of experts in the field. B...
Monday, February 4, 2013

Why is Bing calling me a "Google Criminal"?

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It's always a good idea, from time to time, to search on your own name.  When I searched on my own name, here's what Bing sugges...
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Friday, February 1, 2013

MSFT goes forum shopping to...Luxembourg

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Microsoft has very large operations all over Europe, in particular in Dublin, London and Paris.  So, it came as a bit of a surprise to me...
Thursday, January 31, 2013

Acquitted in Italy, finally

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Finally, after 6 years of criminal prosecutions and appeals, my colleagues and I have been acquitted of a “privacy crime” in Italy .   Thi...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

My Resolutions on Privacy Day

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January 28 is Privacy Day .   I love the privacy profession.  Privacy Day is a good day to reflect a bit, and January is the time for n...
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Thursday, December 6, 2012

My Italian Appeal

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My Google colleagues David Drummond, George De Los Reyes (now retired) and myself were convicted in Milan, Italy in 2010 for violating Ita...
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Monday, November 26, 2012

Should you cover your tracks from government snooping?

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Most of us store a lot of stuff in the cloud.  For example, most of us keep lots of old emails in the cloud, since storage is free, the...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Book Burning, updated for the Digital Age

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We're so much more enlightened than prior Book Burning Generations, aren't we?  Book burning has a long and inglorious histor...
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Monday, November 5, 2012

The Marketplace of Privacy Compliance Programs

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The data protection establishment, worldwide, has been inventing a lot of new privacy compliance programs.  All these different, well-intent...
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Friday, November 2, 2012

Greece: protecting freedom of expression

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You may have read about the widely-reported case of the  Greek journalist  who published the list of 2000 Greeks with Swiss...
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