An article by University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication Assistant Professor Jasmine McNealy was recently published in the Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property. The article, entitled “Reconsidering Privacy-Promising Technologies,” was co-authored with University of Oregon Assistant Professor Heather Shoenberger.

The article examines the idea of the “reasonable person” in the digital age based on the Federal Trade Commission’s settlement with Snapchat.  One of the criteria used by the FTC in evaluating deceptive practices is whether the deception was misleading “from the perspective of a consumer acting reasonably in the circumstance.”  In addition to defining privacy-promising technologies and current regulations covering these technologies as well as examining evidence detailing the general public’s lack of information and digital literacy, the article “supplies an overview of the ‘reasonable person’ standard used by the FTC to analyze deceptive practice claims in general.”

Posted: January 6, 2017
Category: College News, Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project News
Tagged as: Jasmine McNealy, Media Production Management and Technology, Telecommunication, Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property