Lawfare: “Fighting Insider Abuse After Van Buren”

By Bryan Cunningham

A win for civil libertarians does not mean a loss for data owners.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Van Buren v. United States on June 3 requires lawyers and policymakers to revisit the roles that law, policy and technology play in deterring, detecting, preventing and punishing misuse of sensitive data. Free societies must find ways to effectively harness increasingly large datasets and advanced powers to analyze and use such data to enhance people’s security and improve their lives while protecting individual privacy, intellectual property and other key interests.

Read the full article at Lawfare.