Grappling With the Right to Privacy: A Century-Old Conundrum

In the world of Big Data, has the definition of privacy changed? If we don’t know what information about us is being collected, what amount of privacy is reasonable to expect? And even if we know what’s being communicated to others, how can lawmakers legislate solutions to a problem when the laws themselves are outdated by the time they take effect?

Firm attorneys Peter J. Guffin and Kyle J. Glover explored these and many other aspects of privacy and security in the foreword to the current issue of Maine Law Review (vol. 66, no. 2).