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UF author: Technology jeopardizes individual privacy

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Technology has intruded into every aspect of modern life, from how people die to how they conduct their public and private business. Although the benefits of technology are obvious, the risks can be huge.

Filed under Law, Research, Technology on Tuesday, October 7, 2008.

UF offers nation’s first master’s degree in environmental and land use law

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In a world grappling with critical shortages of water, increasing developmental pressures and the unknown but real threats of climate change, environmental and land use law policies and applications are changing almost as fast as the weather.
To prepare a new generation of environmental lawyers to meet these challenges, the University of Florida [...]

Filed under Environment, Law, Research on Thursday, June 12, 2008.

Government surveillance harms society, UF law professor writes in new book

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Acts of government surveillance — from increasing use of closed-circuit televisions and global positioning systems to an array of sophisticated technologies that can access records about our activities — represent an insidious assault on the freedom of Americans that the law has failed to respond to, according to a new book from a University of Florida law professor.

Filed under Law, Research on Tuesday, March 4, 2008.