Closing the Privacy Loopholes: The Necessity of a Federal Privacy Law in America

The vast expansion of digital technology in everyday American life has contributed to the technology companies’ collection of vast quantities of consumers’ data.[1] However, the regulation of data collection and usage in American states only started in 2018 with the passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act.[2] Now, in 2024, only 14 other states have … Read more

Static Treaties and Evolving Custom: A Comparison of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and the Customary International Law Prohibition on the Arbitrary Deprivation of Nationality

In the wake of WWII, political instability and discriminatory denationalization policies displaced millions of people, leaving many without a nationality.[1] This widespread statelessness crisis specifically affected the Jewish population of European countries, and increasing international concern for stateless individuals spurred the formulation of various international agreements aimed at protecting stateless persons and reducing statelessness generally.[2] … Read more