Nancy S. Kim
Author,
Law Professor
& Contracts Expert
I research and write about contracts, the meaning of consent, licensing, the effect of technology on humans and society, and the relationship between law, society and social norms.
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The New York Times, The Editorial Board, What Happens When You Click ‘Agree’?, (Jan. 23, 2021); Opinion | With Online Terms of Service, What Happens When You Click 'Agree'? - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Taboo Trades, podcast interview with Kimberly D. Krawiec, Consentability with Nancy Kim, (Sept. 8, 2020); https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hiUMTn9czlcoJozBev7We
Fox 43, Rachel Yonkunas, College Students asked to sign COVID-19 risk acknowledgement forms before returning to campus, (August 16, 2020); https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/college-students-asked-sign-covid19-risk-acknowledgment-forms/521-250603aa-454f-4cb7-a33d-62e0b1d4b237
Forbes, Naomi Cahn, Three Lessons on Work, Disability, and COVID-19, (May 7, 2020); https://www.forbes.com/sites/naomicahn/2020/05/07/three-lessons-on-work-disability-and-covid-19
The Cyberwire's Caveat law and policy podcast, interview with Dave Bittner, Can smart surveillance keep us safe?, (March 25, 2020); https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/caveat/21/notes
Woodrow Hartzog and Evan Selinger, Why you can't really consent to Facebook's facial recognition, (Sept. 30, 2019); https://onezero.medium.com/why-you-cant-really-consent-to-facebook-s-facial-recognition-6bb94ea1dc8f
Business Insider, Lisa Eadicicco, Facebook still has incredible control over your data, (July 26, 2019); https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-5-billion-fine-new-rules-may-not-fix-privacy-2019-7
engadget, Edgar Alvarez, Facebook’s ‘privacy-focused’ plan is another diversion, (May 2, 2019); https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/02/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-privacy-focused-vision-flawed/
PennRecord, Daniel Fisher, ‘This doesn’t help’: Law profs say influential group’s take on Internet agreements is based on faulty analysis, (May 1, 2019); https://pennrecord.com/stories/512476249-this-doesn-t-help-law-profs-say-influential-group-s-take-on-internet-agreements-is-based-on-faulty-analysis
Good Law/Bad Law podcast, Aaron Freiwald, Yes, no, maybe, (April 19, 2019); https://www.goodlawbadlawpodcast.com/podcasepisodes/2019/4/19/good-law-bad-law-130-yes-no-maybe-w-nancy-kim
engadget, Edgar Alvarez, Your data is valuable, but you’re never getting paid for it, (April 30, 2018); https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/30/facebook-cambridge-analytica-data-royalties/
Slate.com, Jennifer Taub, Why Trump Likely Won’t Collect the $20 Million He Claims Stormy Daniels Owes Him, (March 20, 2018); https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/why-trump-likely-wont-collect-the-usd20-million-he-claims-stormy-daniels-owes-him.html
Marketplace Tech/NPR, Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab, We Might Not See the Effects of the Equifax Breach for Years, (Sept. 20, 2017); https://www.marketplace.org/2017/09/20/tech/we-might-not-see-effects-equifax-breach-years
Wired, Emma Grey Ellis, Everyone Loses When Your Employer Owns Your Facebook Account, (April 5, 2017); https://www.wired.com/2017/04/tomi-lahren-the-blaze-sock-puppet/
Select All/ New York Magazine, Sam Stecklow, How Do You Solve a Problem Like Pizzagate?, (December 12, 2016); http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/12/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-pizzagate.html
New York Law Journal, Mark Hamblett, 51 Law Professors Join Fight Against Arbitration in Uber Price-Fixing Case, (December 7, 2016); http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/id=1202774152389/51-Law-Professors-Join-Fight-Against-Arbitration-in-Uber-PriceFixing-Case?mcode=0&curindex=0&curpage=1
Popular Mechanics, Alexander George, What Did I Just Agree To? (November 2016)
Quartz, Christopher Groskopf, The digital age has destroyed the concept of ownership, and companies are taking advantage of it, (September 28, 2016); http://qz.com/766535/terms-of-service-agreements-are-destroying-the-concept-of-ownership-for-digital-goods/
NPR, Morning Edition, Chris Arnold, Wells Fargo Fires 5,000 Employees Over Fake Accounts; http://www.npr.org/2016/09/09/493228759/wells-fargo-fires-5-000-employees-over-fake-accounts
The Los Angeles Times, David Lazarus, Europe and U.S. have different approaches to protecting privacy of personal data, (December 22, 2015); http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-20151222-column.html
Fast Company, Sarah Kessler, Why Online Harassment Is Still Ruining Lives – and How We Can Stop It (June 3, 2015); http://www.fastcompany.com/3046772/tech-forecast/why-online-harassment-is-still-ruining-lives-and-how-we-can-stop-it
The Los Angeles Times, David Lazarus, Another Spurious Bank Fee: $12 for Depositing a Check That Bounces (May 5, 2015); http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-20150505-column.html
The Social Network Show, Why We Click “Agree” Without Reading the Online Agreement (interview) (December 15, 2014), http://thesocialnetworkstation.com/why-we-click-agree-without-reading-the-online-agreement/
The Los Angeles Times, David Lazarus, Lured by Verizon into Giving Up Cellphone Privacy (October 23, 2014); http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-20141024-column.html
The New York Times, Jeremy B. Merrill, One-Third of Top Websites Restrict Customers’ Right to Sue (October 23, 2014); http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/23/upshot/one-third-of-top-websites-restrict-customers-right-to-sue.html?_r=0&abt=0002&abg=0.
NBC San Diego, New Law Protects Online Reviewers (Sept. 11, 2014); http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Online-Reviews-Offered-Legal-Protection-274836381.html
The Social Network Show, Are You an Online Guinea Pig? (interview) (August 22, 2014), http://thesocialnetworkstation.com/are-you-an-online-guinea-pig/
NPR affiliate WBUR’s Here & Now, What Are You Agreeing To In Online Contracts? (interview) (August 6, 2014); http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/08/06/wrap-contracts-privacy
WRCBtv, Hidden Contracts: Do You Know What You’re Signing? (July 29, 2014); http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/26144999/hidden-contracts-do-you-know-what-youre-signing
NBC San Diego, The Truth Behind Hidden Contracts (July 16, 2014); http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Truth-Behind-Hidden-Contracts-267429891.html
KDWN radio live broadcast, The Social Network Show, Website “Terms and Conditions”: What Are We Agreeing To? (interview) (May 4 2014); http://thesocialnetworkstation.com/the-social-network-show-on-kdwn-presents-nancy-kim/
The Social Network Show, Twitter Flaws and Website Laws (interview) (February 7, 2013); http://thesocialnetworkstation.com/twitter-flaws-and-website-laws/
U.S.A. Today College, Channing C. Holman, Online Impersonation Would Be Illegal Under Proposed Arizona Bill, (Jan. 10, 2013); http://www.usatodayeducate.com/staging/index.php/ccp/online-impersonation-would-be-illegal-under-proposed-ariz-bill
Andrew Sullivan, Unwrap the Internet! The Dish blog, (December 20, 2013); http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2013/12/20/unwrap-the-internet/
KUSI evening news (San Diego local television station, Channel 9), discussing California privacy legislation (September 27, 2013)
Slate.com, Emily Bazelon, How Should Facebook and MySpace Handle Cyberbullying? (March 25, 2010); http://www.slate.com/id/2248764/pagenum/all
The Boston Globe, Drake Bennett, Time for a Muzzle (February 15, 2009); http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/02/15/time_for_a_muzzle/