Students,

Here is an off the cuff list of potential research paper ideas. This is by no means complete and I'm even worried that by posting this, you will cease to think about other paper topic ideas that may really stoke you up. As I think of more, I'll add them but I hope you use these ideas only if they really excite you. I don't want students doing the same kinds of issues so you need to start thinking right now about paper topics. I'll be on your cases to make sure you are progressing with research, draft writing and successive editorial improvements on your rough drafts. Remember, November 1st is not that far off.

 

Paper topic ideas for the technology seminar

  1. abortion restrictions and technology
  2. Aids issues, drug testing issues
  3. analyze law or laws about privacy regulations, criminal or private sector stuff
  4. cable protection privacy act
  5. caller id stuff and Calea Act
  6. changing standards of abortion and right to die policy
  7. constitutionality of embryological procedures
  8. dna data banks, dna in law enforcement
  9. drivers protection privacy act
  10. electronic mail monitoring
  11. electronic money and privacy (smart cards?)
  12. exemptions in all the different privacy laws
  13. fetal tissue issues
  14. genetic discrimination in the workplace
  15. Genetic testing and screening technologies
  16. identity cards and medical data bases
  17. media's intrusion into privacy
  18. patients privacy and computerized medical (pharmacy) records
  19. polygraph stuff
  20. self regulation and government regulation
  21. stuff about biometrics
  22. television in courtrooms
  23. disclosure of health related information for adoptions
  24. the clipper chip controversy, encryption
  25. intelligent highway systems
  26. sexual orientation and politics of biology, immutability?
  27. redefining katz to ensure more privacy in surveillance.
  28. legislative privacy proposals that never made it
  29. Carnivore email tapping by law enforcement fbi
  30. Privacy done in other countries, other parts of the world
  31. The biology or psychology of privacy and how technology is changing the status quo
  32. Emulex hoax and the laws surrounding the whole thing.
  33. Nanotechnology
  34. Check out the reports in the June 19, 2000 Time Magazine-lots of ideas
  35. cloning and privacy