David Thaw
- David Thaw
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
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Biography
David Thaw is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law. David's research and scholarship examines the regulation of Internet and computing technologies, with specific focus on cybersecurity regulation and cybercrime.
Prior to joining UConn, David was a Research Associate at the University of Maryland Department of Computer Science and the Maryland Cybersecurity Center. David also practiced cybersecurity and privacy regulatory law at Hogan Lovells (formerly Hogan & Hartson) and was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale Law School.
David received his J.D. from Berkeley Law. He holds a Ph.D. in Information Management and Systems and a M.A. in Political Science from UC Berkeley, as well as undergraduate degrees in Government and Computer Science from the University of Maryland. David is also an Affiliated Fellow of the Yale Law School Information Society Project.
Additional information is available at: http://www.davidthaw.com/
Representative Publications
- The Efficacy of Cybersecurity Regulation, Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2014)
- Criminalizing Hacking, Not Dating: Reconstructing the CFAA Intent Requirement, 103 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 101 (forthcoming 2013)
- When Machines Are Watching: How Warrantless Use of GPS Surveillance Technology Terminates The Fourth Amendment Right Against Unreasonable Search, 121 Yale L. J. Online 177 (2011) (with Priscilla Smith, Nabiha Syed & Albert Wong)
- User Choices and Regret: Understanding Users' Decision Process about Consensually Acquired Spyware, 2 I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society 283 (2006) (with Nathaniel Good, Jens Grossklags, Aaron Perzanowski, Deirdre Mulligan, & Joseph Konstan)
Areas of Expertise/Specialization
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Cybercrime
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Cybersecurity and Privacy Regulation
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Internet and Computer Law
Teaching Interests
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Administrative Law
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Criminal Law
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Intellectual property
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Internet and Computer Law






