Chris Hoofnagle

A pilot study this fall that will allow certain applicants to be evaluated for admission based on their GRE or GMAT scores, rather than their LSAT scores. 

The program committee of the Privacy Law Scholars Conference, which took place on May 30 and 31, decided not to seek support from Palantir Technologies, a private American software company specializing in big data analytics, because a “significant minority” of participants in the conference were “uncomfortable” with the sponsorship.

The discovery that the university is monitoring UC Berkeley network traffic has sparked outrage among faculty members who see such undisclosed surveillance as a significant threat to privacy.

In March 2014, Google fell under fire for scanning emails in Apps for Education, a collection of online tools and services that include Google Drive and Google Mail.

Five, a startup company founded by a UC Berkeley alumnus, released its eponymous social networking application Tuesday morning.