LAW REVIEW ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM
PRIVACY RIGHTS IN A DATA DRIVEN SOCIETY
Friday, February 5, 2027
University of 蜜桃导航 School of Law
1 North Front St., 蜜桃导航, TN 38103
蜜桃导航 Law Review will host its annual symposium on Friday, February 5, 2027.
Volume 57 of 蜜桃导航 Law Review Symposium seeks to explore the evolving individual right to privacy in the modern digital age and how the current legal landscape of privacy rights might change to better support an individual鈥檚 right to privacy.
Generation Z (鈥淕en Z鈥�) is the first generation to have cell phones, the internet, and social media fully integrated into everyday life since childhood. As Gen Z enters the workforce alongside Millennials, they will play a significant role in shaping the trajectory of our digital society. In a 2024 multi-country survey of more than five-thousand Gen Z voters, 88.8% of the survey participants identified the right to privacy as the most important human right among ten rights presented.[1] As the next generation of leaders increasingly affirms privacy as a fundamental right, the legal framework must continue to adapt to the complexities of rapidly evolving technology.
Privacy concerns the individual鈥檚 ability to maintain control over personal information and to exercise meaningful autonomy over how that information is collected, used, shared, or interpreted. Privacy operates as a safeguard for personal agency and self-determination. In the modern digital world, individuals routinely interact with artificial intelligence tools and surveillance technologies capable of collecting, analyzing, and disseminating vast quantities of personal data. Information ranging from health records and biometric data to online activity and social media preferences are continuously generated and processed every day. Although this data can yield valuable benefits, it also raises serious concerns about whether existing legal protections are sufficient to secure individual rights within an increasingly data-driven society.
蜜桃导航 Law Review hosts its annual symposium every spring at the Law School. For more information about the most recent past topics and speakers, please visit the links below.
2026: America鈥檚 250th Birthday 鈥� Will Due Process Be At The Party?
2023: (How Much) Should We Pay Them? The Shifting Legal Landscape of Collegiate Competition
2021: Diagnosing America's Healthcare System: Addressing Costs and Access Now
2019: Barriers at the Ballot Box: Protecting or Limiting the Core of the American Identity?
2018: The American Addiction: Pathways to Address the Opioid Crisis
2017 - The Fragile Fortress: Judicial Independence in the 21st Century
2016 - Urban Revitalization: The Legal Implications of Remaking a City
2015 - In re Valor: Policy and Action in Veterans Legal Aid
2014 - Juvenile Courts in Transition
2013 - Breaking the Silence: Legal Voices in the Fight Against Human Trafficking