Privacy Plus+ News
Stay informed with our latest insights on privacy and technology trends, along with key updates from our firm.
California DMV is Making $50M/Year Selling Personal Information
This week, we address the issues arising from the recent report that the California Department of Motor Vehicles is generating revenue of $50,000,000 a year by selling drivers’ personal information.
Privacy Plus+: Faith, Liberty and Thanksgiving
This week, mindful of Thanksgiving, we take a quiet moment to reflect on the fidelity that we all owe to the Constitution, to the rule of law, and to our nation.
Google’s Project Nightingale – Do No Harm
This week, the Wall Street Journal broke an explosive story that Google and non-profit hospital system Ascension have been running a secret initiative known as Project Nightingale, which has amassed the protected health information (“PHI”) of over 50 million Americans across 21 states.
The High Cost of Groceries – Paying with Iris Scans
This week, we address biometric information, privacy issues in refugee camps, paying for groceries with iris scans, and a recent Lookout report indicating that UN World Food Programme (and presumably, those served by the Programme) have been hacked.
Political Lies, Behavioral Advertising, and the Complicity of Algorithms
This week, “Facebook goes beyond providing a blank slate for advertisers” and we propose solutions.
Kate Morris to speak on Privacy at Texas Minority Counsel Program on Thursday, 11/7
Join the Texas Minority Counsel Program (TMCP), Kate Morris, and Neha Parekh for fast-paced and informative presentation about “Why Privacy Matters.”
I Can Hear You Now: The Growing Danger of Voice Recognition
This week, take a moment to consider lies disguised to sound like truth, and the privacy issues presented by voice recognition technologies.
Freezing Facial Recognition – Let’s Revisit
This week, we re-visit and repeat our May 25th call to freeze face-recognition (and other advanced biometric) technologies as we highlight recent news reflecting how the chorus is growing louder in demanding a moratorium on such technologies.
Patient Dignity and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Prosperity
This week, we’re proposing legislation to help the U.S. win medical AI race while providing financial rewards for every American.
Data Dignity and Inverse Privacy
This week, we consider the concepts of data dignity and inverse privacy as alternatives to a national privacy law.
Perspective on the “new” right to be forgotten
This week, we offer perspective on the CJEU’s recently ruling that the EU’s “right to be forgotten” cannot be enforced against a search engine operator outside the EU’s borders.
California Consumer Privacy Act – Who, What, Where, When, Why, and Now
This week, we cover the basics of a landmark privacy law, set to take effect on January 1, 2020—the California Consumer Privacy Act.
Election integrity matters – We’ve got to guard this moment, and we’re talking to you, Texas legislature
This week, we ask the Texas legislature, “do you really want Putin to vote in Texas elections?” It’s time for a special session.
Hosch & Morris is Proud to Co-Sponsor and Participate in the DBA's Tech Summit
Hosch & Morris, PLLC is proud to co-sponsor and participate in the Dallas Bar Association’s Technology Summit, which is to be held in Dallas at the Belo Mansion on Friday, September 13, 2019 from 9 AM to 3:45 PM. You can register to attend here: www.tinyurl.com/dbatech2019
Help us help you again (and read about the related FTC settlement with Google)
This week, we are back with technology tips to up-secure your internet browsing. Our post is inspired by this week’s announcement that Google and YouTube agreed to $170 million settlement to resolve allegations by the FTC and the New York Attorney General that YouTube illegally collected personal information from children.
Help us help you (protect your privacy)
This week, we are offering some practical advice about protecting your personal data, advocating for privacy by design and highlighting an announcement by Google’s Project Zero that illustrates the difference security and privacy, and why it is so important that we take steps to protect our personal data.
Ransomware: We Wish Some Things Weren't Bigger in Texas
This week, we imagine the creation of a national coordinator for cyber-security readiness and response in the wake of a coordinated ransomware attack on 20 local cities and agencies in Texas.
Georgia (voting machines) on our minds
This week, a federal judge in Atlanta, Georgia wisely ordered the state to be ready to use paper ballots for the 2020 election, if it fails to meet a tight deadline to implement an entirely new voting system.
Securing our Elections
This week, we call out vendors of voting machines and software that are falling short on election security, as well the governmental entities that need to wake up before election results get changed (and not just by 11 year-old hackers).
The Intersection of Privacy and Politics
This week, we consider the intersection of privacy and politics, and in the process, get apocalyptic about election interference, and apoplectic about governmental entities who contract without appropriate due diligence.