Those of you who regularly read this blog know that I am not a friend of Texas AG Ken Paxton but in this case I say GO FOR IT! In December he opened investigations into 15 technology companies regarding their privacy and safety practices for minors, using the SCOPE law and the Texas Data Privacy […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Feds Sue JPMorgan, Wells, BofA Over Zelle Fraud Given the administration is changing next month and the new administration is not fond of rules that negatively impact business, I don’t know if this lawsuit will go anywhere, but the complaint said it took Zelle years to respond at all to Zelle fraud and in most […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Ransomware as a Chaos Mechanism This version of ransomware doesn’t require much skill. Rather than encrypting files and demanding a ransom, they are just deleting as many files as possible and watching the chaos with some popcorn and beer. Even if the company has good backups, and many don’t, it can still cause downtime, supply […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Texas AG Sue TikTok Under SCOPE Act The Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act is designed to protect kids online. The Texas AG claims that TikTok failed to comply with the parental verification requirement, unlawful sharing, disclosing or selling of a minor’s PII and failure to create and provide parental tools. While this […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I would not expect Texas to be the bastion of privacy, but they are definitely leading the parade. The Texas AG has created a task force to focus on enforcing the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, and several privacy laws, including: The AG says there are several factors for why he is stepping up […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Texas Attorney General is making big headlines and while he is not running for election this year, you can count on him bringing this up next time. Meta has agreed to pay Texas $1.4 billion or about one percent of its annual revenue (plus likely a tax deduction) for using facial recognition on Texas […]
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