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The Shifting Landscape of AI Security
This week, let’s consider what examine the profound implications of abandoning Executive Order 14110's comprehensive framework, and what happens when speed trumps safety in AI development.
Texas Court of Appeals Dismisses Privacy Lawsuit Against Google: Implications for Corporate Jurisdiction
This week, let’s look at a new decision raising questions about tech accountability, where a Texas appellate court ruled it lacks jurisdiction over Google s despite the company's massive local presence.
Hosch & Morris Co-Founder Featured in American Bar Association’s Exploration of AI
An interview with Kate Morris about AI and privacy is published in the American Bar Association’s December 2024 SciTech E-Privacy Newsletter.
Fifth Circuit Weighs in on Privacy in Texas
This week, let’s consider “the importance of personal privacy to Texas’s legal framework” as expressly recognized by the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in its recent per curium opinion, Amin v. UPS.
Section 702, the Supreme Court, the European Parliament, and Congress
This week, we invoke Sherlock Holmes while discussing the latest news regarding Section 702 of the National Security Act, the GDPR and cross-border data transfers.
What the Supreme Court Has Said About Privacy (Including in Dobbs)
This week, we’re encouraging you to vote as if your liberty interests depend on it, while relatedly highlighting the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence on the right to privacy, including what C.J. Roberts called its “jolt[ing]” decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.
Facebook Gave Police Data to Prosecute a Teenager for Abortion. What’s next?
This week, let’s confront more Facebook/Meta privacy problems by examining Facebook’s Privacy Policy alongside the recent news that Facebook/Meta gave data to police in Nebraska for the purpose of investigating and prosecuting a teenager for an abortion.
Wake up Florida – New State Laws Imperil Freedom and Privacy
This week, let’s consider some new state laws in Florida, including the “Stop WOKE Act”, that imperil both freedom and privacy.
The Perfect Storm: Facial Recognition
As Clearview AI expands and Texas sues Meta/Facebook for violations of its biometric privacy law, let's consider whether government is ignoring its role in perpetuating the problems associated with facial recognition.
Biometrics in 2022: Employees, the FTC, Dashcams, Time-Keeping Software, etc.
This week, let’s look at lessons drawn from recent actions by the plaintiffs’ bar and the FTC -- all of which are focused on the use of biometrics, and restrictions under laws like the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).