THEY MAY NOT BE TRYING TO KILL YOU, BUT THEY CERTAINLY DON’T CARE IF YOU DIENothing is more tragic than losing a family member; except possibly finding out that it could have been prevented but someone CHOSE to let it happen. What if you learned that there was a company responsible for your child or parent’s death and that it had decided against spending $11 to prevent the tragedy? That’s what happened with the infamous Ford Pinto... [...]
Chemerinsky: 2 Texas cases before SCOTUS could have big implications for race in the USDuring the week of Dec. 7, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in two of the most high profile and likely most important cases of the term. On Tuesday, Evenwel v. Abbott will be argued, which concerns how voting districts should be drawn for state and local elected bodies. On Wednesday, the court again will hear arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas,... [...]
Texas agency sues to block Syrian refugees, cites state's 'sovereign authority' to protect residents
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has filed a federal lawsuit in a bid to block the resettlement of six Syrian refugees in Dallas.The suit against the federal government and the nonprofit International Rescue Committee says resettlement of the refugees raises “reasonable concerns about the safety and security of the citizenry of... [...]
Google Accused of Mining Children's Data Using School-Issued LaptopsThe Electronic Frontier Foundation says Google’s policies violate the Student Privacy Pledge, but the creators of the pledge disagree.If there’s one place where Google’s low-cost notebooks running Chrome have caught on, it’s in schools: 3.4 million Chromebooks were shipped to the educational sector in 2014, with the majority of those ending up in the hands of... [...]
California Adopts New Strict Digital Privacy Law
Law enforcement authorities in California will have to get a warrant from a judge most of the time to compel phone and Internet companies to turn over digital customer information.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed the so-called California Electronic Communications Privacy Act on Thursday after the legislation passed both houses by wide margins.
With limited exceptions, the legislation requires a... [...]
