data breaches Archives - Florida Privacy Restoration Act

Restoring Floridians' Informational Privacy

What went down and what can be learned from the biggest data breaches of 2016 (TG Daily)

Some organizations are surprisingly good at setting a very bad example. Especially when it comes to data breaches. Despite an untold number of warnings, and despite staggering data breaches making the news regularly for the […]

New ransomware spotted as targeting healthcare industry (Healthcare Finance News)

Researchers from security firm Forcepoint have discovered a new, off-the-shelf ransomware variant dubbed Philadelphia that is targeting the healthcare industry. Amateur cybercriminals can purchase the virus researchers believe is sent through a spear-phishing email. It […]

VIDEO: Commissioner Stemberger Defends Privacy Restoration Act (CRC Judicial Committee 2.1.18)
The privacy amendment, Proposal 22, is designed to fix our state constitution’s privacy clause and require the Florida Supreme Court to [more…]
Panel rejects plan to narrow privacy right, allow more regulation of abortions (Orlando Sentinel)
A state panel defeated a proposal Thursday that sought to narrow the right to privacy in the Florida Constitution and allow increased [more…]
Critical Update on Florida’s Constitution Revision Commission (CRC): Upcoming Hearings in Melbourne, Jacksonville, Pensacola, Cape Coral & St. Petersburg
Your voice is needed at one of the four upcoming historic hearings of the 2017-2018 Florida Constitutional Revision Commission (CRC) [more…]
Opinion: FPRA’s goal is to restore original intent of privacy amendment (Tallahassee Democrat)
“All political power is inherent with the people.” These are the opening words of Article 1, Section 1 in Florida’s Constitution. The [more…]
John Stemberger: Constitutional privacy fix will protect Floridians (Florida Politics)
I read with great interest the letter by First Amendment Foundation (FAF) President Barbara Petersen to Lisa Carlton, chair of the [more…]

Trump commission: American voters don’t have right to ‘informational privacy’ (Washington Times)
President Trump’s voting integrity commission fired back at critics Wednesday, saying the Supreme Court has never recognized a [more…]
How Courts Avoid Ruling on Issues of Technology and Privacy (Slate)
When it comes to technology privacy cases, judges often focus on side issues instead of tackling the big questions. Last week, the New York [more…]
Public agency drone use soared in 2016 (Bloomberg)
In most law enforcement scenarios, drones are being flown for traffic management or crime-scene photography, according to the study. [more…]
History of Florida’s Privacy Amendment and the Need for Clarification
Though the 2017-18 Florida Constitution Revision Commission has chosen not to revive the Florida Privacy Restoration Act as an active [more…]
FTC to Examine Injury Needed for Data Security Enforcement (Bloomberg)
Whether the FTC should find actual consumer harm before taking data breach enforcement action against a company, or should be able to take [more…]
Google, Facebook may have to reveal deepest secrets (Politico)
The algorithms that helped the companies make their fortunes are of growing interest to investigators probing interference in the 2016 [more…]
Judge denies demand for privacy assessment on Trump voter fraud data request (Politico)
A federal judge has turned down a watchdog group’s demand that President Donald Trump’s controversial voter fraud commission be [more…]
The state of privacy in post-Snowden America (Pew Research)
After the June 2013 leaks by government contractor Edward Snowden about National Security Agency surveillance of Americans’ online and [more…]