data privacy

In addition to taking down several of the city of Dallas' crucial services, the attack exposed thousands of people's data to hackers. A UT Dallas cybersecurity expert spoke with KERA about how the breach played out and why.

Attorney General Ken Paxton asserts that the company, which recently rebranded itself as Meta, violated state law when it captured users' facial features without proper consent. Paxton was also questioned if his choice of venue for the announcement had anything to do with one of his primary opponents.

For more than a decade, some Texas county clerks’ offices have left thousands of unredacted social security numbers online — exposing people to COVID relief fund theft and other identity crimes. County clerks never told people they were exposed, and the state government hasn’t prioritized protecting this crucial piece of their personal information.

A massive data leak potentially revealed 885 million documents detailing private mortgage information last month, many including social security and...

Tracy Ryans got mail — straight from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, including a box full of state assistance application forms with…