Personal data is valuable. This is not something most people consider on a day-to-day basis, but businesses are invested in gathering personal data at a mass scale. This is why consumers are constantly asked to provide information when visiting a website, making an online purchase, or just getting caught up with their friends on a social media app.
Unfortunately, businesses are not as good at protecting personal data as they are at gathering it. In some cases, weak security protocols leave your data vulnerable to being stolen. In many cases, the whole reason the service provider gathered the data was to sell it. This leaves you, the consumer, at risk. Whether you are unknowingly giving your personal data to a company that is selling it, or simply trusting a service to not allow your data to be stolen, you have a right to data privacy.
Jacobson Phillips PLLC is fighting to change the incentive structure for big companies. If it costs more to mishandle personal data than it does to put the proper protection in place, businesses will do what is necessary to protect your data.