IJ Takes on Stupid Texas Computer Repair Law

The Institute for Justice is taking on a ridiculous law in Texas that is requiring that computer repair businesses obtain a private investigator's license to analyze their customers' data. I learned of this from the latest issue of "Liberty and Law", a newsletter I receive from IJ because I am a donor:

According to the government, the law covers any type of data analysis that looks
into the "conduct of persons" or the "causes of events". This definition encompasses everything from parents seeking to know whom their child has been chatting with online to a technician informing a business owner that her computer was infected by a virus when an employee visited prohibited websites.

I sincerely hope that IJ will be victorious in their lawsuit in this matter -- one of many in which they provide a defense of liberty and a righteous response to outrageous government regulations.