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Privacy in America: Electronic Monitoring (10/22/2003)
Employers can read you e-mail, look at your personal computer files and eavesdrop on your phone calls. They can film you with hidden video cameras not only in public areas, but in locker rooms and even restrooms.

Do You Know Where Your Data Is? (10/22/2003)
Your right to information privacy is being wiped out. But there's still time to do something about it. The best way to keep control over your personal information is to limit how many other people get it. Inside are some tips to help you protect your privacy.

Letter from ACLU of Massachusetts to Logan Airport (10/21/2003)
Letter from ACLU of Massachusetts to Logan Airport

Letter from Georgia Attorney General about the Illegality of MATRIX (10/20/2003)
Letter from Gerogia Attorney General saying MATRIX data sharing would be illegal under Gerogia law

MATRIX FOIA Request to Florida's Dept. of Law Enforcement (10/20/2003)
Request from the ACLU to Florida's Department of Records regarding The specifications for the MATRIX, including, but not limited to documents regarding storage capacities, throughput (e.g. number of identity files processed per hour), types of computers used, and user manuals.

Feature on the No Child Left Behind Act (10/16/2003)
Feature on the "No Child Left Behind" Act (NCLBA) wherein the US military seeks the private information of high school students in order to bolster their recruiting efforts.

Contract Between Seisint and the Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement for MATRIX (10/16/2003)
Contract between Seisint and the Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement regarding a license to access Seisint's FACTS system

Cost Breakdown of Georgia's MATRIX Program (09/30/2003)

Letter from Georgia DMV Listing their Concerns with MATRIX (09/29/2003)

Seisint's FACTS for The MATRIX Project (09/29/2003)

Georgia DMV Security Concerns with MATRIX (09/29/2003)
The Georgia DMV shares their concerns with the security of their citizens' private information in MATRIX