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MATRIX FOIA Request to the Pennsylvania State Police Department (10/30/2003)
Request from the ACLU to the New York State Police Department 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.

MATRIX FOIA Request to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (10/30/2003)
Request from the ACLU to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation 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.

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.

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)

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

Letter from Georgia DMV Listing their Concerns with MATRIX (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

USA PATRIOT Act FOIA Request (09/11/2003)

Palm Beach International Airport's Interim Report on Facial Recognition Test (09/11/2003)

Feature on CAPPS II (09/05/2003)
Feature on CAPPS II - proposed airline profiling and background check system

Feature on Face-Recognition Technology (09/02/2003)
ACLU Opposes Face-Recognition in Airports due to Ineffectiveness and Privacy Concerns

Georgia Homeland Security Bulletin on MATRIX (08/01/2003)
Website posting by Georgia's State Homeland Security Department documenting their use of MATRIX

Dept. of Homeland Security Letter of Approval for MATRIX Grant (07/25/2003)

The Public Still Lacks Basic Information About the "No Fly" List: An Analysis of TSA's FOIA Response (07/21/2003)

Technical Problems with MATRIX (06/17/2003)
Technical problems with the MATRIX surveillance program from the state of Georgia

MATRIX Security Vulnerabilities (06/17/2003)
Security vulnerabilities with MATRIX from the state of Georgia