Surveillance Technologies
FBI v. Fazaga
In a case scheduled to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on November 8, 2021, three Muslim Americans are challenging the FBI’s secret spying on them and their communities based on their religion, in violation of the Constitution and federal law. In what will likely be a landmark case, the plaintiffs — Yassir Fazaga, Ali Uddin Malik, and Yasser Abdelrahim — insist that the FBI cannot escape accountability for violating their religious freedom by invoking “state secrets.” The plaintiffs are represented by the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law, the ACLU of Southern California, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Council for American Islamic Relations, and the law firm of Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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14 Surveillance Technologies Cases
New Jersey
Jan 2024
![Parks v. McCormac](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Parks v. McCormac
On January 29, 2024, the ACLU and the ACLU of New Jersey filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in support of Plaintiff Nijeer Parks. The brief argues that law enforcement’s wrongful arrest of Mr. Parks due to police reliance on unreliable facial face recognition technology violated Mr. Parks’s constitutional rights.
Status: Ongoing
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![Parks v. McCormac](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
New Jersey
Surveillance Technologies
Parks v. McCormac
On January 29, 2024, the ACLU and the ACLU of New Jersey filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in support of Plaintiff Nijeer Parks. The brief argues that law enforcement’s wrongful arrest of Mr. Parks due to police reliance on unreliable facial face recognition technology violated Mr. Parks’s constitutional rights.
Jan 2024
Status: Ongoing
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Michigan
Jan 2024
![Robert Williams](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2020/06/WEB20-Robert-Williams-WordPress-1110x740-1-600x400.jpg)
Williams v. City of Detroit
This case seeks to hold Detroit police accountable for the wrongful arrest of our client due to officers’ reliance on a false match from face recognition technology.
Status: Closed (Settled)
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![Robert Williams](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2020/06/WEB20-Robert-Williams-WordPress-1110x740-1-600x400.jpg)
Michigan
Surveillance Technologies
+2 Issues
Williams v. City of Detroit
This case seeks to hold Detroit police accountable for the wrongful arrest of our client due to officers’ reliance on a false match from face recognition technology.
Jan 2024
Status: Closed (Settled)
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Kansas
Sep 2023
![United States v. Hay](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
United States v. Hay
This case concerns whether long-term, continuous use of a surveillance camera targeted at a person’s home is a Fourth Amendment search.
Status: Ongoing
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![United States v. Hay](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Kansas
Surveillance Technologies
National Security
United States v. Hay
This case concerns whether long-term, continuous use of a surveillance camera targeted at a person’s home is a Fourth Amendment search.
Sep 2023
Status: Ongoing
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Michigan Supreme Court
Sep 2023
![Long Lake Township v. Maxon](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Long Lake Township v. Maxon
On September 8, 2023, the ACLU, the ACLU of Michigan, and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy filed an amicus brief in the Michigan Supreme Court arguing that the local government deploying an unmanned drone to take aerial photographs of the appellant’s property violated the Fourth Amendment.
Status: Ongoing
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![Long Lake Township v. Maxon](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Michigan Supreme Court
Surveillance Technologies
Privacy & Technology
Long Lake Township v. Maxon
On September 8, 2023, the ACLU, the ACLU of Michigan, and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy filed an amicus brief in the Michigan Supreme Court arguing that the local government deploying an unmanned drone to take aerial photographs of the appellant’s property violated the Fourth Amendment.
Sep 2023
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2022
![Surveillance cameras on a street pole.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2021/09/Regular-Surveillance-600x400.jpg)
Moore v. United States
On November 18, 2022, the ACLU and ACLU of Massachusetts, with the law firms of Thompson & Thompson, P.C. and Elkins, Auer, Rudof & Schiff, filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the question whether long-term police use of a surveillance camera targeted at a person’s home is a Fourth Amendment search.
Status: Closed
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![Surveillance cameras on a street pole.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2021/09/Regular-Surveillance-600x400.jpg)
U.S. Supreme Court
Surveillance Technologies
Moore v. United States
On November 18, 2022, the ACLU and ACLU of Massachusetts, with the law firms of Thompson & Thompson, P.C. and Elkins, Auer, Rudof & Schiff, filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the question whether long-term police use of a surveillance camera targeted at a person’s home is a Fourth Amendment search.
Nov 2022
Status: Closed
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