News & Commentary about Consumer Online Privacy

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Mar 11, 2024

How to Protect Consumer Privacy and Free Speech

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Oct 5, 2023

Internet Censorship Won't Make Kids Safe

Aug 30, 2023

How Mastercard is Endangering Sex Workers

Jun 30, 2023

The ACLU is Committed to Protecting Your Personal Information

Oct 6, 2022

Is the Government Tracking Your Abortion?

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Sep 28, 2022

How to Navigate Mental Health Apps That May Share Your Data

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May 17, 2022

Impending Threat of Abortion Criminalization Brings New Urgency to the Fight for Digital Privacy

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Jul 27, 2021

Diners Beware: That Meal May Cost You Your Privacy and Security

Demonstrators hold banner that reads "#NoTech4Ice"outside Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, Manhattan apartment to protest Amazon technology being used by the Department of Homeland Security.

Sep 9, 2020

ACLU Calls On Tech Companies to End Their Alliance with ICE and CBP

May 29, 2020

Maine’s ISP Privacy Law Does Not Violate the First Amendment, Much as ISPs Would Like for It To