News & Commentary about Location Tracking

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Apr 2, 2015

How Does Someone Get 6 Months’ Probation for a Crime Carrying a 4-Year Minimum Sentence?

Mar 10, 2015

Cell Phone Records Can Show Where You Sleep and Where You Pray

Blurred lights from cars on street at night

Mar 3, 2015

Company Asks Cops to Keep Use of License Plate Trackers Secret

Photo of cell phone tower disguised as a palm tree.

Feb 22, 2015

ACLU-Obtained Documents Reveal Breadth of Secretive Stingray Use in Florida

Feb 10, 2015

Et Tu, Detroit?

Painting of family riding in 1962 Chevrolet Corvair Monza

Feb 5, 2015

License Plate Scanners Also Taking Photos of Drivers and Passengers

Jan 27, 2015

DEA Planned to Monitor Gun Show Attendees With License Plate Readers, New Emails Reveal

Jan 26, 2015

FOIA Documents Reveal Massive DEA Program to Record Americans' Whereabouts With License Plate Readers

Jan 16, 2015

Christie Use of Tollbooth Data and Why Location Privacy Must Be Protected

Dec 1, 2014

ACLU Fights for Limits on Secret Phone Tracking