News & Commentary about Privacy and Surveillance

The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.

Oct 1, 2012

Tuesday: Federal Appeals Court Hears Important Cell Phone Tracking Case

Sep 28, 2012

Breaking the Law, Videotaping Suspicious Characters, and Seeing Through Walls (Friday Links Roundup)

Sep 28, 2012

Civil Liberties in the Digital Age: Weekly Highlights (9/28/2012

Sep 27, 2012

Boston Police Store License Plate Data For “Intelligence” Purposes

Sep 27, 2012

New Justice Department Documents Show Huge Increase in Warrantless Electronic Surveillance

Sep 26, 2012

Broad Range of Organizations Support ACLU Challenge to Warrantless Wiretapping at Supreme Court

Sep 25, 2012

ACLU Sues Federal Agencies for Records on License Plate Tracking

Sep 25, 2012

Heritage Foundation Weighs in On Domestic-Drone Policy Issues

Sep 24, 2012

Warrant for Email? An Update

Sep 21, 2012

Lie Detection, Special Treatment at the Airport, and Recursive Cameras (Friday Links Roundup)