News & Commentary about Privacy & Technology

The ACLU works to expand the right to privacy, increase the control individuals have over their personal information, and ensure civil liberties are enhanced rather than compromised by technological innovation.

May 25, 2017

So-Called Privacy Bill Would Actually Innoculate ISPs Against Strong Privacy Protections

May 24, 2017

States Legislatures Rebelling Against Congress’s Attack on ISP Privacy

May 23, 2017

Victory! Court Allows Wikimedia’s Challenge to NSA Surveillance to Go Forward

May 23, 2017

ICE Using Powerful Stingray Surveillance Devices In Deportation Searches

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May 16, 2017

Mobile-Phone Cloning Tools Need to Be Subject to Oversight — and the Constitution

May 4, 2017

Why Did the Government Search an Artist’s iPhone at the Border?

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May 3, 2017

A New Implication of Cellphone Video: Citizens Taping Each Other For Police

May 1, 2017

How Technology Workers Are Organizing to Resist Trump

Apr 26, 2017

Henrietta Lacks’ Story Is a Powerful Lesson That Patients Deserve Full Control of Their Genetic Data

Apr 19, 2017

Teens Who Engage in ‘Sexting’ Should Not Be Prosecuted as Sex Offenders