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about Privacy & Technology
Oct 07, 2022
New Biden Executive Order On EU–US Data Transfers Fails to Adequately Protect Privacy
To Make Real Progress, ACLU Calls on Congress to Enact Meaningful Surveillance Reform
Issue Areas:
National Security
Privacy & Technology
Oct 04, 2022
ACLU Comment on Release of White House Blueprint for an Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights
WASHINGTON — The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released its “Blueprint for an Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights” guidance document today. The docum...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Privacy & Technology
Sep 27, 2022
Montana Supreme Court Affirms Montanans’ Right to Cell Phone Privacy
HELENA, Mont. — In a huge win for privacy rights, the Montana Supreme Court has ruled that courts must interpret state and federal privacy protections to limit the disclosure of ...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Jul 18, 2022
New Records Detail DHS Purchase and Use of Vast Quantities of Cell Phone Location Data
The records, which the ACLU obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, shed light on the government’s ability to obtain our most private information by simply opening the federal wallet
May 09, 2022
In Big Win, Settlement Ensures Clearview AI Complies With Groundbreaking Illinois Biometric Privacy Law
As part of the settlement in ACLU v. Clearview AI, the company is now permanently banned, nationwide, from making its faceprint database available to most businesses and other private actors.
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Court case: ACLU v. Clearview AI
Apr 01, 2022
Massachusetts State Court Requires Police to Get a Warrant Before Securing “Tower Dumps”
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today ruled that police must get a warrant before securing “tower dumps” that provide location data about multiple people ov...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
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News & CommentaryMar 2026
Privacy & Technology
Criminal Law Reform
Drones For Intimidation. Explore News & Commentary.Drones for Intimidation
Despite talk of "drones for good" from boosters, we're seeing a new, darker law enforcement “use case” for the technology -
News & CommentaryFeb 2026
Privacy & Technology
License Plate Readings Shouldn’t Be Public Data. Explore News & Commentary.License Plate Readings Shouldn’t Be Public Data
Such readings shouldn’t generally be retained at all, but if they are at least privacy needs to be protected -
News & CommentaryMar 2026
Privacy & Technology
Ring Superbowl Ad Shows Americans How Powerful Surveillance Systems Have Become, Freaks Them Out. Explore News & Commentary.Ring Superbowl Ad Shows Americans How Powerful Surveillance Systems Have Become, Freaks Them Out
Think twice about sending video from your home to companies, and possibly police and hackers -
News & CommentaryFeb 2026
Privacy & Technology
Kansas Town Uses License Plate Readers To Go After Man Who Wrote Op-ed. Explore News & Commentary.Kansas Town Uses License Plate Readers to Go After Man Who Wrote Op-Ed
Targeting followed opinion piece critical of town’s police and anonymously posted anti-ICE fliers