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Feb 26, 2020
NYCLU Statement on New High-Tech School Security Projects Approved Through Smart Schools Bond Act
NEW YORK – Today Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the approval of $111 million for 133 new Smart Schools Bond Act, including $51.5 million for high-tech security projects like the...
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Privacy & Technology
Feb 21, 2020
NYCLU Statement on ICE Access to DMV Databases
NEW YORK — Today Governor Cuomo announced in various media interviews his intention to allow ICE and DHS to access DMV databases. Last week the Governor met with the President to...
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Immigrants' Rights
Privacy & Technology
Feb 07, 2020
NYCLU to Sue DHS for Illegal Suspension of Global Entry Program for New Yorkers
NEW YORK – The New York Civil Liberties Union today announced its intention to file a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security for its retaliatory suspens...
Nov 12, 2019
Corte federal determina como inconstitucionales los registros sin sospecha de teléfonos y computadoras pertenecientes a viajeros
El gobierno debe tener sospecha razonable de contrabando digital antes de registrar dispositivos electrónicos en la frontera estadounidense
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Privacy & Technology
Oct 21, 2019
Georgia Supreme Court Rules Police Must Get Warrant to Access Personal Data Cars Store
First State Supreme Court to Affirm That The Fourth Amendment Applies to Personal Data Cars Collect
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Sep 26, 2019
ACLU Furthers Investigation into the Scope of Facial Recognition Activity in Michigan
DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU) filed two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests today, with the Michigan Department of State (DOS) and Michig...
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Privacy & Technology
About the ACLU
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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