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Bennett Stein

ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµSpeech, Privacy, and Technology Project

Bio

Bennett Stein () is a legal assistant with the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. At the ACLU, he has worked extensively on documenting the use of automatic license plate readers and other new police surveillance technologies. He is also the unit chair of the UAW Local 2110 shop at the ACLU. Prior to joining SPT, he served on the executive board of the ACLU’s University of Michigan Undergraduate Chapter for four years. He co-founded the University of Michigan student organization Students Against Surveillance which continues to advocate for an ordinance in Ann Arbor regulating the use of government surveillance cameras. While in school, he worked at Durham’s Tracklements and Smokery in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Bennett is a graduate of the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy.


Featured work

Jul 20, 2015

U.S. Department of Transportation Funding License Plate Readers, Documents Reveal

U.S. Department of Transportation Funding License Plate Readers, Documents Reveal

May 15, 2015

Internal Documents Show FBI Was 'Wrestling' With License Plate Scanner Privacy ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ

Internal Documents Show FBI Was 'Wrestling' With License Plate Scanner Privacy ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ

Apr 6, 2015

DHS Wants Contract for Access to Database of Innocent Drivers’ Locations

DHS Wants Contract for Access to Database of Innocent Drivers’ Locations

Jan 27, 2015

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

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

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

Nov 19, 2014

ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµSeeks Information About Airborne Cell Phone Snooping

ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµSeeks Information About Airborne Cell Phone Snooping

May 21, 2014

A Partial Victory For Judicial Transparency

A Partial Victory For Judicial Transparency

Apr 18, 2014

The Government is Silencing Twitter and Yahoo, and It Won't Tell Us Why

The Government is Silencing Twitter and Yahoo, and It Won't Tell Us Why

Feb 20, 2014

In Court Today: Challenging DOJ Secrecy on Use of Warrantless Cell Phone Location Tracking

In Court Today: Challenging DOJ Secrecy on Use of Warrantless Cell Phone Location Tracking

Jan 3, 2014

Here’s Who Thinks Snowden Should Be Allowed Home – What About You?

Here’s Who Thinks Snowden Should Be Allowed Home – What About You?