Privacy & Technology

Featured

U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2018
image

Privacy & Technology

Carpenter v. United States

The Supreme Court ruled that the government needs a warrant to access a person’s cellphone location history. The court found in a 5 to 4 decision that obtaining such information is a search under the Fourth Amendment and that a warrant from a judge based on probable cause is required.
Carpenter V. United States. Explore Case.
Court Case
Dec 2016
Privacy and technology

Privacy & Technology

Sarkar v. Doe - PubPeer Subpoena Challenge

The Ƶfiled a motion in Michigan state court challenging the constitutionality of a subpoena issued to the website PubPeer demanding that it turn over the identities of anonymous commenters. In March 2015, the trial judge ruled that PubPeer had to unmask one – but only one – of the commenters. Both PubPeer and the researcher appealed, and the ruling was upheld in December 2016.
Sarkar V. Doe - Pubpeer Subpoena Challenge. Explore Case.

All Cases

75 Privacy & Technology Cases

A finger pressign a keyboard.
California
Feb 2024

Privacy & Technology

Free Speech

Netchoice, LLC v. Bonta

This amicus brief highlights the constitutional defects of a California law that purports to protect consumer privacy but is actually an impermissible, content-based regulation of online speech. The brief urges that this law should be struck down while emphasizing that the court should rule narrowly and leave paths open for other consumer privacy laws to withstand First Amendment challenge.
Explore case
Netchoice, Llc V. Bonta. Explore Case.
California
Feb 2024
A finger pressign a keyboard.

Privacy & Technology

Free Speech

Netchoice, LLC v. Bonta

This amicus brief highlights the constitutional defects of a California law that purports to protect consumer privacy but is actually an impermissible, content-based regulation of online speech. The brief urges that this law should be struck down while emphasizing that the court should rule narrowly and leave paths open for other consumer privacy laws to withstand First Amendment challenge.
Netchoice, Llc V. Bonta. Explore Case.
Robert Williams
Michigan
Jan 2024

Privacy & Technology

+2 Ƶ

Williams v. City of Detroit

This case seeks to hold Detroit police accountable for the wrongful arrest of our client due to officers’ reliance on a false match from face recognition technology.
Explore case
Williams V. City Of Detroit. Explore Case.
Michigan
Jan 2024
Robert Williams

Privacy & Technology

+2 Ƶ

Williams v. City of Detroit

This case seeks to hold Detroit police accountable for the wrongful arrest of our client due to officers’ reliance on a false match from face recognition technology.
Williams V. City Of Detroit. Explore Case.
Parks v. McCormac
New Jersey
Jan 2024

Privacy & Technology

Parks v. McCormac

On January 29, 2024, the Ƶand the Ƶof New Jersey filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in support of Plaintiff Nijeer Parks. The brief argues that law enforcement’s wrongful arrest of Mr. Parks due to police reliance on unreliable facial face recognition technology violated Mr. Parks’s constitutional rights.
Explore case
Parks V. Mccormac. Explore Case.
New Jersey
Jan 2024
Parks v. McCormac

Privacy & Technology

Parks v. McCormac

On January 29, 2024, the Ƶand the Ƶof New Jersey filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in support of Plaintiff Nijeer Parks. The brief argues that law enforcement’s wrongful arrest of Mr. Parks due to police reliance on unreliable facial face recognition technology violated Mr. Parks’s constitutional rights.
Parks V. Mccormac. Explore Case.
Image of a cell-phone displaying location information on a map.
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Nov 2023

Privacy & Technology

+2 Ƶ

Commonwealth v. Arrington

In this amicus brief, the Ƶand its coalition partners urged robust application of the legal standard governing the admissibility of expert testimony and technical evidence, especially in cases involving opaque or proprietary algorithms.
Explore case
Commonwealth V. Arrington. Explore Case.
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Nov 2023
Image of a cell-phone displaying location information on a map.

Privacy & Technology

+2 Ƶ

Commonwealth v. Arrington

In this amicus brief, the Ƶand its coalition partners urged robust application of the legal standard governing the admissibility of expert testimony and technical evidence, especially in cases involving opaque or proprietary algorithms.
Commonwealth V. Arrington. Explore Case.
United States v. Hay
Kansas
Sep 2023

Privacy & Technology

National Security

United States v. Hay

This case concerns whether long-term, continuous use of a surveillance camera targeted at a person’s home is a Fourth Amendment search.
Explore case
United States V. Hay. Explore Case.
Kansas
Sep 2023
United States v. Hay

Privacy & Technology

National Security

United States v. Hay

This case concerns whether long-term, continuous use of a surveillance camera targeted at a person’s home is a Fourth Amendment search.
United States V. Hay. Explore Case.
23
4
56...