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Jun 2018
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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.
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Dec 2016
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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.
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75 Privacy & Technology Cases

Social media apps on a smart phone.
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2023

Privacy & Technology

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Twitter, Inc., v. Taamneh

The Supreme Court will decide whether a social media or other platform can be liable for “aiding and abetting” a terrorist attack merely because it failed to adequately block content valorizing terrorism, even where the platform has policies barring terrorist content.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2023
Social media apps on a smart phone.

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Twitter, Inc., v. Taamneh

The Supreme Court will decide whether a social media or other platform can be liable for “aiding and abetting” a terrorist attack merely because it failed to adequately block content valorizing terrorism, even where the platform has policies barring terrorist content.
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Surveillance cameras on a street pole.
U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2022

Privacy & Technology

Moore v. United States

On November 18, 2022, the Ƶand Ƶof Massachusetts, with the law firms of Thompson & Thompson, P.C. and Elkins, Auer, Rudof & Schiff, filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the question whether long-term police use of a surveillance camera targeted at a person’s home is a Fourth Amendment search.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2022
Surveillance cameras on a street pole.

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Moore v. United States

On November 18, 2022, the Ƶand Ƶof Massachusetts, with the law firms of Thompson & Thompson, P.C. and Elkins, Auer, Rudof & Schiff, filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the question whether long-term police use of a surveillance camera targeted at a person’s home is a Fourth Amendment search.
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Court Case
Aug 2022

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Free Speech

NAACP v. Kohn

The ACLU, the Ƶof South Carolina, and the NAACP have filed a lawsuit on behalf of the South Carolina NAACP challenging the South Carolina Court Administration's categorical ban on automated data collection, known as scraping, on the Public Index. The South Carolina NAACP seeks to scrape eviction records to identify tenants in proceedings and conduct outreach to provide services to them. The ban on scraping violates South Carolina NAACP’s First Amendment right to access and record public court records, impairing South Carolina NAACP's ability to prevent evictions and help people achieve meaningful access to the courts.
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Court Case
Aug 2022
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NAACP v. Kohn

The ACLU, the Ƶof South Carolina, and the NAACP have filed a lawsuit on behalf of the South Carolina NAACP challenging the South Carolina Court Administration's categorical ban on automated data collection, known as scraping, on the Public Index. The South Carolina NAACP seeks to scrape eviction records to identify tenants in proceedings and conduct outreach to provide services to them. The ban on scraping violates South Carolina NAACP’s First Amendment right to access and record public court records, impairing South Carolina NAACP's ability to prevent evictions and help people achieve meaningful access to the courts.
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Ƶv. Department of Homeland Security (commercial location data FOIA)
New York
Jul 2022

Privacy & Technology

Ƶv. Department of Homeland Security (commercial location data FOIA)

In December 2020, the Ƶand NYCLU filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records from Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and other parts of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about their practice of purchasing cell phone location data collected from smartphone apps.
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New York
Jul 2022
Ƶv. Department of Homeland Security (commercial location data FOIA)

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Ƶv. Department of Homeland Security (commercial location data FOIA)

In December 2020, the Ƶand NYCLU filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records from Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and other parts of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about their practice of purchasing cell phone location data collected from smartphone apps.
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Ƶv. Clearview AI
Illinois
May 2022

Privacy & Technology

Ƶv. Clearview AI

The ACLU, Ƶof Illinois, and the law firm Edelson PC filed a lawsuit on May 28, 2020 against Clearview AI alleging violation of Illinois residents’ privacy rights under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Plaintiffs in the case are the Ƶand Ƶof Illinois, Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation, Sex Workers Outreach Project Chicago, Illinois Public Interest Research Group, and Mujeres Latinas en Acción, who sue on behalf of their members, clients, and program participants.
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Illinois
May 2022
Ƶv. Clearview AI

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Ƶv. Clearview AI

The ACLU, Ƶof Illinois, and the law firm Edelson PC filed a lawsuit on May 28, 2020 against Clearview AI alleging violation of Illinois residents’ privacy rights under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Plaintiffs in the case are the Ƶand Ƶof Illinois, Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation, Sex Workers Outreach Project Chicago, Illinois Public Interest Research Group, and Mujeres Latinas en Acción, who sue on behalf of their members, clients, and program participants.
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