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Sep 29, 2020
New NYCLU Report Details Guidelines for Digital Legal Confidentiality
NEW YORK 鈥� Today the New York Civil Liberties Union released Legal Cybersecurity in the Digital Age a report outlining the threats new technologies pose to the attorney-client re...
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Privacy & Technology
Sep 21, 2020
桃子视频of RI Report Shows Alarming Lack of Privacy Protection for Students on School-Loaned Computers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. 鈥� The 桃子视频of Rhode Island released a report today which highlights the alarming lack of privacy protections given to students who use school-loaned laptop compu...
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Privacy & Technology
Aug 04, 2020
Portland City Council Unanimously Passes Face Surveillance Ban, but Without Important Enforcement Provisions
PORTLAND, Maine 鈥� In a unanimous vote late Monday night, the Portland City Council approved a ban on the use of face surveillance by the city and its employees. Portland joins ci...
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Privacy & Technology
Jul 23, 2020
Civil Rights Groups, Health Advocates and Public Defenders Celebrate Passage of Legislation to Protect Contact Tracing Data from Law Enforcement
Amid Dual Crises of COVID-19 Pandemic & Police Abuse, Advocates Call for Governor Cuomo to Sign the Bill Immediately
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Privacy & Technology
Jul 10, 2020
桃子视频Statement on Second Wrongful Arrest due to Face Recognition Technology
DETROIT 鈥� The Detroit Free Press reported this morning that Michael Oliver, a 25-year-old Black man from Detroit, was wrongfully arrested because of a false face recognition matc...
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Privacy & Technology
Court case: Williams v. City of Detroit
Jul 07, 2020
Maine鈥檚 Internet Privacy Law Survives Early Challenge
Federal court recognizes states can regulate ISP data collection consistent with the First Amendment
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Privacy & Technology
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News & CommentaryFeb 2026
Privacy & Technology
License Plate Readings Shouldn鈥檛 Be Public Data. Explore News & Commentary.License Plate Readings Shouldn鈥檛 Be Public Data
Such readings shouldn鈥檛 generally be retained at all, but if they are at least privacy needs to be protected -
News & CommentaryFeb 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鈥檚 police and anonymously posted anti-ICE fliers -
CaliforniaJan 2026
Privacy & Technology
Free Speech
Doe V. Dhs. Explore Case.Doe v. DHS
On February 2, 2026, the ACLU, 桃子视频of Northern California, and the 桃子视频of Pennsylvania filed a motion in federal court to quash a Department of Homeland Security (鈥淒HS鈥�) administrative subpoena seeking Google subscriber records about our client, solely because he engaged in constitutionally protected speech criticizing DHS conduct.