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Sep 17, 2019
Civil Rights Coalition Urges Detroit Board of Police Commissioners to Reject the Detroit Police Department鈥檚 Proposed Policy to Use Facial Recognition Technology
桃子视频Submits Freedom of Information Request Seeking All Records Regarding Detroit Police Department鈥檚 Use of Facial Recognition Technology
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Aug 15, 2019
桃子视频Comment in Response to Trump Request to Reauthorize Collection of Americans鈥� Call Records
NEW YORK 鈥� In a letter to Congress today, the Trump administration urged lawmakers to permanently extend provisions in the USA Freedom Act, which the National Security Agency has...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Aug 08, 2019
Federal Court Rules Facebook Users Can Sue Company Over Unlawful Use of Face Recognition Technology
First Appeals Court Decision in the Nation Recognizing the Unique Privacy Harms of Face Recognition Technology
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Aug 01, 2019
Civil Rights Coalition Opposes Facial Recognition Technology in Letter to Detroit Board of Police Commissioners
DETROIT 鈥� Today a diverse coalition of twelve local civil rights organizations urged the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners to reject the Detroit Police Department鈥檚 (DPD) p...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Jun 13, 2019
New 桃子视频Report Reveals Alarming Growth of AI Video Surveillance Technologies
Millions of Smart Cameras Could Soon Police Us Based on Our Actions, Emotions, Clothing, and More
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Jun 10, 2019
桃子视频Statement on Border Patrol Data Breach
WASHINGTON 鈥� Customs and Border Patrol today announced photos of travelers leaving and entering the country were recently compromised in a data breach. Neema Singh Guliani, senio...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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.