Bio
Chad Marlow is a senior policy counsel at the ACLU, where he principally focuses on privacy, surveillance, and technology issues. His field-leading policy and advocacy work has frequently been the subject of national and international media coverage and critical acclaim. He is the author of over 20 ACLU model bills, is the primary author of the ACLU’s groundbreaking “Digital Dystopia” report on student surveillance, has published dozens of influential ACLU blogs and op-eds, and directs both the ACLU’s nationwide #TakeCTRL and Community Control Over Police Surveillance (CCOPS) campaigns.
Marlow holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and a B.A. in Government from Connecticut College.
Featured work
Apr 5, 2019
New Student 'Safety' Principles Place Students At Risk
![Girl sitting outside with school bus](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-schoolbus-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Mar 18, 2019
Beware the Tech Industry’s Latest Privacy Trojan Horse
![A doctor using a tablet](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web19-doctor-with-tablet-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Mar 4, 2019
Student Surveillance Versus Gun Control: The School Safety Discussion We Aren’t Having
![Surveillance camera mounted in front of a school yard](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web19-school-surveillance-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Feb 5, 2019
Ohio Bucks a Bad Trend With New Police Body Camera Law
![Police body camera](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web19-police-body-cam-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Oct 19, 2018
How to Shift Power From the Police to the People
![Police Sauting](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-policesaluting2-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Oct 15, 2018
On Election Day, the Voters of New Hampshire Can Protect Their Privacy in the Digital Age
![Voter at booth](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-voterbooth-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Sep 17, 2018
How to Stop ‘Smart Cities’ From Becoming ‘Surveillance Cities’
![Surveillance camera on a city street at night](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18_surveillancecity_1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Aug 17, 2018
Brett Kavanaugh Chose Corporations Over the Public in a Major Net Neutrality Fight
![Brett Kavanaugh](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-brettkavanaugh-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Dec 12, 2017
A Bill to Warn Students About Predatory Colleges Without Violating Their Privacy
![Computer Lab](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-computerlab-1160x768-400x400.jpg)