Bio
Jay Stanley (@JayCStanley) is senior policy analyst with the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, where he researches, writes and speaks about technology-related privacy and civil liberties issues and their future. He is the editor of the ACLU's Free Future blog and has authored and co-authored a variety of influential ACLU reports on privacy and technology topics. Before joining the ACLU, he was an analyst at the technology research firm Forrester, served as American politics editor of Facts on File’s World News Digest, and as national newswire editor at Medialink. He is a graduate of Williams College and holds an M.A. in American History from the University of Virginia.
Featured work
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Apr 6, 2015
DHS Wants Contract for Access to Database of Innocent Drivers’ Locations
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Apr 1, 2015
The Coming Power Struggles Over the "Internet of Things"
![Silhouette of Albuquerque police officer at night](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/albuquerque_police_by_joby_elliott_500x280-400x266.jpg)
Mar 24, 2015
Police Body Cameras: The Lessons of Albuquerque
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Mar 19, 2015
We Need to Move Beyond the Frame of the “Bad Apple Cop”
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Feb 3, 2015
Calls For a Constitutional Convention Heating Up in the States
![Photo of a police traffic stop](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/police_by_steve_lyon_500x280-400x266.jpg)
Feb 2, 2015
Police Officer Discretion in the Use of Body Worn Cameras
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Jan 29, 2015
What Should We Think About Big Data That Aims to Help People?