News & Commentary about Privacy and Surveillance
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The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
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Sep 27, 2012
Boston Police Store License Plate Data For “Intelligence” Purposes
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Sep 27, 2012
New Justice Department Documents Show Huge Increase in Warrantless Electronic Surveillance
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Sep 26, 2012
Broad Range of Organizations Support ACLU Challenge to Warrantless Wiretapping at Supreme Court
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Sep 25, 2012
ACLU Sues Federal Agencies for Records on License Plate Tracking
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Sep 25, 2012
Heritage Foundation Weighs in On Domestic-Drone Policy Issues
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Sep 21, 2012
Lie Detection, Special Treatment at the Airport, and Recursive Cameras (Friday Links Roundup)
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Sep 18, 2012
Keeping the Government Out of Your Smartphone
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Sep 17, 2012
Warrantless Wiretapping at the Supreme Court
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Sep 17, 2012
New Public Safety Broadband Network: Tool For A Domestic Secret Police?