Congress Calls Up 1986
This week, our federal online privacy law turns 25. The ACLU is hosting a blog series that will address some of the many reasons why the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA) is in need of an upgrade! Spread the word using #Up...
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ECPA: Online Privacy Stuck in the ’80s
This week, our federal online privacy law turns 25. The ACLU is hosting a blog series that will address some of the many reasons why the "Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986" (ECPA) is in need of an upgrade! Spread the word usin...
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Civil Liberties in the Digital Age: Weekly Highlights (10/14/2011)
D.C. Judge: Government Doesn't Need a Warrant to Demand Cell Phone Location Information [ACLU Blog of Rights] … Does that mean that the government can simply demand these records from your carrier without a warrant? Unfortunately, accordin...
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Civil Liberties in the Digital Age: Weekly Highlights (10/14/2011)
D.C. Judge: Government Doesn't Need a Warrant to Demand Cell Phone Location Information [ACLU Blog of Rights] … Does that mean that the government can simply demand these records from your carrier without a warrant? Unfortunately, accordin...
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Yes, They Really Know It’s You
As we've described in previous posts, the ACLU is very concerned about the new model for internet advertising, called behavioral targeting. Behavioral targeting essentially consists of tracking consumers — that means you — around the ...
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Yes, They Really Know It’s You
As we've described in previous posts, the ACLU is very concerned about the new model for internet advertising, called behavioral targeting. Behavioral targeting essentially consists of tracking consumers — that means you — around the w...
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Tracked: The Supreme Court Shouldn’t Let Technology Trump the Constitution
Yesterday we filed a friend-of-the-court brief in United States v. Jones, which Adam Liptak at The New York Times called "the most important Fourth Amendment case in a decade." We are asking the Supreme Court to hold that the government...
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How Long Is Your Cell Phone Company Hanging On To Your Data?
What do you think about when choosing a cell phone provider? Their prices? Their coverage area? Whether they have spiffy, high-tech phones? Whether their phones work overseas or in the subway? What about how long they retain information about y...
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Civil Liberties in the Digital Age (9/27/2011)
In the digital age that we live in today, we are constantly exposing our personal information online. From using cell phones and GPS devices to online shopping and sending e-mail, the things we do and say online leave behind ever-growing trails of pers...
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Civil Liberties in the Digital Age: Weekly Highlights (9/9/2011)
In the digital age that we live in today, we are constantly exposing our personal information online. From using cell phones and GPS devices to online shopping and sending e-mail, the things we do and say online leave behind ever-growing trails of pers...
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