News & Commentary about Privacy & Technology

The ACLU works to expand the right to privacy, increase the control individuals have over their personal information, and ensure civil liberties are enhanced rather than compromised by technological innovation.

Face recognition boxes placed over people's faces as they cross the street

Jul 27, 2021

Maine’s Facial Recognition Law Shows Bipartisan Support for Protecting Privacy

A man uses his phone to scan restaurant QR code on table

Jul 27, 2021

Diners Beware: That Meal May Cost You Your Privacy and Security

technological scanning of an Afro-American woman's face

Jul 22, 2021

How Face Recognition Fuels Racist Systems of Policing and Immigration — And Why Congress Must Act Now

Robert Williams and his daughter, Rosie Williams

Jul 15, 2021

I Did Nothing Wrong. I Was Arrested Anyway.

Jul 13, 2021

How Artificial Intelligence Can Deepen Racial and Economic Inequities

Woman helps to dismantle a large alarm clock display that reads "Net Neutrality Wake Up Call" from the stage after a protest in front of the FCC in Washington, DC.

Jul 9, 2021

Why Net Neutrality Can’t Wait

Male prisoner attached to an Electronic Monitoring (EM) ankle monitor

Jun 25, 2021

Jailed For a Faulty Battery and Left to Catch COVID-19

PayPal application icon on Apple iPhone 8 smartphone screen close-up.

Jun 23, 2021

PayPal and Venmo are Shutting Out Sex Workers, Putting Lives and Livelihoods at Risk

Amazon camera and Amazon Alexa speaker next to each other on a bedside table.

Jun 18, 2021

Sidewalk: The Next Frontier Of Amazon’s Surveillance Infrastructure

Face recognition and personal identification technologies in street surveillance cameras, scanned over crowd of passers-by

Jun 17, 2021

Grassroots Activists are Leading the Fight to Stop Face Recognition. It’s Time for Congress to Step Up, Too.