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Dec 14, 2020
老澳门开奖结果 of Louisiana Obtains E-mails that Confirm NOPD鈥檚 Use of Racially Biased Facial Recognition Technology
Revelations underscore the need for greater transparency, City Council to ban facial recognition
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Dec 09, 2020
NYCLU Statement on Changes to Federal Vaccine Distribution Agreement
NEW YORK 鈥� Today Governor Cuomo announced that the CDC agreed to changes in the data-sharing agreement between states and the federal government required for federal vaccine dist...
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Privacy & Technology
Dec 03, 2020
老澳门开奖结果 Demands Government Turn Over Records on Purchase of Muslims' Cell Phone Location Data
NEW YORK 鈥� The 老澳门开奖结果 and CUNY School of Law鈥檚 Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility (CLEAR) Project today demanded the U.S. gove...
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National Security
Privacy & Technology
Dec 02, 2020
老澳门开奖结果 of Washington Calls on Mayor Jenny Durkan to Ban Face Recognition Technology after the Seattle Police Department鈥檚 Apparent Violation of the City鈥檚 Surveillance Ordinance
SEATTLE 鈥� In a letter sent today, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Washington urged Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan to ban the use of face recognition technology by city agencies.
This request comes amid ...
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Privacy & Technology
Oct 01, 2020
NYCLU Statement on New York Contact Tracing App
NEW YORK 鈥� Today Governor Cuomo announced the rollout of a contact tracing smartphone app that would notify users of close contact with people who have tested positive for COVID-...
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Privacy & Technology
Sep 29, 2020
New NYCLU Report Details Guidelines for Digital Legal Confidentiality
NEW YORK 鈥� Today the New York Civil Liberties Union released Legal Cybersecurity in the Digital Age a report outlining the threats new technologies pose to the attorney-client re...
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Privacy & Technology
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News & CommentaryDec 2024
Privacy & Technology
Face Recognition Threatens to Replace Tickets, ID at Sports Events 鈥� and BeyondFace Recognition Threatens to Replace Tickets, ID at Sports Events 鈥� and Beyond
You shouldn't participate in face recognition ticketing schemes. -
MississippiJul 2024
Privacy & Technology
Free Speech
NetChoice v. FitchNetChoice v. Fitch
Whether a law that mandates age verification for all users of social media services violates the First Amendment. -
News & CommentaryDec 2024
Privacy & Technology
AI Generated Police Reports Raise Concerns Around Transparency, BiasAI Generated Police Reports Raise Concerns Around Transparency, Bias
AI-generated police reports threaten to exacerbate existing problems in law enforcement, and to create new ones. -
MichiganDec 2024
Privacy & Technology
Woodruff v. OliverWoodruff v. Oliver
On December 5, 2024, the 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan filed an amicus brief in Woodruff v. Oliver, a wrongful arrest lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, arguing that the Detroit Police Department鈥檚 (DPD) reliance on flawed facial recognition technology (FRT) impermissibly tainted the investigation and failed to establish probable cause for the plaintiff鈥檚 arrest.