We're a nonpartisan group of U.S. citizens who advocate for greater protection of our privacy and civil liberties in government surveillance programs.
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“It’s Getting Harder to Square the Emerging Surveillance State with the Declaration of Independence”
Backdoor, warrantless searches violate the Fourth Amendment.
WATCH: @savingprivacy General Counsel Gene Schaerr explains why Congress must enact a FISA warrant requirement.
1/ Americans are being watched in ways that would've seemed impossible just a handful of years ago, including vehicle tracking, facial recognition, and personal data available for sale to corporations and government agencies alike.
2/ But at the center of this always-on digital surveillance ecosystem are the questions that more people should be asking: what does this all mean for privacy, and how can you protect yourself?
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We are all being watched in ways we never imagined, including vehicle tracking, facial recognition technology and data mining. What does all this digital surveillance mean for the right to privacy? to.pbs.org/4dryNSs
Document unveiled in court case accuses Amazon of tracking "acts of dissent" among employees, and using an AI tool to predict how likely employees are to form unions.
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A document unveiled in a court case appears to show Amazon using AI to track workers and rank how likely they are to form unions.
The document has been released as part of court proceedings between Amazon and Canadian union Unifor.
It shows Amazon using an AI tool dubbed "Atlas" to give warehouses a risk score of between 100 and 900 for union activity, with a lower score meaning it believes workers are more likely to unionize. A higher score is “better” for leaders at the company, the document says.
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2/ HB2771 establishes guardrails for use of ALPRs and the data they collect in Pennsylvania, incl. limiting law enforcement access, mandating a warrant to access or share the data, and establishing restrictions on how long ALPR data can be retained.
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Robot vacuums offer a major convenience for consumers, but some devices threaten privacy by generating floor maps, watching users take a bathroom break, or recording private conversations.
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1/ @RepPatHarrigan seems to have had enough of the growing network of ALPRs that track Americans every time they drive, and has introduced legislation to impose restrictions on the devices.
2/ Critically, these restrictions include requiring warrants before police can search the information the devices collect.
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Tech steps in to fill the void created by the legal landscape moving slowly re: privacy threats posed by ALPRs, as @MapQuest adds new "Surveillance Layer" that shows the location of Flock cameras along driving routes.
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Privacy makes these freedoms possible. People cannot speak freely when every conversation can be construed as evidence against them.
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3/ Mapping local surveillance is a good beginning. Enforceable protections must follow: probable-cause warrants for historical location tracking, firm retention limits, independent audits, and prohibitions on monitoring protected political and religious activity.
4/ Perhaps the best form of surveilling the surveillance state is old-fashioned oversight from city councils to Congress. Let's hope that more companies and non-profits will give our elected representatives and the public new ways to watch the watchers. protectprivacynow.org/news/s…
1/4 🔒 The right to private conversations shouldn't disappear in the digital age.
Yet governments worldwide are increasingly seeking access to encrypted communications, raising serious concerns about privacy, cybersecurity, and civil liberties.
3/4 Our senior policy advisor and former House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte argues Congress must protect strong encryption, resist foreign government demands, and preserve Americans' digital privacy.
4/4 The fundamental question: Can we protect public safety without compromising everyone's security? Read more on @RCPolitics: protectprivacynow.org/news/o…
Germany's version of a digital ID gives a sneak peek at what the erosion of online anonymity could look like in the US: a digital ID that online platforms will be forced to accept, and that will make it easier for authorities to share biometric data.
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Germany has passed its national law for the EU Digital Identity Wallet, launching January 2 as “d-you.”
The government insists it’s voluntary. Platforms will be legally required to accept it, even where EU rules don’t demand it.
The age for using online ID drops from 16 to 13. A ban on automatically sharing biometric photos between passport and ID card authorities has been scrapped. The pseudonym function EU law requires won’t be ready at launch. The SPD already wants the wallet mandatory for social media and has complained that VPNs make it too easy to get around. Every part that expands the system is ready to go.
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Per @MapQuest, "the roads have eyes," as the app rolls out a new feature allowing users to find known ALPRs along their route.
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