Homeland Security Faces Lawsuit Over Warrantless Searches at Border
By Derrick Broze The Department of Homeland Security faces a federal class action lawsuit for violating the rights of people crossing the U.S. border by searching…
Civil Liberties
With iPhone’s New FaceID, Cops Can Unlock Your Phone by Pointing at Your Face—While You’re Cuffed
By Matt Agorist On Tuesday, the world watched as Apple unveiled their tenth-anniversary special edition iPhone, the iPhone X. While iPhone boasts a newer more…
California Organizations Use Available Tools to Fight for Privacy
By Michael Maharrey In a previous report, we pointed out that simply passing laws isn’t enough. Ensuring government agencies comply with transparency requirements and limits on…
Entire Student Section Detained, Forced to Have Blood/Urine Tests After Beer Can Found at Football Game
By Matt Agorist Randolph, NJ — Parents of high school teenagers were outraged this weekend after dozens of their children were ordered to undergo forced blood and…
35 False Matches and 1 Erroneous Arrest As Police Secretly Test Facial Recognition Technology
By Nicholas West All things biometric are sweeping across the world at warp speed now, from security on planes and trains to check-ins at conferences…
California Supreme Court Rules Against Police Collection of License Plate Data
By Derrick Broze Privacy and civil liberties advocates won a small victory this week as the California Supreme Court ruled that license plate data secretly…
Sheriffs Along the U.S. Border Helping Build Biometric Police State
By Derrick Broze The American Civil Liberties Union has filed open records requests with all the sheriffs along the U.S.-Mexico border in search of information…
Border Patrol Launches Program to Scan the Face of Every Person Leaving U.S.
By Derrick Broze Private airlines are the last line of defense against the growing use of biometric facial recognition software at American airports. The U.S….
There’s A Definite Discrimination Aspect To Pennsylvania’s Smart Meter Law
By Catherine J. Frompovich What’s discrimination? But in the context of civil rights law, unlawful discrimination refers to unfair or unequal treatment of an individual…
From Charlottesville To Boston, America Is Falling Apart At The Seams
Op-Ed by Brandon Turbeville As America once again picks up the rubble from one of its regularly scheduled race riots, the hatred and anger felt…
LA Metro Begins Pilot Program for Full Body Scanners Funded by Bill Gates
By Nicholas West Once again it appears that airports are a test bed for nearly everything that will eventually trickle out into the general public. …
LAPD Still Trying to Launch Police Drones Despite Public Outcry
By Nicholas West The general concern over police spying has been addressed vigorously by the Los Angeles public for many years. As I covered in…
Police Body Cameras to be Equipped with Facial Recognition
By Nicholas West Given the steady roll-out of biometrics in banking, personal computing, and travel as of late, it seemed to be just a matter…
Trump’s FBI Pick Has a Troubling History on Digital Liberties
By Grayson Clary President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, Christopher Wray, will begin his confirmation process next week, giving lawmakers an opportunity to…