California Location Privacy Act of 2012

The California Location Privacy Act (SB 1434) authored by State Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and co-sponsored by the ACLU of California and the Electronic Frontier Foundation updates California privacy law to reflect the modern mobile world by providing needed protection against warrantless government access to a person's location information.

By ACLU of Northern California

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Maryland Legislature to Employers: Hands Off Facebook Passwords

By Allie BohmACLU National Office

By ACLU of Northern California

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Book and Video Sites: Who's Peeking Over Your Shoulder?

THE MORE YOU READ & WATCH ONLINE, THE MORE DIGITAL FOOTPRINTSInformation about what you watch and read onlin

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Online Photo Sites: Are You Overexposed?

The more photos you move online, the more digital footprints you leave behind.

The information in your online photos is valuable. Moving you

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Search Engines: Who's Searching for You?

The more you search online, the more digital footprints you leave behind.

The information in your search records is valuable. Searching

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Social Networking: Do You Know Who Your Friends Are?

The more you connect online, the more digital footprints you leave behind.

The information you share on social networking sites is valuab

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Webmail: You're Writing - Who's Watching?

The more email you send, the more digital footprints you leave behind.

The information in your email messages is valuable. Online ema

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An Open Letter to Wireless Carriers from the ACLU

November 9, 2011

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Court Says No GPS Tracking? How About Cell Phone Tracking?

By Sarah RobertsACLU National Office

By ACLU of Northern California

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