An Open Letter to Wireless Carriers from the ACLU

November 9, 2011

By Nicole A. Ozer

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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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ACLU-NC and ALC Help Teach Free Speech Civics Lesson to Local H.S. Principal

With the help of the ACLU of Northern California and the Asian Law Caucus, three high school seniors in San Francisco recently gave their principal a basic civics lesson: students have free speech rights, online and off.

By Linda Lye

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A Primer for the Online Privacy Multistakeholder Process

By Chris CalabreseACLU Washington Legislative Office

By ACLU of Northern California

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The Results From Our Nationwide Cell Phone Tracking Records Requests

By Allie BohmACLU National Office 

By ACLU of Northern California

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Technology and Civil Liberties Resources - Demand Your dotRights!

Downloadable One-Page Information Sheets

By Nicole A. Ozer

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FTC Report: A Roadmap for Future Success?

By Chris CalabreseACLU Washington Legislative Office

By ACLU of Northern California

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New Examples of Facebook Password Demands, Facebook's Response, and the Need for a New Law

By Ateqah KhakiACLU National Office

By ACLU of Northern California

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Status Update: Employers Asking For Your Facebook Passwords Violates Your Privacy and the Privacy of All Your Friends, Too

Earlier this week, we told you about some employers asking job applicants for their Facebook usernames and passwords. The ACLU believes that this is a gross violation of personal privacy because people are entitled to their private lives online just as they are offline.

And, as many of you commented on Facebook, employer demands to share login information is a violation of Facebook's own legal terms, which under the section on "Registration and Account Security" state:

By ACLU of Northern California

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