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Privacy

Case Sheets:

The Right to Privacy
The Right to Sexual Privacy

 

Privacy in the news

June 11, 2008 -- ACLU Issues Report Opposing Continued Use of "Red Light Cameras"

March 13, 2008 -- DMV Withdraws Social Security Card Demand

February 14, 2008 -- ACLU Sues DMV Over Social Security Card Demand

January 14, 2008 -- ACLU Criticizes Attorney General For Defending Phone Companies Over Consumers in Privacy Battle

January 22, 2007 -- ACLU Objects to Intrusive Licensing Forms Proposed by Department of Business Regulations

June 19, 2006 -- Phone Companies Plead "National Security" in Response to RI ACLU Complaint About Record-Sharing With Federal Spy Agency

May 24, 2006 -- RI ACLU Files Complaint About Phone Companies' Cooperation With Federal Spy Agency

January 12, 2006 -- Documents Show that DMV Expects New Driver's License Law to Cost R.I. Taxpayers More than $20 Million

August 31, 2005 -- Students' Rights to Withhold Information from Military Recruiters Not Being Adequately Protected, ACLU Survey Finds

May 18, 2005 -- Rhode Island ACLU Files Request to Uncover Spy Documents After National ACLU Exposes FBI and Police Spying on Political Groups

January 5, 2005 -- ACLU Urges Governor Not to Revisit Unconstitutional Roadblocks

October 21, 2004 -- ACLU Condemns Proposed Searches of Voters at Polling Booth

August 9, 2004 -- National ACLU Targets CVS in Privacy Campaign; New Report Shows Government Using Businesses to Collect Personal Data