Privacy & Security

The ACLU of Pennsylvania, Democracy Defenders Fund, and Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin and Schiller filed a motion to intervene in EEOC v. The University of Pennsylvania on behalf of five organizations affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania.

SB 912 accomplishes nothing that a warrant couldn’t currently provide. But by erasing any meaningful distinction between those arrested and those convicted, it succeeds in undermining constitutional rights to due process, counsel, and the presumption of innocence.

The ACLU-PA will stand with voters to protect their constitutional right to privacy against the federal government’s illegal fishing expedition for highly personal information.

HARRISBURG – A series of lawsuits challenging subpoenas issued by the Pennsylvania Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee will continue, after a ruling today from Commonwealth Court denying “summary relief” to all parties in the litigation.

Automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras are rapidly being installed throughout Pennsylvania but are virtually unregulated in our state. Many ALPR cameras, such as those made by the brand Flock Safety, are continuously collecting data that can be kept and accessed by law enforcement agencies across the country. In short, our daily movements are being tracked as we travel throughout the state. Learn more about ALPR cameras and what you can do to help protect privacy in our communities.  

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has filed a complaint in the federal district court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania under the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) to obtain more information about the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) use of administrative subpoenas to unmask the identities of people online and intimidate individuals who are critical of the federal government. ACLU-PA has represented two clients who have been targets of DHS subpoenas. In both cases, DHS ended its investigations once they were challenged in court. In February of this year, the ACLU of Pennsylvania submitted a request to ICE under the Freedom of Information Act, seeking records of “unmasking” subpoenas from 2024 to the present. ICE did not respond to this request, nor did the agency confirm receipt or request an extension. Our case states that ICE has a statutory obligation under FOIA to respond to our request and asks the court to order ICE to immediately make a complete search for all responsive records and fulfill our request.