A Secret CBP Team is Targeting and Detaining Innocent Travelers. We’re Suing.

For too long, the government has acted as if it has carte blanche at the border. No more.

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A Little-Known Privacy Battle Is Being Waged Over Encrypting the Nuts and Bolts of the Internet

Everyone deserves to be able to use the Internet without being subject to mass surveillance.

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ICE and CBP Are Secretly Tracking Us Using Stingrays. We’re Suing.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are using incredibly invasive surveillance technology as part of their continued efforts to target and tear apart communities across the country. They’re doing so in near-total secrecy and without any public accountability.

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Senators Reveal Their Plans to Protect Consumer Privacy Online

The Senate this week held a hearing examining the first comprehensive privacy proposals to come from the leaders of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The bills are likely to set the tone for much-anticipated final legislation safeguarding our privacy rights online.

Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss. and Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.

The U.S. Government Tracked, Detained, and Interrogated Journalists. We’re Suing on Their Behalf.

No journalist should have to fear government interference for having the persistence, courage, and commitment to expose the truth.

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Whistleblowers Are Public Servants. We Must Protect Them.

There is no law protecting an intelligence community whistleblower's identity from disclosure or protecting them from retaliatory investigations. Congress can and must change that.

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Three Common Privacy Misconceptions That Companies Love

Privacy-invading companies love it that people feel helpless, but now is the time for people to trade resignation for activism.

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Federal Court Rules That Border Officers Can’t Arbitrarily Search Our Electronic Devices

We don’t lose our privacy rights at the airport or other U.S. ports of entry.

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The FBI is Tracking Our Faces in Secret. We’re Suing.

There can be no accountability if there is no transparency.

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