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FCC requires ISPs to get customer opt-in before sharing data

Oct

2016

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Thursday claimed a victory for privacy after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to require internet service providers to obtain opt-in permission from customers to use or share their personal data. “Today’s vote is a historic win for privacy and free expression and for the vitality of the internet,” […]

ACLU asks appeals court to bar NSA bulk collection of data

Jul

2015

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has asked a federal appeals court in a brief filed Tuesday to bar the National Security Agency (NSA) from bulk collection of phone records. “This dragnet surveillance program should never have been launched, and it should certainly be terminated now,” Jameel Jaffer, deputy legal director of the ACLU, said […]

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Judge grills ACLU and Department of Justice in first NSA surveillance suit hearing

Nov

2013

The ACLU and Department of Justice sparred in court for the first time today over a lawsuit questioning the intelligence communitys right to collect virtually all US phone records under counterterrorism laws. This morning, New York District Judge William H. Pauley III heard oral arguments for ACLU v. Clapper, a constitutional challenge to how the NSA […]

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