State Action Needed to Address Proposed National Student Database
A bipartisan push in Congress could lead to a national database containing personally identifiable information on college students. States can act now to limit collection and sharing of such data to stop this unconstitutional threat to privacy. The Higher Education...
Federal Programs are Funding Local Stingray Spying
A congressional report published late last year establishes a definitive link between state and local cell site simulators and federal funding. Commonly known as โstingrays,” cell site simulator devices essentially spoof cell phone towers, tricking any device...
Launched Today: Local Communities Against the Surveillance State
Today, geographically and politically diverse cities across the U.S. have come together to #TakeCTRL and fight overreaching surveillance at the local level. As part of the Community Control Over Police Surveillance (CCOPS) initiative, today local government officials...