Spearheaded by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), Data Privacy Day began in the United States and Canada in January 2008 as an extension of the Data Protection Day celebration in Europe. The Day commemorates the 1981 signing of Convention 108 – the first legally binding international treaty dealing with privacy and data protection.The ACLU of Maine has made protecting the privacy of Mainers a top priority this legislative session. You can read about the bills we’re promoting here. From the use of unmanned drones by law enforcement to observe our every move, to the use of cell phones as tracking devices, we’re working to protect against unconstitutional intrusions into the private lives of innocent Mainers.
As the Portland Press Herald editorialized, “Without a law, we could see a day when everyone in Maine is under surveillance all of the time, and records of our every move are kept in databases. That may sound far-fetched, but the technology exists now, so it's up to us to set some rules.”
