Privacy

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The ACLU of Maine works to increase the control individuals have over their personal information, and opposes government overreach into our private lives. We are working to bring privacy law up to speed with advancing technology, and bring government surveillance practices in line with the Constitution.

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Your Smartphone, Their Rules: How App Stores Enable Corporate-Government Censorship

Big Tech Oligopoly helps the Trump Administration crack down on free speech
News & Commentary
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Face Recognition and the ‘Trump Terror’: A Marriage Made in Hell

ICE and CBP are smashing their way not only through car windows but also through any constraints on the use of face recognition
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Know Your Rights: Electronic Device Searches During Travel

Know your rights if government agents try to search your electronic devices while traveling.
Court Case
Aug 11, 2020

Holding Border Patrol Accountable – Drewniak v. US CBP

We sued the federal government in 2020 for unconstitutional border patrol checkpoints in northern New England. In 2023, Border Patrol agreed to stop operating a problematic checkpoint until January 1, 2025.
Court Case
Jun 06, 2018

FOAA: Portland Smart City Lights

Court Case
May 01, 2018

ACLU of Maine v. United States DHS et al.