On August 29, Liberty Coalition joined New America’s Open Technology Institute (OTI) and a coalition of 31 organizations dedicated to promoting privacy, civil liberties and government accountability, in sending a letter (NGO_PCLOB_letter_8-29-18) to the Senate Judiciary Committee urging them to consider President Trump’s final two nominees…
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Orlando ends facial recognition program with Amazon
In relation to… LETTER FROM NATIONWIDE COALITION TO AMAZON CEO JEFF BEZOS REGARDING REKOGNITION —— Orlando ends facial recognition program with Amazon (Reuters) – Orlando has stopped testing Amazon’s facial recognition program after rights groups raised concerns that the service could be used in ways that…
LETTER FROM NATIONWIDE COALITION TO AMAZON CEO JEFF BEZOS REGARDING REKOGNITION
June 18, 2018 Jeffrey P. Bezos Founder and Chief Executive Officer Amazon.com, Inc. Seattle, WA Dear Mr. Bezos, The undersigned coalition of organizations are dedicated to protecting civil rights and liberties and safeguarding communities. We write today to express our profound concerns about your company’s facial…
Liberty Coalition signs on to ACLU letter re: drone bill
June 12, 2018 Re: Coalition Opposes S. 2836, the Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018 Dear Senators, On behalf of the undersigned civil liberties organizations, we urge you to oppose S. 2836, the Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018, including efforts to attach it to other…
Liberty Coalition signs letter to DNI urging accurate reports of PATRIOT Act surveillance
May 31, 2018 Hon. Daniel Coats Director, Office of the Director of National Intelligence Washington, DC 20511 Dear Director Coats, The undersigned groups write to express our objection to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s continued failure to publicly report data as required under…
Victory: Virginia Supreme Court delivers blow to police use of license plate Reader Technology to Track Drivers, Surveil Citizens
From our partner organization, The Rutherford Institute: RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Supreme Court has delivered a blow to the police’s use of Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) to surveil citizens and track drivers’ movements. The Rutherford Institute filed an amicus brief in Neal v. Fairfax…
Liberty Coalition signs letter demanding “Five Eyes” nations protect encryption
Liberty Coalition joined dozens of other organizations in signing a letter to the “Five Eyes” nations demanding that they protect the right of people to use strong encryption without built-in government backdoors. The governments — also known as UKUSA (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and…
Liberty Coalition signs coalition letter to DNI condemning broken promise on mass surveillance
Here is the letter: CoatsResponseLetter_6_12 Here is some background from Open Technology Institute, which put this together: June 12, 2017 Today, New America’s Open Technology Institute joined 33 privacy and civil liberties organizations in a letter to Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Coats, which we forwarded to House…
Supreme Court will hear case on warrantless cell-phone location tracking
From the ACLU : ACLU represents man in case where police obtained months’ worth of cell phone location information without a warrant June 5, 2017 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a landmark case on whether the government needs a warrant to access…
Government Accountability Project applauds new whistleblower law
From our Liberty Coalition partner organization Government Accountability Project: “Follow the Rules Act” shields those who refuse to violate agency regulations The Government Accountability Project today praised Congressional action from last week that closed a technical, but significant, loophole in whistleblower law. On May 26, the…