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Automated License Plate Recognition: The Newest Threat to Your Privacy When You Travel

Brian Alseth, ACLU-WA Technology and Liberty Program Director
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 at 8:31 am
Law enforcement agencies around the country and across the state have a powerful new tool to effortlessly identify and track you while you drive, and it is a real threat to your privacy. In other words, the cops want to data-mine your driving habits. Read More »
 
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Frequently Asked Questions About the No-Fly List

September 22, 2005
Common questions about the No Fly List Read More »
 
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Habeeb v. Castloo

The U.S. government apologized and provided compensation to Abdulameer Yousef Habeeb, an Iraqi refugee whom federal agents unlawfully stopped, interrogated, arrested, imprisoned, and sought to deport. The ACLU had filed a lawsuit on behalf of Habeeb, a resident of Kent, who was lawfully admitted to the United States as a refugee from Iraq and had broken no laws. Read More »
 
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M. Akifur Rahman et al. v. Michael Chertoff et al.

A federal court has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI to disclose whether 10 people who have been repeatedly stopped and questioned at border crossings are listed in a federal terrorist watchlist. The order came in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of behalf of the 10 citizens, including a pharmacist from Edmonds, Washington, seeking an end to the abusive stops. Read More »
 
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Suspicionless Checkpoints Violate Rights

If you feel that you've been stopped wrongly by checkpoints away from the border of Washington, call the ACLU at 206/624-2180. Read More »
 
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Know Your Rights at Ferry Checkpoints

Planning to visit the San Juans this summer? A new ACLU flyer explains your rights at Customs checkpoints at ferry terminals. Read More »
 
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