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The advance of technology presents both opportunities for and challenges to liberty. As new technologies are implemented, their impacts on civil liberties must be considered. The ACLU supports uses of technology that enhance privacy and freedom while opposing those that undermine liberty and move us closer to a surveillance society.
Seattle has passed the strongest surveillance transparency and accountability protections in the country!
Judge fines Tacoma Police Department for withholding public records about invasive surveillance device
Seattle City Council adopts nation’s strongest law to protect utility customer personal data
Amazon Should Stop Selling Face Surveillance Technology to the Government
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Resources

ACLU of Washington comment on Senate passage of Washington My Health, My Data Act ESHB 1155

News Release, Published: 
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Legislators in the Washington Senate advanced ESHB 1155, the Washington My Health, My Data Act, which removes significant barriers reproductive and gender affirming health care by protecting the privacy of people’s health data.
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How Automated Decision Systems are used in Policing

Published: 
Monday, December 26, 2022
Automated decision systems, technologies that make or help make decisions about people, can have life or death impacts especially when used in the context of policing.
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ACLU of Washington Statement Regarding Removal of Flawed and Dangerous Gunshot Detection System from Seattle Budget

News Release, Published: 
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Eliminating funding for gunshot detection systems in this biennial budget will help to safeguard the public from bearing the expense and the negative impacts of unnecessary and invasive technologies.
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Automated Decision Systems and Entrenched Biases in Jury Pool Selection

Published: 
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
In Washington state, several courts use automated decision systems, including applications that are controlled and kept secret by corporations to form jury pools.
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ACLU of Washington statement on data privacy bills before the Washington State Legislature during the 2022 session

News Release, Published: 
Friday, March 11, 2022
For the fourth consecutive year, the ACLU of Washington and the Tech Equity Coalition successfully fought the adoption of weak privacy regulations in the Washington
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