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Founded in 2014, the Center on Privacy & Technology is a leader at the intersection of privacy, surveillance, and civil rights.
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Privacy Center sues Department of Homeland Security
The Privacy Center, together with Amica Center for Immigrant Rights and Americans for Immigrant Justice filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act seeking records from DHS regarding the agency’s management and use of DNA. As the Privacy Center reported in its 2024 publication, Raiding the Genome, since 2020, DHS has built out a massive DNA-collection program. The three organizations filed a FOIA request in the summer of 2024 to uncover critical further information about DHS’s DNA-collection program, but the agency has yet to meaningfully respond. Read the full press advisory.
Privacy Center Files Lawsuit for Release of Information on NYPD’s Face Recognition Program
On May 2, 2017, the Privacy Center filed a lawsuit against the New York Police Department (NYPD) for failure to release documents about its use of face recognition technology in compliance with the state's public records law. Read the full press release.
Center on Privacy & Technology v. NYPD
The Center sued the New York City Police Department under the state's Freedom of Information Law for the department's refusal to disclose records pertaining to its use of face recognition technology. Litigation is ongoing.