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Founded in 2014, the Center on Privacy & Technology is a leader at the intersection of privacy, surveillance, and civil rights.
Latest Work
“The Past is Here: How Historical Workplace Surveillance Practices Show Up Today” blog
On April 10, 2024, the Center on Privacy & Technology co-hosted a panel with United for Respect, and the Athena Coalition in which the panelists illustrated, through stories like the one above, how contemporary workplace surveillance policies are repeating patterns from the past. Justice Fellow Brandon McClain summarized four key takeaways on our blog. Read the whole blog here.
Distinguished Fellow Gabrielle Rejouis Joins Data & Society’s 2024 Affiliate Class
Distinguished Fellow Gabrielle Rejouis was selected to join Data & Society's 2024 Affiliate class. She will continue collaborating with the Labor Futures program at Data & Society.
Distinguished Fellow Gabrielle Rejouis Quoted In InformationWeek
Distinguished Fellow Gabrielle Rejouis was quoted in InformationWeek article "What Is the Future of AI-Driven Employee Monitoring?” She raised concerns about how electronic monitoring can interfere with worker organizing.
Distinguished Fellow Gabrielle Rejouis Speaks at Outbraving Summit
Distinguished Fellow Gabrielle Rejouis spoke on "Black Political Economy, Capital Racism and Technology (Economic & Legal)" panel at Outbraving Summit. On the panel, she spoke about why privacy and algorithmic accountability policies should not be separated. She also discussed why regulations for workplace technology should address the impact of surveillance rather than focus on the technology used.
The Privacy Center Co-Hosts Annual Privacy Law Scholars Conference
The Institute for Technology Law & Policy and the Center on Privacy & Technology co-hosted the annual Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC) at Georgetown Law on May 30 and 31, 2024. PLSC is the premier academic conference of privacy, law, and technology scholars, researchers, and practitioners in the world.
New Privacy Center Report Finds Department of Homeland Security’s DNA Collection Skyrocketed 5000% in Under 4 Years
The Privacy Center published "Raiding the Genome: How the United States Government Is Abusing Its Immigration Powers to Amass DNA for Future Policing." Authored by Director of Research & Advocacy Stevie Glaberson, Associate Emerald Tse, and Executive Director Emily Tucker, the report describes and analyzes the expansion of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security program to collect DNA from nearly every person its agents detains. Read the full press release.
Telemundo Covers “Raiding the Genome”
Telemundo covered our latest report findings from "Raiding the Genome: How the United States Government Is Abusing Its Immigration Powers to Amass DNA for Future Policing" in a video piece and featured an interview (in Spanish) with report co-author and Director of Research & Advocacy Stevie Glaberson.
LA Times Covers “Raiding the Genome”
The LA Times covered our latest report findings from "Raiding the Genome: How the United States Government Is Abusing Its Immigration Powers to Amass DNA for Future Policing." In a front page article. Director of Research & Advocacy Stevie Glaberson was quoted "Even when people know what’s happening, they’re terrified to ask questions, they’re terrified to object, they’re terrified to refuse."
“Shadow Report to the US AI Policy Roadmap”
The Center signed on to coalition report, along with 39 others, that aimed to combat the inaccurate way in which the Senate positioned their roadmap as a starting point for understanding AI concerns. The "Shadow Report to the US AI Policy Roadmap" points out that this process has eaten up a year of this legislative session to produce yet another roadmap that superficially namechecks issues, instead of actual progress towards enforceable law.
Director of Research & Advocacy Stevie Glaberson’s Paper Published
Director of Research & Advocacy Stevie Glaberson's academic paper, "The Epistemic Injustice of Algorithmic Family Policing", was published in the UC Irvine Law Review. The piece explores the ways that family policing’s turn to “big data” risk-prediction algorithms scales up and expands the system’s already pervasive epistemic injustice.