Privacy & Surveillance
The ACLU of North Carolina works to protect and strengthen the right to privacy, increase the control individuals have over their personal information and data, and ensure civil liberties are not compromised by technological development.
As new technologies expand law enforcement and other agencies’ ability to access information about our daily lives, ACLU-NC works to ensure a future in which the Fourth Amendment’s protections against unreasonable searches extend to the vast amount of personal information stored and shared in digital spaces.
The lack of strong privacy laws endangers everyone, especially people who have disproportionately been subjected to government surveillance and targeting, including immigrants, activists, and people seeking or providing reproductive and gender-affirming care.
Privacy today faces growing threats from an ever-expanding surveillance infrastructure that is often justified in the name of public safety. Surveillance tools rarely remain limited to their original stated purpose, and history has shown they are frequently abused.
ACLU-NC advocates for modern data privacy laws and community awareness of excessive surveillance. North Carolinians deserve privacy laws that keep pace with technology and provide proactive protection.
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