Technology

Technology

Technology

The advance of technology presents both opportunities for and challenges to liberty. As new technologies are implemented, their impacts on civil liberties must be given consideration. 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.
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How do automated decision systems affect our lives? An ACLU-WA blog series

Resources

Automated Decision Systems: Child Welfare Predictive Analytics Tools

Published: 
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Automated systems are changing the way Child Welfare agencies work. Are the outcomes helping kids?
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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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