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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 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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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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Fact Check: WA's Leadership on Privacy Legislation

Published: 
Monday, February 28, 2022
Fact-checking corporations on Washington's data privacy landscape
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How biased algorithms create barriers to housing

Published: 
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Every day, corporations and governments use algorithms, or complex and often non-transparent formulas, to make decisions about our lives.
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Automated Decision Systems, and Where They Appear

Published: 
Friday, January 21, 2022
Descriptions of how algorithmically-driven automated decision systems are used in several sectors, and how lack of transparency and accountability can cause harm.
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VICTORY: Bellingham Voters Ban Facial Recognition, Predictive Policing Software

News Release, Published: 
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Last week, Bellingham voters approved a ban on government use of facial recognition and predictive policing technologies by their city.
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City of Tacoma to pay more than $311,000 in Stingray public records case

News Release, Published: 
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Tacoma Police Department violated Public Records Act, failed to disclose information on invasive surveillance technology
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