Center on Privacy & Technology
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Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law
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Here to connect and share our work on resisting digital era mass surveillance.
Here to connect and share our work on resisting digital era mass surveillance.
Join us in congratulating our Director of Research & Advocacy Stevie Glaberson for being selected to join the 2025-26 cohort of Gender+ Justice Initiative Fellows!
October 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Join us in congratulating our Director of Research & Advocacy Stevie Glaberson for being selected to join the 2025-26 cohort of Gender+ Justice Initiative Fellows!
Our ED Emily Tucker spoke with @politico.com’s Alfred Ng about ICE's new contract for skip tracing for today’s Morning Tech newsletter. “It’s surveillance that targets people that are typically hard to find in the databases that already exist,” said Tucker.
October 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Our ED Emily Tucker spoke with @politico.com’s Alfred Ng about ICE's new contract for skip tracing for today’s Morning Tech newsletter. “It’s surveillance that targets people that are typically hard to find in the databases that already exist,” said Tucker.
📢📢📢 Don’t miss this great event happening TODAY!
Join us to learn how 5 experts have made their own path in the privacy field.
Join us to learn how 5 experts have made their own path in the privacy field.
📢 Georgetown students!! Interested in a career in privacy? Join us on October 20 to hear from professionals who’ve found a range of pathways to their careers in privacy.
October 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
📢📢📢 Don’t miss this great event happening TODAY!
Join us to learn how 5 experts have made their own path in the privacy field.
Join us to learn how 5 experts have made their own path in the privacy field.
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Corporations call it "privacy-preserving," but this new AI tech isn't all that it seems.
Our new brief w/@datasociety.bsky.social + CoWorker exposes how this tech harms + exploits workers and what we can do to strengthen worker protections + power in the digital age: datasociety.net/library/the-...
Our new brief w/@datasociety.bsky.social + CoWorker exposes how this tech harms + exploits workers and what we can do to strengthen worker protections + power in the digital age: datasociety.net/library/the-...
October 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Corporations call it "privacy-preserving," but this new AI tech isn't all that it seems.
Our new brief w/@datasociety.bsky.social + CoWorker exposes how this tech harms + exploits workers and what we can do to strengthen worker protections + power in the digital age: datasociety.net/library/the-...
Our new brief w/@datasociety.bsky.social + CoWorker exposes how this tech harms + exploits workers and what we can do to strengthen worker protections + power in the digital age: datasociety.net/library/the-...
Last month, we published new research about CBP’s collection of DNA from US citizens. In a new blog post, our Associate @ehtse.bsky.social writes about the widespread risks of genetic surveillance and our ongoing research into DHS’s DNA collection program. Read it here:
October 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Last month, we published new research about CBP’s collection of DNA from US citizens. In a new blog post, our Associate @ehtse.bsky.social writes about the widespread risks of genetic surveillance and our ongoing research into DHS’s DNA collection program. Read it here:
🚨TOMORROW! Curious about the implications that technology access has on the economic and social participation of communities marginalized by the structural barriers of inequity? Dr. Nicol Turner Lee will discuss her book, “Digitally Invisible: How the Internet is Creating the New Underclass.”
October 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🚨TOMORROW! Curious about the implications that technology access has on the economic and social participation of communities marginalized by the structural barriers of inequity? Dr. Nicol Turner Lee will discuss her book, “Digitally Invisible: How the Internet is Creating the New Underclass.”
📢 Georgetown students!! Interested in a career in privacy? Join us on October 20 to hear from professionals who’ve found a range of pathways to their careers in privacy.
October 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
📢 Georgetown students!! Interested in a career in privacy? Join us on October 20 to hear from professionals who’ve found a range of pathways to their careers in privacy.
Digital Inclusion Week is here and we have an event for you! Dr. Nicol Turner Lee of @brookings.edu will join us to discuss what digital equity can look like as the importance of internet access in the US for economic participation continues to increase.
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Digital Inclusion Week is here and we have an event for you! Dr. Nicol Turner Lee of @brookings.edu will join us to discuss what digital equity can look like as the importance of internet access in the US for economic participation continues to increase.
Cuando publicamos nuestro informe de 2024 “Asalto al Genoma,” sospechábamos que agentes del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) podían estar coleccionando ADN de ciudadanos estadounidenses. Ahora podemos confirmar que esas sospechas eran correctas.
www.raidingthegenome.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Cuando publicamos nuestro informe de 2024 “Asalto al Genoma,” sospechábamos que agentes del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) podían estar coleccionando ADN de ciudadanos estadounidenses. Ahora podemos confirmar que esas sospechas eran correctas.
DHS DNA collection “is illegal, unconstitutional, and deeply corrosive to civil rights and liberties. No amount of coerced ‘consent’ can make it otherwise,” says Privacy Center Dir. of Research & Advocacy Stevie Glaberson.
September 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
DHS DNA collection “is illegal, unconstitutional, and deeply corrosive to civil rights and liberties. No amount of coerced ‘consent’ can make it otherwise,” says Privacy Center Dir. of Research & Advocacy Stevie Glaberson.
When we published our 2024 report “Raiding the Genome,” we suspected that DHS agents might be taking DNA from US citizens. We can now confirm that those suspicions were correct. www.raidingthegenome.org
September 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
When we published our 2024 report “Raiding the Genome,” we suspected that DHS agents might be taking DNA from US citizens. We can now confirm that those suspicions were correct. www.raidingthegenome.org
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They promised cheap rent
They gave us culture war
They gave us culture war
September 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
They promised cheap rent
They gave us culture war
They gave us culture war
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Happening tomorrow! Interested in scholarship surrounding emerging technology and social responsibility? Join us as Professor Ryan Calo dives into his new book, “Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach”!
September 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Happening tomorrow! Interested in scholarship surrounding emerging technology and social responsibility? Join us as Professor Ryan Calo dives into his new book, “Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach”!
Last week @amcommmedia.bsky.social hosted “Expanding Surveillance of Immigrants – At What Cost?” to explore how the US govt’s growing surveillance arsenal is used beyond immigration enforcement. americancommunitymedia.org/media-briefi...
Expanding Surveillance of Immigrants — At What Cost?
From DMV databases to cellphone tracking, U.S. surveillance has grown from immigration enforcement into a digital dragnet. Our panel explores risks, policies, and the safeguards essential to democracy...
americancommunitymedia.org
September 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Last week @amcommmedia.bsky.social hosted “Expanding Surveillance of Immigrants – At What Cost?” to explore how the US govt’s growing surveillance arsenal is used beyond immigration enforcement. americancommunitymedia.org/media-briefi...
En 2024 publicamos “Asalto al Genoma: Cómo el Gobierno de los EEUU Abusa de Sus Facultades en Materia de Inmigración para Acumular ADN para Futuras
Acciones Policiales.” Hemos seguido investigando el programa de recolección de ADN del DHS. Hoy compartimos algunas novedades.
raidingthegenome.org
Acciones Policiales.” Hemos seguido investigando el programa de recolección de ADN del DHS. Hoy compartimos algunas novedades.
raidingthegenome.org
September 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
En 2024 publicamos “Asalto al Genoma: Cómo el Gobierno de los EEUU Abusa de Sus Facultades en Materia de Inmigración para Acumular ADN para Futuras
Acciones Policiales.” Hemos seguido investigando el programa de recolección de ADN del DHS. Hoy compartimos algunas novedades.
raidingthegenome.org
Acciones Policiales.” Hemos seguido investigando el programa de recolección de ADN del DHS. Hoy compartimos algunas novedades.
raidingthegenome.org
A book talk you don’t want to miss! Professor at @uwlaw.bsky.social @rcalo.bsky.social, will talk about his new book “Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach,” which explores what scholars and society can do about emerging technology.
September 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A book talk you don’t want to miss! Professor at @uwlaw.bsky.social @rcalo.bsky.social, will talk about his new book “Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach,” which explores what scholars and society can do about emerging technology.
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Did you just read about how traditional Medicare is about to require prior approval - and they’re going to hire **AI companies** to dole out those approvals?
Then you need to learn about Dr. Gary Bent.
Then you need to learn about Dr. Gary Bent.
August 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Did you just read about how traditional Medicare is about to require prior approval - and they’re going to hire **AI companies** to dole out those approvals?
Then you need to learn about Dr. Gary Bent.
Then you need to learn about Dr. Gary Bent.
Update: This week, the WA Dept of Licensing cut off ICE’s access to a state database containing driver and vehicle licensing data.
August 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Update: This week, the WA Dept of Licensing cut off ICE’s access to a state database containing driver and vehicle licensing data.
Earlier this summer, our Associate Dr. Marianna Poyares (@maripoyares.bsky.social) wrote a piece for our blog about Sam Altman’s new retina scanning tech. Now, as more companies are considering implementing this tech, it’s imperative to understand the trade offs. Read Marianna’s blog here:
August 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Earlier this summer, our Associate Dr. Marianna Poyares (@maripoyares.bsky.social) wrote a piece for our blog about Sam Altman’s new retina scanning tech. Now, as more companies are considering implementing this tech, it’s imperative to understand the trade offs. Read Marianna’s blog here:
Last call for the A.I. in Art: Perceptions, Values & Rights Exhibition! It’s on display until 9/1 @GeorgetownUniversity Lauinger Library & is the product of an interdisciplinary research project led by students & faculty from Dept of CompSci, Dept of Art & Art History, & @georgetownlaw.bsky.social.
A.I. in Art: Perceptions, Values, & Rights | Georgetown University Library
The A.I. in Art: Perceptions, Values, & Rights Exhibition is the culmination of an interdisciplinary research project co-directed by students and faculty from Georgetown's Department of Computer Scien...
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August 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Last call for the A.I. in Art: Perceptions, Values & Rights Exhibition! It’s on display until 9/1 @GeorgetownUniversity Lauinger Library & is the product of an interdisciplinary research project led by students & faculty from Dept of CompSci, Dept of Art & Art History, & @georgetownlaw.bsky.social.
Director of Research & Advocacy Stevie Glaberson (@sglabe.bsky.social) joined The Take podcast to talk about DHS DNA collection. Watch the episode from @ajepodcasts.bsky.social:
Why the US is collecting DNA from migrants | The Take
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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July 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Director of Research & Advocacy Stevie Glaberson (@sglabe.bsky.social) joined The Take podcast to talk about DHS DNA collection. Watch the episode from @ajepodcasts.bsky.social:
Thank you @pressley.house.gov for bringing attention to DHS’s abusive DNA collection program in Congress this week. The public deserves transparency about how federal immigration enforcement handles people’s sensitive genetic material.
Rep. Pressley Slams DHS for Stealing Immigrants’ DNA and Giving to FBI Databases
YouTube video by Rep. Ayanna Pressley
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July 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Thank you @pressley.house.gov for bringing attention to DHS’s abusive DNA collection program in Congress this week. The public deserves transparency about how federal immigration enforcement handles people’s sensitive genetic material.
The latest from philosopher David McNeill, who teaches our “No, We Don’t Live In A F%#*ing Simulation” mini course.
In his latest for Tech Policy Press, David makes quick work of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Antonin Scalia, Cass Sunstein, Peter Thiel, Olaf Scholz, the ACLU, Curtis Yarvin, and the "free speech" orthodoxies with which democracy has been bullied for generations.
www.techpolicy.press/rethinking-s...
www.techpolicy.press/rethinking-s...
Rethinking Speech Rights in the Era of Corporate Information Control | TechPolicy.Press
We need to return to an essentially democratic, political conception of the constitutional right to free speech, David McNeill writes.
www.techpolicy.press
July 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The latest from philosopher David McNeill, who teaches our “No, We Don’t Live In A F%#*ing Simulation” mini course.
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“What we have now is the federal government has essentially unleashed an anonymized, militarized police force on its own people, and people are doing the most basic things they can think of to try to take back some sense of agency and security.” - Emily Tucker, Center on Privacy & Technology
The online activists trying to stop ICE from making arrests
The Trump administration claims sites tracking immigration officers are putting law enforcement at risk. The creators say they’re helping shield people from a modern-day “Gestapo.”
www.washingtonpost.com
July 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“What we have now is the federal government has essentially unleashed an anonymized, militarized police force on its own people, and people are doing the most basic things they can think of to try to take back some sense of agency and security.” - Emily Tucker, Center on Privacy & Technology