Ongoing and Future Litigation Over Countrywide Systems of Surveillance The Supreme Court is yet to weigh in on the constitutionality of automatic license plate readers (“ALPR”), but arguably the most famous and pervasive company in the industry, Flock, is coming under...
Last month, we covered the legality of A.I. generated porn and the instances in which one might find themselves in legal trouble should they engage with said materials. This week, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York unsealed two criminal...
ICE Acknowledges Contract with Spyware Firm A letter dated April 1, 2026 may be one of the most significant, and alarming, surveillance disclosures in recent memory. In it, ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons confirmed to Congress that his agency is deploying Graphite, a...
Technology Emerging as Crime-Solving Tool and Civil Liberties Risk Facial recognition technology has become a hotly debated issue in and around the Chicagoland, with a recent proposed bill looking to curtail the practice in law enforcement. The proposed bill, the...
Accusations of Widespread Racial Profiling and Mounting Civil Rights Lawsuits Following a year-long investigation, four members of an eight-person team working in the Chicago Police Department’s (“CPD”) Near North Side's 18th District, which covers parts of Lincoln...
Smart Doorbells and Secret Surveillance Capabilities Revealed The ongoing saga surrounding the sudden disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie, has grabbed headlines across the nation as people are concerned for the well-being of the...
Appeal Court Rules “Just Talking” Can Become a Seizure Under the Fourth Amendment In a recent ruling, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals found that a seemingly consensual and cordial encounter with law enforcement violated an individual's rights to be free from...
Chicago Police Department Accused of Targeting African Americans Over Guns As we have previously covered, watchdog organizations and community activists have expressed dissatisfaction with policing practices of the Chicago Police Department (CPD). Now, the department...
Massive Surveillance Network of Drivers Revealed In a shocking revelation, an investigation by the Associated Press has found that the United States Customs and Border Patrol has been monitoring drivers through automatic license plate readers and studying drivers for...
Law Enforcement Could Expand Surveillance Capabilities Through Private Companies There is a growing trend of private companies working with law enforcement or creating work arounds to collect privately recorded data and sharing it with them for investigative purposes,...
