Privacy

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What you need to know

1986

The federal law protecting your electronic information passed in 1986, making it older than the World Wide Web.

57%

Over one-half of all Nebraskans use a smartphone and even more use a phone with some ability to record your location.

Zero

Zero laws passed in Nebraska to protect your privacy in the digital age.

From densely populated urban centers to vast open areas of land, Nebraskans value their privacy. Laws and government practices that violate your privacy rights can come from Congress, but they can also be violated and protected by state and local government.

In the legislature, the ACLU has worked to protect your privacy at the ballot box and to protect your privacy from your employer. In communities and schools around Nebraska, the ACLU has worked to protect tenants, parents and employees when government tries to cast its net too wide and without justification.

Americans should not have to choose between using new technologies and protecting their civil liberties. We work to ensure a future in which the Fourth Amendment ban on unreasonable searches extends to digital property and your data is your own.

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News & Commentary
Text: The last year was a relentless attack on civil rights and civil liberties. Nevertheless, we persisted, we resisted, & we achieved important progress. Thank you.

Thanks to you - 2017 Victory List

The last year was a relentless attack on civil rights and civil liberties emanating from the highest echelons of political power and emboldening state and local leaders to act in ways previously unimaginable. Nevertheless, we persisted, we resisted, and we achieved important progress.
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Civil Rights Groups React to Secretary Gales Decision on Voter Information

Issue Areas: Voting Rights, Privacy
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ACLU of Nebraska and Nebraskans for Civic Reform Urge Secretary of State John Gale to Protect Nebraska Voters

Issue Areas: Voting Rights, Privacy
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Making Body Worn Cameras a Win-Win

In the 2016 Legislative session the ACLU of Nebraska, Media of Nebraska, and law enforcement leaders, came together to support LB 1000 which was adopted on an overwhelming vote of 45-0.  LB 1000 requires the Nebraska Crime Commission to develop uniform, minimum standards about the use of body-worn cameras as well as standard rules for retaining the recordings.