American Civil Liberties Union Posts

Apr 1, 2012

Police Cellphone Tracking May Be Going Too Far, But It Is Great For Emergencies

Law enforcement agencies, big and small, have stepped up their abilities to track cellphones. Several businesses have been created purely on the business model that they will provide surveillance fees to determine a person’s location, phone call tracing, and texts. While this may seem like a violation of privacy, this could be a great tool for emergencies like child abductions, drug cases, and murders.
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Mar 28, 2009

Amit Chowdhry

Facebook Hires Timothy Sparapani As Director Of Public Policy

Earlier this week massive social network company Facebook has hired Timothy D. Sparapani, a senior lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union. This hire comes at a time where Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Chris Kelly is expected to take a leave of absence in order to run for attorney general of California in 2010.

While working with the ACLU, Sparapani worked on national ID cards, data mining, and E-Verify. E-Verify is an Internet system used by employers to check on the immigration status of employees. Sparapani has close ties to the Center for Democracy and Technology, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Center for Digital Democracy. Those organizations have been critical about Facebook’s ad targeting technology and whether it is a violation of privacy.

Kelly himself was an adviser to the Clinton administration’s Domestic Policy Council. Sparapani will join Facebook starting next month and will work from Washington. He will be reporting directly to Kelly.

[via NYT]