Center on Privacy & Technology
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Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law
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Our ED Emily Tucker is speaking on the “Responsible AI and Privacy” panel hosted by Good Systems at UT-Austin this Wednesday 11/19 at 10 AM CST. Join for a discussion about where privacy stands in the technological revolution of AI! Register here (Zoom available): responsibleai2025.splashthat.com.
November 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Our ED Emily Tucker is speaking on the “Responsible AI and Privacy” panel hosted by Good Systems at UT-Austin this Wednesday 11/19 at 10 AM CST. Join for a discussion about where privacy stands in the technological revolution of AI! Register here (Zoom available): responsibleai2025.splashthat.com.
This Fall, we welcomed Ayah Eldosougi, our new Fritz Fellow, and Taman Mohamed, our new Justice Fellow. They recently sat down to talk privacy, power, and podcasts. Read their conversation here: medium.com/@georgetownp...
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This Fall, we welcomed Ayah Eldosougi, our new Fritz Fellow, and Taman Mohamed, our new Justice Fellow. They recently sat down to talk privacy, power, and podcasts. Read their conversation here: medium.com/@georgetownp...
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.
📢 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.
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
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”!
A finales de 2023, había más de 1.5 millones de perfiles de “detenidos” en la base de datos del CODIS. Esta cifra se disparó a más de 2.3 millones a finales de 2024 y a más de 2,6 millones en abril de 2025.
September 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A finales de 2023, había más de 1.5 millones de perfiles de “detenidos” en la base de datos del CODIS. Esta cifra se disparó a más de 2.3 millones a finales de 2024 y a más de 2,6 millones en abril de 2025.
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.
At the oversight hearing, Rep. Pressley, citing findings to our recently updated 2024 report, expressed outrage over DHS’s collection of DNA from children for addition to the FBI’s criminal database, CODIS. Read the updated report findings: raidingthegenome.org
July 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
At the oversight hearing, Rep. Pressley, citing findings to our recently updated 2024 report, expressed outrage over DHS’s collection of DNA from children for addition to the FBI’s criminal database, CODIS. Read the updated report findings: raidingthegenome.org
Our ED Emily Tucker will be speaking and the event is co-hosted by @acluofcolorado.bsky.social, Together Colorado, Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition @senadorajulie.bsky.social, Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez and Sarah Parady. No rsvp needed.
July 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Our ED Emily Tucker will be speaking and the event is co-hosted by @acluofcolorado.bsky.social, Together Colorado, Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition @senadorajulie.bsky.social, Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez and Sarah Parady. No rsvp needed.
TONIGHT: Interested in learning more about resisting mass surveillance and ICE’s use of Flock? The focus will be specifically on how to shut off Flock in Denver, but lessons are applicable everywhere! Join the teach-in livestream at 6pm MT: bit.ly/FLOCKteachin
July 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
TONIGHT: Interested in learning more about resisting mass surveillance and ICE’s use of Flock? The focus will be specifically on how to shut off Flock in Denver, but lessons are applicable everywhere! Join the teach-in livestream at 6pm MT: bit.ly/FLOCKteachin
At the end of 2023, there were over 1.5 million profiles in CODIS’s “detainee” database. That number skyrocketed to over 2.3 million by the end of 2024, and to over 2.6 million by April 2025.
July 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
At the end of 2023, there were over 1.5 million profiles in CODIS’s “detainee” database. That number skyrocketed to over 2.3 million by the end of 2024, and to over 2.6 million by April 2025.
Last year, we published “Raiding the Genome: How the United States Government Is Abusing Its Immigration Powers to Amass DNA for Future Policing.” Since then, we’ve continued to research DHS’s DNA-collection program. Today, we’re sharing some updates.
raidingthegenome.org
raidingthegenome.org
July 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Last year, we published “Raiding the Genome: How the United States Government Is Abusing Its Immigration Powers to Amass DNA for Future Policing.” Since then, we’ve continued to research DHS’s DNA-collection program. Today, we’re sharing some updates.
raidingthegenome.org
raidingthegenome.org
Meet Salomé Viljoen: Salomé is an Assistant Professor of Law at Michigan Law School, where she teaches courses on contracts, privacy, commercial surveillance and data governance. Salomé writes about the law and political economy of data and AI and the role of law in structuring digital life.
June 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Meet Salomé Viljoen: Salomé is an Assistant Professor of Law at Michigan Law School, where she teaches courses on contracts, privacy, commercial surveillance and data governance. Salomé writes about the law and political economy of data and AI and the role of law in structuring digital life.
Meet Beile Lindner: Beile is an attorney focused on the intersections between parental rights, immigration law, & economic justice. She's an expert on how those seeking government assistance are surveilled & criminalized. Previously, she was a public defender in family court proceedings in New York.
June 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Meet Beile Lindner: Beile is an attorney focused on the intersections between parental rights, immigration law, & economic justice. She's an expert on how those seeking government assistance are surveilled & criminalized. Previously, she was a public defender in family court proceedings in New York.
Meet Cathryn Ann Paul Jackson: Cathryn is the Public Policy Director at @casaforall.bsky.social. She has been instrumental in shaping Maryland’s most impactful pro-immigrant laws and policies, including data privacy reforms.
June 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Meet Cathryn Ann Paul Jackson: Cathryn is the Public Policy Director at @casaforall.bsky.social. She has been instrumental in shaping Maryland’s most impactful pro-immigrant laws and policies, including data privacy reforms.
"The political imagination of our elites raises the slogan “humanity first” only to display a barren concept of what it means to be human: to be a user, a consumer, and a source of data extraction."
June 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"The political imagination of our elites raises the slogan “humanity first” only to display a barren concept of what it means to be human: to be a user, a consumer, and a source of data extraction."
After many months and lots of effort trying to get the agencies to comply, they still have not revealed the information about this DNA program that we sought in our requests.
June 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
After many months and lots of effort trying to get the agencies to comply, they still have not revealed the information about this DNA program that we sought in our requests.
Our ED, Emily Tucker, & philosopher David McNeill co-authored a new piece in @techpolicypress.bsky.social al about Sam Altman’s new Tools for Humanity technology.
May 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Our ED, Emily Tucker, & philosopher David McNeill co-authored a new piece in @techpolicypress.bsky.social al about Sam Altman’s new Tools for Humanity technology.
Congratulations to all of the Georgetown Law Class of 2025 graduates, especially our wonderful student research assistants! We wish you all the best in your next chapter.
May 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Congratulations to all of the Georgetown Law Class of 2025 graduates, especially our wonderful student research assistants! We wish you all the best in your next chapter.
Yesterday, we hosted Prof. Iagê Miola for a round table with our Fritz Fellow Dr. Marianna Poyares. We had a robust discussion about regulatory principles, how to enact the right to manage one's digital persona, reiterative consent, & the right to digital oblivion. Thank you to those who joined us!
April 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Yesterday, we hosted Prof. Iagê Miola for a round table with our Fritz Fellow Dr. Marianna Poyares. We had a robust discussion about regulatory principles, how to enact the right to manage one's digital persona, reiterative consent, & the right to digital oblivion. Thank you to those who joined us!
During her fellowship, Shayna researched surveillance tech in Minnesota that criminalizes youth & created a series of anonymous portraits to illustrate and share her findings.
April 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
During her fellowship, Shayna researched surveillance tech in Minnesota that criminalizes youth & created a series of anonymous portraits to illustrate and share her findings.