Privacy

The Fourth Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the very core stands the right of a man to retreat into his own home and there be free from unreasonable government intrusion.

— U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart

As technology provides new ways to gather information and databases proliferate, the need for privacy protections becomes more urgent. The ACLU is a national leader in working to guarantee that individuals may determine how and when others can gain access to their personal information.

Legal Cases

• Wohltman v. The City of Newark
• Lewis, et al. v. Harris, et al.
• A.A., et al. v. State of New Jersey, et al.
• McGuire v. Township of Waterford, et al.
• Doe v. DYFS
• Price, et al. v. Corzine, et al.
• Uhrmann v. Scapicchio
• Joye, et al. v. Hunterdon Central Regional High School
• A.A., et al. v. Monmouth County Probation

General Information

• ACLU Ads Calls for Investigation Into Bush's Surveillance of U.S. Citizens (2005)
• Privacy Bill of Rights
• ACLU-NJ Website Privacy Policy

Op-Eds

• ACLU-NJ Urges AG to Revisit Flawed Directive (2007)
• AG's Guidance Needed On Cops and Immigrants (2007)

Newsletter Articles

• First National Study on Student Drug Testing Confirms Policy Is Ineffective as Well as Unconstitutional (2003)
• ACLU-NJ Privacy Committee Will Fight for 'Opt-In' (2002)
• Uneasy Access: Your Bank and Your Privacy (2001)
• NJ Seeks to Amend It's Constitution to Authorize an Online Sex Offender Registry (2000)
• Reefer Madness and the Gateway to Misinformation (1999)