Analysis

CBP’s Predictive Policing Units Have Financial Data, Won’t Say How They Got It

October 8, 2026

A recent story by 404 Media revealed that Customs & Border Patrol’s (CBP) predictive policing units, or Predictive Intelligence Targeting Teams (PITT) have been using financial data to target individuals for anomalous financial activities and hiding their involvement behind local law enforcement. Lawmakers should take action to rein in federal agencies’ use of predictive policing and abuse of financial and travel information.

• Data Protection

• Location Tracking

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

• Analysis

Looking Ahead: Pixel Tracking Litigation under ECPA and CIPA can Provide Useful Guidelines for the Supreme Court in Salazar v. Paramount Global

October 5, 2026

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Online Advertising & Tracking

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Analysis

Meta’s Mass Data Collection Is Not A-Muse-ing

October 2, 2026

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Commercial AI Use

• Communications Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Minimization

• Data Protection

• Analysis

SCOTUS to Resolve Circuit Split on VPPA “Consumer” Definition in Salazar V. Paramount Global

September 21, 2026

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Online Advertising & Tracking

• Privacy Laws

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• Analysis

Protecting Privacy Through Stronger Procurement Policy: How Maine Could Pioneer a Better Approach to Technology Procurement 

September 3, 2026

The state’s aging population combined with its privacy-minded yet technology-forward philosophy makes it uniquely situated to address procurement oversight.

• AI Policy

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Data Protection

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Government AI Use

• Government Records & Privacy

• Location Tracking

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Analysis

In New Jersey, Fair Trials Demand Facial Recognition Disclosure. What About the Rest of Us?

August 26, 2026

This past June, the New Jersey Supreme Court announced in State v. Miles that the state must disclose any use of facial recognition in its investigation and provide information about how the technology was leveraged to prosecute the defendant. Courts and legislators should expand on this important decision.

• AI in Law Enforcement

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Surveillance Oversight

• Analysis

Riley Says Get a Warrant — So Why Are Schools Skipping That Step?

August 13, 2026

• Data Protection

• Fourth Amendment

• Privacy Laws

• Student Privacy

• Surveillance Oversight

• Analysis

The Spirit of DOGE Is Alive and Well in the House’s So-Called Fraud Prevention Bills

June 9, 2026

This week, the House of Representatives votes on three bills that would permanently formalize the DOGE playbook, risking the privacy and liberty of every American for the sake of unproven fraud prevention methods.

• Cybersecurity

• Data Protection

• Data Security

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Fighting Federal Data Abuses

• Government Databases

• Government Records & Privacy

• Open Government

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• Analysis

America needs a strong privacy law. The SECURE Data Act isn’t it.

May 4, 2026

Everyone, including leaders in Congress, agree that we need a federal privacy law in the United States. But a privacy law is only as good as the protections it offers.

• Consumer Privacy

• Online Advertising & Tracking

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• Analysis

To protect kids online, don’t ban them from social media. Regulate design.

April 30, 2026

Many state bills do not focus on regulating tech companies’ harmful design practices but instead on blocking kids’ access to social media and other apps unless they get parental consent. This is not an effective way to protect kids online.

• Age Assurance

• Children's Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Minimization

• Data Protection

• Platform Accountability & Governance

• Platform Governance Laws & Regulations

• Privacy Laws

• Section 230

• Social Media Privacy

• The First Amendment

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Analysis