Data Privacy & Technology

The ACLU of Delaware works to expand the right to privacy, increase the control individuals have over their personal information, and ensure civil liberties are enhanced rather than compromised by technological innovation.

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Americans should not have to choose between using new technologies and protecting their civil liberties.

Yet our constitutional protections are not keeping pace with advances in technology. Our “digital footprint” — our communications, whereabouts, online searches, purchases — is growing constantly and can now be tracked by the government and corporations in ways that were once unthinkable.

To ensure our rights and civil liberties aren’t rendered obsolete, the ACLU of Delaware works to protect digital privacy, defend free speech on the internet, ensure Net Neutrality, and push back against censorship and government surveillance.

Fight Creepy ALPR Cameras | American Civil Liberties Union

Automatic license plate reader (ALPR) companies like Flock Safety are quietly trying to build a nationwide mass surveillance system. If there are…
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The ACLU is Committed to Protecting Your Personal Information | American Civil Liberties Union

Here’s how the ACLU safeguards your personal information and uses data to advance our work.

The Latest

Press Release
Image of a Flock camera accompanied by text that reads, "Say No To Mass Surveillance: Get the Flock Out"

ACLU-DE Urges Delaware Towns to Follow Wilmington’s Lead and “Get the Flock Out”

The ACLU-DE sent an open letter to over 20 municipalities in Delaware, urging them to reconsider their use of Flock Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) cameras following city leadership in Wilmington deciding to decommission theirs.
Issue Areas: Data Privacy & Technology
Press Release
Deputy Policy & Advocacy Director John Reynolds (left) and Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton

Delaware Becomes First State in the Nation to Enact Law Restricting Reverse-Keyword Warrants

The legislation signed into law today, HS 1 for HB 145 w/HA 1, prohibits law enforcement and courts from requesting, issuing, or enforcing reverse-keyword court orders and reverse-keyword requests, with limited exceptions.
Issue Areas: Data Privacy & Technology, Justice Reform
News & Commentary
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The Second Step of Police Reform Can’t Wait

By Kailyn Richards, Associate Director, Tide Shift Justice Project
Press Release
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Delaware Organizations Demand Body-Worn Camera Transparency in Letter to Candidates and Elected Officials

Recent polling shows 81% of Delawareans want body-worn camera footage to be publicly available.
Issue Areas: Data Privacy & Technology, Justice Reform

Cases, Campaigns & Legislation

Court Case
Mar 2, 2026

U.S. v. Albence

U.S. v. Albence is a lawsuit filed by the federal government that seeks to force the State of Delaware to disclose sensitive personal voter data, such as driver’s license numbers and Social Security information, for hundreds of thousands of Delawareans. After making repeated demands for the data, the U.S. Department of Justice was unsatisfied with the State’s offer of the public voter registration list that is readily available to all Delawareans. The Department continued to demand all unredacted sensitive data while failing to answer Delaware officials’ questions about the legality of the request. No explanation was given for why this sensitive information was needed, or how it could be transferred in a way that did not violate federal and state laws. This case is one of more than twenty cases the U.S. has filed against multiple states to forcibly extract data that can be used to further the current anti-immigration agenda and the federal government’s heavy-handed and escalating threats to states it perceives as enemies of the Trump administration. The federal government’s sweeping request for Delawareans’ voter data threatens our right to privacy and our right to vote. Delaware voters should feel secure that their sensitive personal information will be handled carefully and lawfully by the state and will not be disclosed and weaponized against them by the federal government. We won’t stop fighting to preserve the safety of Delaware voters.
Court Case
Jun 9, 2017

Rudenberg v. Delaware DOJ

In late 2015, we learned through our client Jonathan Rudenberg’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that the Delaware State Police had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to purchase devices that spy on cell phones. DSP didn’t want to tell us about that technology. So we sued.
Court Case
Aug 28, 2015

The Fourth Amendment in the Digital Age

The ACLU of Delaware recently filed addressing the application of the Fourth Amendment in the context of computer searches.
Court Case
Jul 7, 2015

ACLU Challenges Dewey Rental Property Ordinance

The ACLU of Delaware has challenged a Dewey Beach ordinance that violates rental property owners’ and residents’ Fourth Amendment rights.