Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia filed a lawsuit in Fairfax County Circuit Court against the Fairfax County Police Department for unlawfully storing massive amounts of license plate data collected using automatic license plate readers.

The ACLU of Virginia today questioned Governor McAuliffe’s decision to veto SB 965 and HB 1673 and promised that the organization will file suit to ensure compliance with Virginia’s current law regulating the collection and storage by government agencies of personal information about Virginians.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia today celebrated enactment of landmark legislation protecting Virginians’ privacy and commended Governor McAuliffe for signing into law bi-partisan legislation that will require a search warrant for drone use by law or regulatory enforcement agencies.

Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, executive director of the ACLU of Virginia, released a statement regarding oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court involving challenges to the Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee bans on marriage rights for same-sex couples.

SB 965 would protect Virginians’ privacy by limiting surveillance without a warrant and ensuring that whatever surveillance data is routinely collected by license plate readers, unless it is relevant to an ongoing investigation, is deleted within seven days.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia today challenged the Governor to sign the stronger of two bills addressing government surveillance that have been returned to him by the legislature.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia today commended the General Assembly’s vote to reject Governor McAuliffe’s amendments to bi-partisan privacy legislation that unanimously passed during the 2015 General Assembly Session.

he American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia today condemned the Senate for failing to adopt Governor McAuliffe’s amendment to SB 721 that would have ensured that a person’s property could not be forfeited to the government without a criminal conviction.