The Right to Privacy
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In a democratic society, every individual has the right to live in privacy, without fearing the disclosure of intimate, personal information to the public. In the digital age, technological advancements present new threats to the right to privacy. In Israel specifically, the state is working to establish several databases containing sensitive personal information on all members of society, for the distribution to and use of numerous private and government bodies.
ACRI works in the courts, in the Knesset, and with the public administration to reduce invasions of privacy, to ensure human rights are protected in the development of new technologies, and to restrict the ability of various actors to collect information and to use it inappropriately. ACRI has worked extensively, in particular, to oppose the general collection of personal information in preparation for the planned Biometric Database. ACRI has also worked to ensure the privacy of web-based communication from illegal and invasive state searches and to protest unlawful surveillance. ACRI’s human rights education includes information regarding the right to privacy, helping to promote these goals through public awareness and accountability.
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Knesset Round Up | June 3
June 3, 2018
Subscribe to our weekly Knesset update here: Registration Urban planning and building in the West Bank Strategic control of the … Read more
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Speaking up for those who are silenced
March 23, 2017
Dear Friends, My daughters are enrolled in the public education system, just as I was at their age. There … Read more
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Illegal “Wanted” Posters Hung by the IDF in the West Bank
January 28, 2014
At the end of December 2013, posters were hung in the Al-‘Arrub Refugee Camp in the West Bank with the pictures … Read more
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ACRI Files Freedom of Information Petition on Secret Security Wiretaps
September 17, 2013
ACRI has filed an Administrative Court petition to compel Prime Minister’s Office to reveal number of secret … Read more
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Shin Bet Summons Political Activists for “Warning Conversations”
July 30, 2013
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) filed a petition last Thursday (July 25) asking the High Court … Read more
Legal Work
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ACRI Files Freedom of Information Petition on Secret Security Wiretaps
September 17, 2013
ACRI has filed an Administrative Court petition to compel Prime Minister’s Office to reveal number of secret … Read more
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Shin Bet Summons Political Activists for “Warning Conversations”
July 30, 2013
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) filed a petition last Thursday (July 25) asking the High Court … Read more
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Punishing Workers Who Oppose the Biometric Time Clock
July 23, 2013
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel has joined a case in the National Labor Court as an “amicus … Read more
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Panel of 9 Justices to Hear Petitions Against Acceptance to Communities Law
December 3, 2012
Petitioners claim there is no place for screening procedures in small communities, which lack unique characteristics that would justify such … Read more
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High Court Criticizes State’s Preparation for Biometric Database Pilot
July 23, 2012
During the hearing, the State admitted that the current order is faulty. The Justices criticized the outline of the pilot … Read more
In the Knesset
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Knesset Round Up | June 3
June 3, 2018
Subscribe to our weekly Knesset update here: Registration Urban planning and building in the West Bank Strategic control of the … Read more
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New Bill Memorandum Seeks to Enable More Bodies to Follow Us
May 17, 2012
The Ministry of Justice is working on the memorandum of a bill (link to the draft memorandum in Hebrew) to … Read more
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Knesset Roundup | Summary of Summer Session 2011
August 22, 2011
Knesset Summary – Summer 2011 With the conclusion of the summer 2011 Knesset session, the Association for Civil … Read more
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ACRI Applauds Cancellation of Biometric Database Bill – For Now
November 17, 2009
Against all odds, PM Netanyahu decided to delay the vote for two years – a result of the massive mobilization … Read more
Publications
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ACRI’s State of Human Rights Report 2012
December 16, 2012
ACRI’s 2012 Situation Report examines the current state of human rights in Israel and in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: house … Read more
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Demonstrators, Know Your Rights (July 2011)
August 2, 2011
Following recent efforts by the police and authorities to suppress some of the “tent protests” in ways that harm the … Read more
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The Hippocratic Oath in the Shadow of Bureaucrats and IT Experts
April 8, 2011
By Attorney Avner Pinchuk, Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI). Presented at the international conference “Medicine 2.0: Legal and … Read more
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ACRI Newsletter, October 2010
October 25, 2010
Read about our latest news and achievements Read our most recent newsletter here.
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ACRI’s 2008 Annual Report
April 7, 2009
Presenting ACRI’s legal, educational and public outreach work, the Annual Report brings personal stories and highlights the orgnization’s activities To … Read more
Media
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Why Does the State Want my Fingerprints?
August 4, 2009
What is the biometric database, why could leaks be dangerous, and why does the country want to store our fingerprints … Read more
Policy Advocacy
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Illegal “Wanted” Posters Hung by the IDF in the West Bank
January 28, 2014
At the end of December 2013, posters were hung in the Al-‘Arrub Refugee Camp in the West Bank with the pictures … Read more
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Privatization of public database contravenes right to privacy
November 21, 2005
A private body will be granted access to the sensitive and broad-based databases of the National Insurance Institute (NII) The … Read more
Knesset Roundup
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Knesset Round Up | June 3
June 3, 2018
Subscribe to our weekly Knesset update here: Registration Urban planning and building in the West Bank Strategic control of the … Read more
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Knesset Roundup | Summary of Summer Session 2011
August 22, 2011
Knesset Summary – Summer 2011 With the conclusion of the summer 2011 Knesset session, the Association for Civil … Read more
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Knesset Roundup | 6 June 2011
June 6, 2011
May 29 – June 6 2011 Recent Anti-Democratic Legislation May 29 | Monetary Limitations on Foreign Funding … Read more