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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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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Attorney General: Tourists’ Emails Can be Searched at Israel’s Borders
April 24, 2013
In response to an inquiry from ACRI regarding reports of authorities requiring access to tourists’ email accounts before allowing them into the … Read more
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ACRI in the News: November – December 2012
January 3, 2013
ACRI Op-Eds This Friday, we march for the right ‘to be human’ – December 5, 2012 (+972) by Hagai El-Ad, ACRI … Read more
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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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Thousands March in Tel Aviv for Human Rights
December 9, 2012
People from all over Israel came together in Tel Aviv on Friday (7 December 2012) for the fourth annual Human … Read more
Legal Work
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Security Service Not Authorized to Invade Computer Materials without a Warrant
July 9, 2012
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) sent a letter today to the Attorney General, following recent reports that … Read more
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Invasive Email Searches in Airports Contradict Israeli Law
June 6, 2012
Following recent reports, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) emphasizes that the demand made by the Israeli GSS … Read more
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High Court Ruling Upholds but Limits “Big Brother Law”
May 28, 2012
High Court of Justice upholds “Big Brother Law” but limits authorities’ powers to invade privacy under this law. Today … Read more
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ACRI’s Case for the Right to Privacy
May 28, 2012
Petitions concerning the constitutionality of some of the arrangements prescribed in the scope of the Criminal Procedure Act and enables … Read more
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Petition to High Court against the Biometric Database
February 20, 2012
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) filed a petition to the High Court of Justice today (February 20), … Read more
In the Knesset
Publications
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State of Human Rights Report 2008
December 7, 2008
ACRI Gauges Israel’s Realization of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 60th Anniversary of its Adoption The full version … Read more