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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Join the Human Rights March on December 9!
November 30, 2011
Once again, we will take to the streets to call out: It’s our right! On Friday, 9 December 2011, … Read more
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ACRI in the News: Oct 24 – Nov 2 2011
November 2, 2011
Private security guards in East Jerusalem Civil Rights Association to HCJ: East J’lem guards only protect Jews 31 October … 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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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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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