Press Release: 2020-08-07

ACLU Comment on Supreme Judicial Court Decision on Pole Camera Case

Matthew Segal, legal director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, today released the following statement in response to the Supreme Judicial Court decision in Commonwealth v. Mora:

“Pole cameras with the ability to remotely pan, zoom, and tilt increasingly test the boundaries of our right to privacy in our most intimate space: our homes. The Court’s new ruling makes clear that prolonged, targeted surveillance of the home invades a person’s reasonable expectation of privacy which must be protected by a warrant. Freedom from surveillance is not just for those who can afford to build tall fences, live in a gated community, or buy acres of land on which to live in secluded homes.”