The city council’s decision to limit the DAC was a victory for Oakland Privacy and Hofer, who has since been elected chair of the city’s first Privacy Advisory Commission, which has been given the task of scrutinising every new piece…
Author: JP Massar
Oakland Privacy in Solidarity with the National Prisoners’ Work Strike.
Oakland Privacy strongly supports the National Prison Strike, which begins Sept. 9, and issues this statement in support. While Oakland Privacy is primarily committed to ensuring that people’s privacy is not invaded by the state, our commitment extends to the…
Oakland vs. Big Data Brother
British author Timandra Harkness took note of our success in the Bay Area, featuring the work of Oakland Privacy as Chapter 8 of her new book Big Data: Does Size Matter? An updated and truncated online version of our work is here.…
Oakland Privacy Timeline
1999 March. Urban Warrior. A military force “invades” Oakland as a training exercise. A precursor to “Urban Shield.” 2008 DAC began with a grant from the Dept. of Homeland Security in 2008 to the Port of Oakland to secure…