Application deadline extended to October 7th! Join us as our 2027 Privacy Rights Fellow. This part-time stipended fellowship is an exciting opportunity to apply and practice privacy in the field. We are grateful for the support of the Omidyar Foundation…
Author: Tracy Rosenberg
Vacancies on Oakland’s Privacy Commission
If you live in the City of Oakland and care about privacy rights and surveillance, please consider a volunteer position on the city’s privacy commission. There are a number of vacancies, with more coming in March of 2027, and it…
CA Preparing To Load DMV Info to National Real ID Database
Update: The Department of Homeland Security sent an administrative subpoena to AAMVA requesting a bulk download of the entire commercial drivers license database (CDLIS). CDLIS is a neighboring database on the SPEX system. CA went to court with multiple other…
San Clemente Fights Anduril Tower Deployment
Update 9-21-2026. Border Patrol has informed Congressman Mike levin they do not intend to move ahead with the deployment of the tower at this time, LA Times coverage: https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/entertainment/story/2026-09-18/san-clemente-border-protection-tower In January, the Orange County beach town became the second inland…
Perspectives on Amending the Publicly Available Information Exemption of the California Privacy Rights Act
You probably didn’t know that between 2018 and 2020, your privacy rights under California’s state privacy law took a hit when the definition of publicly available information was made a lot bigger via ballot initiative. Now, state senator Aisha Wahab…
Privacy as an Intersectional Issue
The third legislative briefing in a 4 -webinar series by the State Privacy Coalition. Watch it here! Featuring Jason Koebler from 404Media, Julie Mao from Just Futures Law, Minsu Longiari from Powerswitch Action and Symphoni Barbee from the ACLU, moderated…
Section 702 Re-Authorization Time Again
Ever since the Section 702 addition to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in 2008, privacy advocates have sought its abolition or significant reforms. Section 702 permits warrantless surveillance of the contents of the communications of Americans if one part…
What Advocates Look For in Privacy-Related Legislation
Privacy advocates throughout California got together last week to tell Sacramento politicians about what advocates look for in privacy-related legislation and regulation. Asian- Americans Advancing Justice, Tech Equity, EFF and UC Law Center for Constitutional Democracy tackled the biggest loopholes…
Privacy Fallacies: Legislative Briefing
Privacy advocates throughout California got together last week to tell Sacramento politicians about five things they think are true about privacy, but aren’t. Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Consumer Reports, COSPR, ACLU and Oakland Privacy tackled themes like consent is enough, enforcement…
Courts Weigh In On ALPR
In quick succession, two courts weighed in on the license plate reader problem – in very different ways. In Schmidt v Norfolk, the one you’ve probably heard of, a federal court declined to reconsider the “no right to privacy in…