A coalition of privacy, civil rights and public interest groups sent a letter of concern about Facebook’s plan to introduce a digital currency. The groups say Facebook’s new cryptocurrency raises “profound questions about national sovereignty, corporate power, consumer protection, competition…
Author: Tracy Rosenberg
Richmond Cancels Vigilant Solutions ALPR Contract
San Pablo Cops Sending License Plates to Border Patrol
79 Million Bay Area License Plates to Homeland Security
100+ Groups Demand A Senate Vote on Net Neutrality
More than 100 civil and human rights organizations, including Oakland Privacy, wrote to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to demand a vote on the Save The Internet Act, a bill which would restore Open Internet protections and passed the House…
Alameda County Facial Recognition
Palantir Should Not Sponsor Privacy Conference at Berkeley
No PVE in California
A 70-strong coalition of social justice and civil rights groups led by M-Power Change, Asian-Americans Advancing Justice and CAIR California (including Oakland Privacy). sent a letter to CA Governor Gavin Newson asking him to end the reinstatement of a washed-over…
San Francisco Approves Oversight of Surveillance Tech and Becomes 1st in the Country to Ban Use of Facial Recognition.
At the May 14 meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the City of SF became the 10th jurisdiction in the country to adopt a comprehensive oversight protocol for the acquisition and use of surveillance tech. The 8-1 vote…