On Monday June 7, the board of the Community Benefits District in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood became the first SF CBD to reject a networked camera system being gifted to the city’s business districts by Ripple CEO Chris Larsen. Larsen’s…
Author: Tracy Rosenberg
Bad Apple Open Source Suite: Tools for Police Accountability
The Aaron Swartz Day Police Surveillance Project teamed up with Priveasy to create a set of tools designed to assist in the ongoing fight for police and sheriff accountability. Bad Apple (https://BadApple.tools) contains a) a searchable database of verified oversight…
Berkeley Adopts First Military Controlled Equipment Regulation in the U.S.
The City of Berkeley has moved ahead with an oversight and transparency ordinance for controlled military equipment like armored vehicles and assault rifles. To the best of our knowledge, they are the first city in the country to do so.…
City of Vallejo Debating Citizen Advisory Group on Surveillance
Law Enforcement Agencies That Tested Clearview AI
Berkeley Community Speaks Up (And Stops) High School Internet Monitoring Plan
Oakland Privacy Receives James Madison Freedom of Information Award from Society of Professional Journalists
Oakland Privacy was honored to receive a 2021 James Madison Award from the Norcal Chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists for our lawsuit and advocacy with the City of Vallejo and their purchase of a cell site simulator. As…
Public Records Suit Against the Long Beach Police Department
A Virtual Wall is Trump’s Wall by Another Name
Across The Finish Line in Santa Clara County
In June of 2016, Santa Clara County became the first municipality in the country to adopt a surveillance transparency ordinance, also known as CCOPS. Santa Clara’s ordinance, being the first one, is comprehensive. On January 26, 2021, the Santa Clara…