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…
Category: Transparency Ordinance
Yes, We Can
Today, ACLU National announced its campaign to #TakeCTRL, by empowering local communities to take back control over their police department’s use of surveillance equipment. You can read about it here. Locally, our success has helped inspire the national campaign. You…
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.…