Oakland Privacy is pleased to annouce that Saoirse Grace has been selected as the 2024-2025 Privacy Rights Fellow. The fellowship is a part-time advocacy and organizing position generously funded by the Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment. Here is…
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Oakland Privacy’s Year in Bullet Points 2023
Some of the things Oakland Privacy had a hand in in 2023: 2022 2021 2020 2019
We’re Hiring! 2024 Privacy Rights Fellowship
The application period ends Wednesday January 31st at midnight Pacific Standard Time. We will not be able to accept any applications after the deadline passes. We are thrilled to have so many strong candidates to choose from. Oakland Privacy has…
The Pursuit of Folly: ALPRs as a Technological Non-Solution to Crime.
The Berkeley City Council is scheduled to vote on July 25th to install hundreds of thousands of dollars of Automated License Plate Reader equipment (ALPRs) across Berkeley, in the hope of deterring auto thefts and violent crime. The proposal specifies…
Oakland Privacy’s Year in Bullet Points – 2022
Some of the things Oakland Privacy had a hand in in 2022: 2021 2020 2019
2023 Privacy Rights Fellow: Jessica Ramos
Oakland Privacy is pleased to announce that Jessica Ramos will be joining us as the 2023 Privacy Rights Fellow. Jessica is Oakland born-and-raised and is currently pursuing a Ph.D at the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California. She…
Oakland Privacy Privacy Rights Fellowship 2022-2023 – Applications Open
Oakland Privacy, founded in 2013, is an activist group devoted to fighting against both government and corporate surveillance and in defense of privacy rights and government transparency. We concentrate on state, regional and local matters, while advocating with other like-minded…
A Drone in the Backyard
Neighbors of Highland Hospital, Alameda County’s primary public hospital, were disturbed by a drone hovering about their homes at low altitude (so low that one neighbor said she could feel the vibrations from the drone underneath her feet) gathering footage…
San Diego Passes Regulatory Ordinance … With A Hole
To conclude a 2+ year process initiated by the SD Trust Coalition, the City of San Diego adopted (first reading) a surveillance transparency ordinance, but not before amending it to exclude from oversight the activities of the 19 different law…
Oakland Privacy’s Year in Bullet Points – 2021
Some of the things Oakland Privacy had a hand in in 2021: Received the James Madison Freedom of Information Award. Passage of Oakland’s and Berkeley’s Militarized Equipment Regulation Ordinances. Creation of the BadApple toolkit for police accountability. Castro neighborhood in…