Some of the things Oakland Privacy had a hand in in 2022: 2021 2020 2019
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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…
Help Us Welcome 2022 Privacy Rights Fellow Yadi Younse.
Oakland Privacy is thrilled to announce that Yadi Younse will be our 2022 Privacy Rights Fellow, a new part-time special projects position that has generously been funded by the Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment. We had a dozen…
Announcing: OP Privacy Rights Fellowships
We are thrilled to announce that thanks to the generosity of the Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment and the fiscal sponsorship of the Omni Commons, OP will be hosting paid part-time fellowships in 2021-2022 and again in 2022-2023.…
Surveillance and Mental Health
by Ursula Curiousa “Do you think you’re being watched?” This question is as loaded as a gun, but commonly pops up in mental health screening protocols. So what if I do think multiple law enforcement agencies have access to the…
Vallejo Will Have a Surveillance Advisory Board: We’re Just Not Sure When
On July 13, the Vallejo City Council allocated time on the agenda for Oakland Privacy and the ACLU of Northern California to present on why the City, famous for an extremely high rate of police violence, would benefit from a…