Press Releases

CA Debates Audit of Federal Fusion Centers on March 24th

 Oakland Privacy Travels to Chicago To Oppose Clearview AI Settlement

Oakland Privacy Statement on Department of Justice v Google: A Shift in the Wind

Mayor London Breed’s Prop E Seems To Violate State Law

Kaiser Permanente Hospitals Have Undisclosed Surveillance Equipment in Parking Lots

Drones Flew Over The Solano Stroll

Privacy Advocates Call on Google to Add Global Privacy Control to the Chrome Browser

Mayor Breed’s Attack on San Francisco’s Surveillance Ordinance is Misguided

Solano Superior Court Issues Writ of Mandate Requiring Public Process for Cell Site Simulator Usage Policy

First Municipal Ban on Predictive Policing in Santa Cruz

Citizen Group Oakland Privacy Sues City of Vallejo for Lack of Transparency in Buying Cell Phone Interception Device

City of Santa Cruz Proposes First Predictive Policing Ban in the U.S. 2-10-20

30+ Organizations Plan Grassroots Push to Ban Law Enforcement Use of Facial Recognition 9-5-2019

Oakland Privacy Honored With 2019 Barlow Award 8-27-2019

Urban Shield SWAT Training and Weapons Expo Suspended for 2019 3-15-2019 

Bay Area UASI Threatens to Pull Disaster Preparedness Funding from Alameda County

Richmond City Council Cuts Off ICE Data Vendors From City Business

Richmond City Council Considering Limits on Federal Data-Sharing 

Three Bay Area Governments Considering Limits on Surveillance Tech and Federal Data-Sharing on May 1

Alameda Sanctuary City Contracting Ordinance To Cut Data Pipes To ICE

Two Surveillance Transparency Laws in Ten Days

Berkeley City Council Should Approve Ground-Breaking Surveillance Ordinance 

Oakland City Council To End All Cooperation With ICE 

City Of Oakland Moves To Terminate ICE Agreement With Police Department

CA Legislature Advances Bill To Stop Secret Surveillance In California

Oakland Committee Voting on Ending Secret Surveillance 

Oakland Privacy Commission Unanimously Endorses Civil Rights Ordinance

Board of Supervisors Calls Sheriff To Account For Police Militarization

PredPol Software Purchase Cancelled 1-10-2017

Statement of Support for September 9 Prison Strike

Bulletproof Warrior Shot Down

Santa Clara Enacts First in Country Surveillance Ordinance 

Alameda County Passes Most Comprehensive Cell Phone Interceptor Police in US 

Oakland Citizens Fight Spy Center