Press Releases

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 11-13-23

Drones Flew Over The Solano Stroll 10-5-2022

Privacy Advocates Call on Google to Add Global Privacy Control to the Chrome Browser 6-3-2022

Mayor Breed’s Attack on San Francisco’s Surveillance Ordinance is Misguided 1-19-2022

Solano Superior Court Issues Writ of Mandate Requiring Public Process for Cell Site Simulator Usage Policy 9-30-2020

First Municipal Ban on Predictive Policing in Santa Cruz 6-24-20

Citizen Group Oakland Privacy Sues City of Vallejo for Lack of Transparency in Buying Cell Phone Interception Device 6-1-20

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 3-9-2019

Richmond City Council Cuts Off ICE Data Vendors From City Business 6-6-2018 

Richmond City Council Considering Limits on Federal Data-Sharing  5-14-2018 

Three Bay Area Governments Considering Limits on Surveillance Tech and Federal Data-Sharing on May 1- 4-30-2018 

Alameda Sanctuary City Contracting Ordinance To Cut Data Pipes To ICE 4-16-2018 

Two Surveillance Transparency Laws in Ten Days 4-9-2018

Berkeley City Council Should Approve Ground-Breaking Surveillance Ordinance  3-12-2018

Oakland City Council To End All Cooperation With ICE  1-16-2018

City Of Oakland Moves To Terminate ICE Agreement With Police Department 7-10-17 

CA Legislature Advances Bill To Stop Secret Surveillance In California 6-29-17

Oakland Committee Voting on Ending Secret Surveillance  5-7-2017

Oakland Privacy Commission Unanimously Endorses Civil Rights Ordinance 1-24-17

Board of Supervisors Calls Sheriff To Account For Police Militarization 1-13-2017

PredPol Software Purchase Cancelled 1-10-2017

Statement of Support for September 9 Prison Strike 1-9-2016

Where The BulletProof Warrior Went 8-8-2016 

Bulletproof Warrior Shot Down 7-29-16

Santa Clara Enacts First in Country Surveillance Ordinance  6-9-2016 

Alameda County Passes Most Comprehensive Cell Phone Interceptor Police in US  11-9-2015 

Oakland Citizens Fight Spy Center  2-8-2014