May 24, 2018
The ACLU filed a FOIA to find out how federal agencies are collecting content from Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites. Read more »
Privacy and Government Surveillance
Privacy is guaranteed under the California Constitution – including the right to be free from unwarranted government surveillance. Individuals, not the government or corporations, should determine how and when other people can access our personal information.
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Events
June 2, 2018
The ACLU of Northern California is hosting door-to-door Canvass events for the district attorney (DA) elections. Read more
Blog
May 22, 2018
Amazon, which got its start selling books and still bills itself as “ Earth’s most customer-centric company ,” has officially entered the surveillance business. The company has developed a powerful and dangerous new facial recognition system and is... Read more »
News
May 21, 2018
Today the American Civil Liberties Union Foundations of California released emails between Amazon employees and local law enforcement revealing how the company has been pushing its facial recognition product, prompting privacy objections about how... Read more
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May 3, 2018
In neighborhoods across California, law enforcement agencies are deploying secret and invasive surveillance technologies to collect sensitive location and biometric data, target local activists, and feed ICE’s deportation machine. Read more »
News
May 2, 2018
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Last night, the people of Oakland took a significant step in reclaiming ownership of their neighborhoods and protecting the community from secret and invasive police surveillance with the passage of a landmark surveillance ordinance by the City... Read more
Legislation
The California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (CalECPA) safeguards Californians, spurs innovation, and supports public safety by updating California privacy law for the modern digital world.Read more »
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April 5, 2018
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As the Trump Administration exploits local surveillance systems to target immigrants, California residents are fighting for legislation and reforms that protect all residents from invasive surveillance. Read more »
Action
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Sign our petition to give Bay Area residents more control over how police surveillance is acquired and used.Read more »
Blog
March 23, 2018
We learned last weekend that a trove of personal information from 50 million people — one in three U.S. Facebook users — was harvested for an influence and propaganda operation led by Cambridge Analytica, a company later used by the Trump campaign... Read more »