
Publications
Five Privacy & Free Speech Mistakes that Can Sink a Startup and How to Prevent Them
Mar 09, 2016
Privacy & Free Speech: It’s Good for Business is your essential guide to avoiding costly privacy and free speech missteps that can destroy user trust, lead to government investigations and expensive lawsuits, and damage the bottom line.
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STINGRAYS: The Most Common Surveillance Tool the Government Won't Tell You About
Jun 24, 2014
Federal and state law enforcement entities across the country are using a powerful cell phone surveillance tool commonly referred to as a “StingRay.” These devices are capable of locating a cell phone with extraordinary precision, but to do so they operate in dragnet fashion, scooping up information from a target device, as well as otherwireless devices in the vicinity. In addition, th...
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Metadata: Piecing Together a Privacy Solution
Feb 27, 2014
Our new policy paper, Metadata: Piecing Together a Privacy Solution, examines how outdated laws and new technologies combine to put personal privacy at risk and proposes a way forward to ensure that sensitive data of any type gets the protection it deserves.
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Voter Toolkit: DAs & Sheriffs Report to You
Mar 05, 2014
Question: Who are the most powerful elected officials most voters have never voted for? Answer: Your district attorney & sheriff. They speak for you, but what are they saying on these issues? Download this voter toolkit and vote on June 3.
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Costs and Consequences: The High Price of Policing Immigrant Communities
Jun 22, 2011
This report reviews both legal and policy considerations for police practices in immigrant communities – from traffic stops and unnecessary arrests to immigration-based detention in local jails, including vechicle checkpoints and impoundments. Details are included on the financial and human costs of these practices, including several personal stories.The report is accompanied by a summary of cost-...
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Losing the Spotlight: A Study of California's Shine the Light Law
Nov 12, 2013
Our new policy paper, Losing the Spotlight: A Study of California’s Shine the Light Law, takes a close look at California’s landmark transparency law, why its important and whether current law is doing enough to protect our personal information.
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