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Senators Demand Answers on the Dangers of Predictive Policing
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Maine Should Take this Chance to Defund the Local Intelligence Fusion Center
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Seattle and Portland: Say No to Public-Private Surveillance Networks
Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItShare ItUpdate: This post has been updated to reflect that the hearing date in this case has been moved to January 21.By Hope Williams, Nathan Sheard, and Nestor ReyesThe authors are community activists who helped organize and participated in protests against police violence in San Francisco after the murder of George...EFF and the ACLU of Northern California recently the San Francisco Superior Court to rule that the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) violated the law when it obtained and used a remote, live...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItShare ItUpdate: This post has been updated to reflect that the hearing date in this case has been moved to January 21.By Hope Williams, Nathan Sheard, and Nestor ReyesThe authors are community activists who helped organize and participated in protests against police violence in San Francisco after the murder of George...EFF and the ACLU of Northern California recently the San Francisco Superior Court to rule that the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) violated the law when it obtained and used a remote, live...WW…
The Justice in Policing Act Does Not Do Enough to Rein in Body-Worn Cameras
Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItMandated activation of body-worn camerasNo political spying with body-worn camerasRetention of body-worn camera footageOfficer review of footagePublic access to footageEnforcement of these rulesCommunity control over body-worn camerasShare ItIn a victory for users, Slack has fixed its for free workspaces. Instead of holding onto your messages on its servers for as long as your workspace exists, Slack is now giving free workspace admins the option to automatically delete all messages older than 90...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItMandated activation of body-worn camerasNo political spying with body-worn camerasRetention of body-worn camera footageOfficer review of footagePublic access to footageEnforcement of these rulesCommunity control over body-worn camerasShare ItIn a victory for users, Slack has fixed its for free workspaces. Instead of holding onto your messages on its servers for as long as your workspace exists, Slack is now giving free workspace admins the option to automatically delete all messages older than 90...WW…
EFF Joins Dozens of Organizations Urging More Government Transparency
Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItShare ItHow transparent are police about surveillance technology? It depends on where you look. When it comes to acceptable levels of secrecy around police tools, states have drawn their lines in very different places, resulting in some communities where it is much harder for the public to know what invasive tools...By unanimous vote, San Francisco's public records appeals body ruled last night that the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) violated state and local laws when it failed to respond adequately to...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItShare ItHow transparent are police about surveillance technology? It depends on where you look. When it comes to acceptable levels of secrecy around police tools, states have drawn their lines in very different places, resulting in some communities where it is much harder for the public to know what invasive tools...By unanimous vote, San Francisco's public records appeals body ruled last night that the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) violated state and local laws when it failed to respond adequately to...WW…
LAPD Requested Ring Footage of Black Lives Matter Protests
Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItA June 16, 2020 email showing an LAPD request for footage to an Amazon Ring user.Share ItUpdate: This post has been updated to reflect that the hearing date in this case has been moved to January 21.By Hope Williams, Nathan Sheard, and Nestor ReyesThe authors are community activists who helped organize and participated in protests against police violence in San Francisco after the murder of George...EFF and the ACLU of Northern California recently the San Francisco Superior Court to rule that the San Francisco...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItA June 16, 2020 email showing an LAPD request for footage to an Amazon Ring user.Share ItUpdate: This post has been updated to reflect that the hearing date in this case has been moved to January 21.By Hope Williams, Nathan Sheard, and Nestor ReyesThe authors are community activists who helped organize and participated in protests against police violence in San Francisco after the murder of George...EFF and the ACLU of Northern California recently the San Francisco Superior Court to rule that the San Francisco...WW…
Amazon Ring’s End-to-End Encryption: What it Means
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San Francisco Takes Small Step to Establish Oversight Over Business Association Surveillance
Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItThe San Francisco Board of Supervisors last week voted unanimously in favor of requiring all special business districts—such as the Union Square Business Improvement District (USBID)—to bring any new surveillance plans to the Board before adopting new technologies. The —passed in the wake of an EFF , a lawsuit brought by local activists, and a sustained local coalition effort—challenging police use of the USBID camera network to monitor last summer's protests - is non-binding and it will be up to City agencies...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItThe San Francisco Board of Supervisors last week voted unanimously in favor of requiring all special business districts—such as the Union Square Business Improvement District (USBID)—to bring any new surveillance plans to the Board before adopting new technologies. The —passed in the wake of an EFF , a lawsuit brought by local activists, and a sustained local coalition effort—challenging police use of the USBID camera network to monitor last summer's protests - is non-binding and it will be up to City agencies...WW…
End Two Federal Programs that Fund Police Surveillance Tech
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The Foilies 2020
Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItCourtesy of the National Security ArchiveShare ItEach year during Sunshine Week (March 13-19), The Foilies serve up tongue-in-cheek "awards" for government agencies and assorted institutions that stand in the way of access to information. The Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock combine forces to collect horror stories about Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and state-level public records...We are now accepting submissions for The Foilies 2022, the annual project to give tongue-in-cheek awards to the...…Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItCourtesy of the National Security ArchiveShare ItEach year during Sunshine Week (March 13-19), The Foilies serve up tongue-in-cheek "awards" for government agencies and assorted institutions that stand in the way of access to information. The Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock combine forces to collect horror stories about Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and state-level public records...We are now accepting submissions for The Foilies 2022, the annual project to give tongue-in-cheek awards to the...WW…