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May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018
ACLU Applauds California Senate Approval of Bill to Establish Safeguards Before Law Enforcement Can Acquire New Surveillance Technology
SB 1186 will require local elected officials’ approval before law enforcement acquires surveillance technologies like drones, social media surveillance, and facial recognition software
May 21, 2018
May 21, 2018
Emails Show How Amazon is Selling Facial Recognition System to Law Enforcement
Broad coalition demands that Amazon stop selling dragnet surveillance tool to the government, citing privacy and racial justice concerns
May 02, 2018
Mar 12, 2018
Jan 18, 2018
Oct 15, 2017
Oct 15, 2017
ACLU Applauds Governor Brown for Signing Bill to Keep Californians’ Data Out of Federal Muslim Registry
SB 31 will keep Californians’ data safe and secure by making sure the federal government cannot use it to create a federal Muslim registry
Apr 14, 2017
Apr 14, 2017
A Victory for Digital Privacy: AB 165 Halted in California Assembly
Bill Would Have Stripped Digital Privacy from Six Million Students and Teachers
Issue Areas:
Privacy and Technology
Mar 10, 2017
Nov 01, 2016
Nov 01, 2016
ACLU Challenges California Ban on Ballot Selfies
Hearing set for Wednesday in San Francisco
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