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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

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

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

ACLU Challenges California Ban on Ballot Selfies

Hearing set for Wednesday in San Francisco

ACLU Victory in Public Records Act Case against Hayward Police

City Must Refund Excessive Fees Charged for Body Camera Footage