Oakland Privacy

@oaklandprivacy
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A citizens’ coalition that works regionally to defend the right to privacy and enhance public transparency and oversight regarding the use of surveillance techniques and equipment.

#privacy #surveillance #civilrights #public #technology
WEBSITEhttps://oaklandprivacy.org
EMAILcontact@oaklandprivacy.org
Oakland Privacy4d ago
Fulton County judge drops #RICO racketeering charges against 61 anti #COPCity protesters. Charges of domestic terrorism against 5 protesters remain in place. https://atlantadailyworld.com/2025/12/31/fulton-county-judge-officially-dismisses-rico-charges-against-all-61-stopcopcity-defendants/
Fulton County Judge Officially Dismisses RICO Charges Against All 61 #StopCopCity Defendants

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr Failed to Obtain Constitutional Authority from Governor Brian Kemp to File Sweeping RICO Conspiracy Indictment More than three months after a pretrial hearing in the Stop Cop City RICO case, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kevin Farmer dismissed Racketeering charges yesterday against 61 defendants named in an August 2023 sweeping indictment centered around their political opposition […]

Atlanta Daily World
Oakland Privacy4d ago
"As the agency upgrades its tools, it has also sent signals it wants to expand its mission from finding immigrants to tracing critics and stopping threats to its agents" #ICE https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/26/ice-high-tech-surveillance-lower-privacy-guardrails-00705401?
Show threadOakland Privacy5d ago

This enforces the Delete Act. Data brokers must comply, report what they collect, and face audits and penalties if they don’t.

This is the strongest data deletion mechanism in the U.S.

Use it.
Make this type of practice the new normal.

For more information: https://privacy.ca.gov/drop/about-drop-and-the-delete-act/
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About DROP and the Delete Act

Learn more about DROP. This includes the California Consumer Privacy Act and the Delete Act.

privacy.ca.gov
Oakland Privacy5d ago

California residents now have a real tool against the data broker industry.

The state has launched DROP, a single portal to demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers in one request, for free.

To start: https://consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov/

#ca #drop #privacy #consumer
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Oakland Privacy5d ago
SF now has a Norfolk-style lawsuit contesting warrantless automated license plate reader use by cops to be unconstitutional. #ALPR https://www.courthousenews.com/san-francisco-man-sues-city-police-department-over-flock-camera-surveillance/
San Francisco man sues city, police department over Flock camera surveillance

Michael Moore argues San Francisco’s network of Flock automated license plate readers is unconstitutional and violates state law by sharing information with out-of-state law enforcement agencies.

Courthouse News Service
Oakland Privacy6d ago
SF now has a Norfolk-style lawsuit contesting warrantless automated license plate reader use by cops to be unconstitutional. #ALPR https://www.courthousenews.com/san-francisco-man-sues-city-police-department-over-flock-camera-surveillance/
Oakland Privacy6d ago
Tomorrow is the first day you can tell 500+ data brokers to delete your personal information using the DROP system. #privacy https://privacy.ca.gov/drop/
Delete request and opt-out platform (DROP)

Protect your personal information. Data brokers collect, share, and sell your personal information. You can stop that from happening.

privacy.ca.gov
Oakland PrivacyDec 29
The new #Flock OS cameras the Oakland City Council forced through showed a feed of #children in a CA playground without their parents on the Internet. ""Every city and law enforcement agency needs to independently assess the security and the efficacy versus risk of these devices," Jordan said. "If you're depending on a for-profit tech startup to do that for you, they're just going to tell you what you want to hear" https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/colorado-news/douglas-county-flock-cam-compromised-leaves-camera-exposed/73-b2a2ce04-ccd5-47e0-a9e1-d64d39855886
9NEWS

Official YouTube channel of 9NEWS in Denver, Colorado. Subscribe to NEXT On 9NEWS: http://bit.ly/2eP1GwI

YouTube
Oakland PrivacyDec 24
Some of this year's most banned books are classics from Morrison, Alexie, Atwood, Angelou and Blume, some are newer additions to the list. #bannedbooks https://pen.org/top-52-banned-books-since-2021/?
Top 52 Banned Books: The Most Banned Books in U.S. Schools 

The 52 most banned books of the last four school years include National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winners.

PEN America
Oakland PrivacyDec 24
FCC bans foreign made #drones going forward from US sales, including DJI which is currently the market leader. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/22/fcc-drone-ban-dji-00703742