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Got a cell phone? Use Facebook? What about Gmail? Read books on your shiny new iPad? Did you buy that new iPad online?Since you're reading this on some kind of electronic device, we're guessing that you can answer "yes" to at least a few of those questions.Which is why it's crucial that you drop everything you're doing right now and take our Privacy Quiz!It's fun, it's short, and unlike pop quizze... Read More

Earlier today, Facebook announced the rollout of privacy settings for mobile users. Providing privacy controls for mobile users is important and we hope that more companies will take this step. We were also pleased to see that these new Facebook mobile controls are even better than the normal web interface in some ways.But on the flip side, they are missing a few key elements that are crucial for ... Read More

In a landmark decision on August 4, a federal judge ruled that Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative that excluded same-sex couples from marriage in the state, violates the United States Constitution. The American Civil Liberties Union, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and Lambda Legal filed two friend-of-the-court briefs in the case supporting the argument that Proposition ... Read More

The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California will join thirty one other ACLU affiliates around the country today in asking the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to make public the details of a new FBI program created to collect and "map" information about racial and ethnic demographics, "behaviors," cultural traditions, and "life style characteristics" in local communities with co... Read More

The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California will join thirty one other ACLU affiliates around the country today in asking the FBI to make public the details of its new program created to collect and "map" information about racial and ethnic demographics, "behaviors," cultural traditions, and "life style characteristics" in local communities with concentrated ethnic populations. Accor... Read More

The California affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union today announced their endorsement of Proposition 19, the initiative on the November 2010 ballot that would allow state regulation of marijuana. Read More

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The shooting of Oscar Grant by BART police officers in January 2009 remains a tragic reminder of the need for serious efforts to rebuild trust between law enforcement and communities of color. No matter the verdict in the Mehserle trial, the need to rebuild community trust in law enforcement will remain. In too many American cities, racial tensions between the community and law enforcement run dee... Read More

In response to civil liberties threats caused by the recent passage of Arizona's racial profiling law, the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU-NC), along with the ACLU of Southern California and the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, issued a travel alert today informing California residents of their rights when stopped by law enforcement when traveling in Arizona. Read More

The ACLU of Northern California (ACLU-NC) has reached a settlement agreement with the Del Norte Unified School District in its class-action lawsuit on behalf of Native American students impacted by the closure of several grades at the only school teaching Yurok language and culture in the district. The suit, filed in 2007, charged that the district's closure of grades 6-8 of the Margaret Keating E... Read More