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Consiga Ayuda
Sep 28, 2015
Antes de enviar su queja o solicitud de ayuda, por favor lea la información escrita abajo.
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ACLU Urges Alameda County to Vote No on StingRay Surveillance
Sep 29, 2015
UPDATE: The vote has been rescheduled to Tuesday, Oct. 13. TAKE ACTION - Ask your Alameda County Supervisor to vote NO!The Alameda County Sherriff has requested authorization from the Board of Supervisors to upgrade the county’s StingRay surveillance equipment.StingRays are a highly intrusive cell phone surveillance technology used by law enforcement to intercept information from a target cel...
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Enhanced Driver’s Licenses: A Civil Liberties Nightmare
Sep 30, 2015
If Gov. Brown fails to veto SB 249, the DMV will issue driver’s licenses enhanced with unencrypted computer chips that would make Californians' personal data vulnerable.
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#CaravanForJustice to Mobilize CA Communities Against Police Violence
Oct 01, 2015
Oakland From October 3 through October 10, a #CaravanForJustice featuring survivors of law enforcement violence and grassroots organizers will travel throughout California to mobilize communities of color against police brutality.
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Governor Brown Signs Groundbreaking Data Collection Bill to Combat Racial Profiling
Oct 03, 2015
Today, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 953: The Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015 into California law.
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Facebook, It's Time to Fix Your Real Names Policy
Oct 05, 2015
What’s in a name? If you ask Facebook, it’s the text on a driver’s license or a formal document like a utility bill or library card.
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In Landmark Victory for Digital Privacy, Gov. Brown Signs California Electronic Communications Privacy Act into Law
Oct 08, 2015
Today, in a landmark victory for Californians’ digital privacy rights, Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (CalECPA, SB 178) into law. The bill, jointly authored by Senators Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and Joel Anderson (R-Alpine), updates the state's privacy laws for the digital age by protecting Californians against warrantless surveillance of their d...
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Gov. Brown Vetoes Risky "Enhanced” Drivers License Bill
Oct 09, 2015
SACRAMENTO--Today Gov. Brown vetoed SB 249 (Hueso), a measure to create “Enhanced” Drivers Licenses (EDLs) to be used as an additional border-crossing identification document available only to U.S. citizens. EDLs employ outdated technology that would put Californians' private information at risk and open the door to high-tech racial profiling and employment discrimination. “It...
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Victory! New Voting Protections for 50,000 Californians Living with Disabilities
Oct 10, 2015
Gov. Brown signed SB 589, a bill that protects the voting rights of citizens under conservatorship. The governor has created a new protection for more than 50,000 Californians living with disabilities to ensure they do not have their voting rights unfairly taken away.
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