By Dave Mass and Hayley Tsukayama California police and sheriffs are failing to protect the privacy of drivers on city streets, the California State Auditor’s…
By Dave Maass We just stopped one of the largest, longest running, and most controversial face recognition programs operated by local law enforcement in the…
By Dave Maass A California legislative committee today voted to direct the State Auditor to launch a probe into the use of automated license plate…
By Dave Maas Despite Facebook’s repeated warnings that law enforcement is required to use “authentic identities” on the social media platform, cops continue to create…
By Dave Maass, Hayley Tsukayama, Camille Fischer, and Aaron Mackey The cause of government transparency finally broke through to the popular zeitgeist this year. It…
By Dave Maass In an era where political and corporate leaders are attacking the free press as “the enemy of the people,” it’s crucial that…
By Dave Maass As the year draws to a close, so has EFF’s long-running Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Drug Enforcement Agency about…
By Dave Maass and Mike Katz-Lacabe At the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in October, presenters from the Orlando Police Department issued a…
By Dave Maass The Sacramento County’s Department of Human Assistance (DHA) is terminating its invasive automated license plate reader (ALPR) program, following an EFF investigation…
By Dave Maas Update 10:45 a.m., July 11, 2018: The Irvine Company has disclosed the three shopping centers are Irvine Spectrum Center, Fashion Island, and…
By Dave Maass Step onto any city street and you may find yourself subject to numerous forms of police surveillance—many imperceptible to the human eye….
By Dave Maass Vigilant Solutions, one of the country’s largest brokers of vehicle surveillance technology, is offering a hell of a deal to law enforcement…
Xerox’s Automatic Vehicle Passenger Detection By Dave Maas Journalists and transparency activists across the country have done a phenomenal job of shining light on how…
Image: ACLU.org Dave Maass Activist Post Note: The bulk of the research in this post was compiled prior to Attorney General Eric Holder’s surprise announcement…