HOW TO BE INVOLVED!
Our speakers from the PDX PRIVACY/TA3M EVENT WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO PARTICIPATE in making our city and our country safer and more just.
This is how you can contribute…
–COUNCILLOR MORILLO’s CALL-TO-ACTION–
Tell City Council to SUPPORT the DATA PRIVACY and GOVERNANCE RESOLUTION!
Email city council directly using the emails below, and ask them to pass the Data Privacy and Governance Resolution, which will be presented on December 9th, 2025. Please email before December 9th!
You can send one email to all of the reps.
In your email, feel free to reference the event, and to tell them that your heard Councillor Morillo speak about the need for a data privacy office that has real authority. Tell them that you agree, and want to see strong privacy protections for all Portlanders!
CITY COUNCIL DIRECT EMAILS:
OPTION #2
You can contact the city via website, by clicking this link: https://www.portland.gov/help/contact-elected-official
STEP BY STEP:
- FIRST: click the link, and select “Provide comment or feedback to the full City Council“
- SECOND: Under “Choose one or more topics,” scroll down to the box marked:
“Other topic not listed above.”
Type in manually: Privacy and Data. - THIRD: Tell your councillors that you support strong data protections and want them to vote yes on the DATA PRIVACY and GOVERNANCE RESOLUTION on December 9th, 2025. You can include information from tonight’s event, if you like!
— ALEX MARTHEWS’ CALLS-TO-ACTION —
TELL CONGRESS: THE FBI NEEDS to GET A WARRANT!
Call your Representative and your Senators! (Info is below.)
Tell them to SUPPORT the “Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale” Act
When you call or email, tell your senators and representative:
- (A)That all agencies, especially the FBI, should get a warrant BY DEFAULT before it queries NSA databases for information on the communications of U.S. persons (“closing the backdoor search loophole”), and…
- (B) That them that all agencies should get a warrant BEFORE they BUY DATASETS that include info on U.S. persons, if they would need a warrant to acquire that same information directly.
- Again, tell them to support the “Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act.”
- (This action helps to reign in the Third Party Doctrine. Where data collected by commercial third-parties —like apps on your phone, or Google Maps— can be purchased by the government, skipping around the 4th-Amendment.)
- SPECIAL NOTE: Since we’re in Portland, in the case of calling Senator Ron Wyden, he already knows these things, and he’s a leading reformer; so simply ask him to prioritize (again) strong reforms to government surveillance powers.
- YOUR REPRESENTATIVE’S INFORMATION:
- SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY: (202) 224-3753
- REPRESENTATIVE BONAMICI: (202) 225-0855
- SENATOR RON WYDEN (Tell him thank you, and keep working on strong reforms to government surveillance powers): (202) 224-5244
- WHEN YOU CALL:
- Tell the person that answers that you’d like to leave a message for your representative. Tell them your name and then discuss the talking points above.
- If you get a voice mail, leave a message and follow the instructions given.
- WHEN YOU CALL:
To get involved as an activist, go to www.restorethe4th.com/volunteer
— HECTOR DOMINGUEZ’s CALLS-TO-ACTION —
#1 — BE INVOLVED in DATA GOVERNANCE! Join the
ONLINE DATA-RIGHTS DISCUSSION DAY
Wednesday, December 10th. 10AM – 12PM. Online via Zoom. Registration Required.
Hector will introduce the program at 10AM, followed by discussions of Police Drone Use, Red Light Cameras, the Surveillance Inventory, and Digital Access.
#2 — DOWNLOAD the SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY INVENTORY
Learn more about what surveillance technologies are being used, where, and by whom. Educate yourself so you can be involved in future discussions and policy making!
#3 — EXPLORE PRIVACY IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
Knowing how potential technologies and programs might impact your privacy and the privacy of other residents is a critical part of being an informed citizen. As we move forward toward greater accountability and transparency in city surveillance, please take some time to look through the impacts of city programs and technologies.