Press releases
JUNE 15, 2021
22 Rights Groups Tell PayPal and Venmo to Shape Up Policies on Account Closures
https://www.pdxprivacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/paypal-venmo-press-release-061521.pdf
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Thousands of Portlanders Call for Facial Recognition Ban
https://www.pdxprivacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/pdxprivacy_endfacesurveillance_pressrelease.pdf
Public testimony
JUNE 19, 2019
Letter of support for Portland’s Privacy and Information Protection Resolution
https://www.pdxprivacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PDX-Privacy-letter-of-support-updated.pdf
Coalition letters
LETTERS WE ORGANIZED
September 8, 2020
Letter of support for a ban of face recognition technology use by public agencies in Portland
https://www.pdxprivacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/public-ban-coalition-letter.pdf
September 8, 2020
Letter of support for a ban of face recognition technology use by private entities in Portland
https://www.pdxprivacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/private-ban-coalition-letter.pdf
LETTERS WE JOINED
- Privacy N.Y.: https://www.stopspying.org/privacy-ny
- Defending Rights And Dissent & National Coalition Against Censorship joint statement on reports of unidentified federal officers in Portland, OR: https://rightsanddissent.org/news/drad-ncac-joint-statement-on-reports-of-unidentified-federal-officers-in-portland/
- Save the Open Technology Fund: https://saveinternetfreedom.tech
- S.T.O.P. coalition letter asking Google for increased transparency on Geofence and Keyword Warrants: https://www.stopspying.org/geofence-letter
- S.T.O.P. – Ban the Scan: https://www.stopspying.org/ban-the-scan-letter
- Fight for the Future – open letter to ban private use of facial recognition technology: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2021-04-13-open-letter-banning-government-use-of-facial/
- EFF – open letter to PayPal and Venmo: https://www.eff.org/document/letter-paypal-and-venmo-eff-and-others
- Fight for the Future – campaign to ban eProctoring: https://www.baneproctoring.com/
- Joint open letter by civil society organizations and independent experts calling on states to implement an immediate moratorium on the sale, transfer and use of surveillance technology: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/doc10/4516/2021/en
- CDT open letter to Apple: https://cdt.org/press/in-letter-to-apple-ceo-90-organizations-urge-tim-cook-to-scrap-plans-to-weaken-digital-privacy-and-security/
- Fight for the Future – “How to Stop Facebook” campaign: https://www.howtostopfacebook.org/
- Fight for the Future – campaign to ban facial recognition use in stores: https://www.banfacialrecognition.com/stores/
- S.T.O.P. – 55 Civil Rights Groups Demand DOJ, NY Investigate AI Audio Surveillance In Prisons, Jails: https://www.stopspying.org/latest-news/2022/2/10/55-civil-rights-groups-demand-doj-ny-investigate-ai-audio-surveillance-in-prisons-jails
Newsletters
Winter 2022: https://www.pdxprivacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Winter-2022-Newsletter.pdf
Fall 2021: https://www.pdxprivacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Fall-2021-Newsletter.pdf