American Civil Liberties Union Archives

Appeals Court Upholds Google Streetview Settlement, Ends 11-Year-Old Privacy Case

December 28, 2021 10:20 am

The San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday to uphold Google’s $13 million settlement payment to nine privacy advocacy groups, finally ending the Joffe v. Google case that has been challenged for over eleven years. In 2010,...

CA Lawmaker Disparaged for Legislation to Prohibit State from Creating Vaccine Passport

May 12, 2021 2:15 amMay 11, 2021 9:12 pm

Assemblyman Kevin Kiley has come under fire recently for his proposed legislation prohibiting the state from creating a government-sanctioned “vaccine passport,” among other resolute acts befitting his office. A recent Sacramento Bee op ed by opinion assistant Hannah Holzer claims:...

Increased ‘Porch Pirate’ Penalty Bill Introduced for the Second Time in the Senate

February 11, 2021 5:26 pm

On Wednesday, a bill that would increase penalties for those who steal delivered packages, commonly known as “porch pirates”, was introduced in the Senate. Senate Bill 358, authored by Senator Brian Jones (R-Santee), would drastically increase both jail time and...

Los Angeles Sued By ACLU Over Digital Tracking Electric Scooters

June 10, 2020 2:15 pm

On Monday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued Los Angeles over the use of tracking technology in rentable electric scooters and the subsequent collection and use of tracking data where riders travel. Tracking scooters in Los Angeles In Justin...

San Francisco Voters Elect Son of Cop-Killing Terrorists as District Attorney

November 11, 2019 12:36 pmNovember 12, 2019 1:23 pm

San Francisco Just Elected Hugo Chavez’s Trusted Propagandist, San Francisco District Attorney How does a radical leftist activist lawyer, raised in Chicago by Weather Underground leaders Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, get elected to San Francisco District Attorney? Chesa Boudin,...

CA Bill Guarantees New ‘Rights’ to Foster Kids, Promotes Abortions, Rape Care, Phone Calls, Texts and Privacy From Adults

July 11, 2019 9:36 amJuly 11, 2019 9:39 am

60 percent of all child sex trafficking victims have histories in the child welfare system A foster care bill currently in the California legislature, guarantees rights to foster children that should raise the hackles of anyone concerned with child...

Dianne Feinstein Opposes Bill to Forbid Israel Boycott

December 20, 2018 1:41 pmDecember 21, 2018 12:42 pm

California Senator Dianne Feinstein today joined Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) in opposing the controversial Israel Anti-Boycott Act on free speech grounds. The Act, sponsored by Senator Ben Cardin (D-Maryland), and Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) would prohibit American companies from participating...