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CA’s Right To Privacy - a case of first impression

The right to privacy “‘is not so much one of total secrecy as it is of the right to define one’s circle of intimacy—to choose who shall see beneath the quotidian mask. This right encompasses “informational privacy,” including “an interest in limiting disclosure of confidential information about bodily condition.” 

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MetroLab Network Student Cup Competition

As part of a PIT-UN funded grant, and in partnership with Cleveland State University School of Law and Future of Privacy Forum, Secure Justice participated in the creation of a curriculum titled “Smart Cities Privacy & Equity.”

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AB 645 - automated speed cams

It sounds like a bad joke. How many lawyers does it take to protect California residents from financial harm by actually reading the proposed bill? Apparently the answer is one, and she’s a 2L at Ohio State Law School and not yet a lawyer.

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What To Read/Watch

Thought leaders, lawyers, activists, organizers - here are the articles, reports, papers, books, and blogs we’re studying to stay at the forefront of the regulatory environment pertaining to fast emerging technologies.

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San Francisco prohibits dangerous pretext stops

On January 11, 2023, after a months-long campaign to address the obvious racial disparities in the San Francisco police department’s (“SFPD”) stop data, the San Francisco Police Commission voted 4-2 to approve a measure that will limit pretextual traffic stops in an effort to help reduce racial bias in policing.

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Gaman and Bayanihan

The Los Angeles Planning and Land Use Committee is considering whether to designate my family’s former boarding house and its next-door extension, the Obayashi Employment Agency — as historic cultural monuments (HCMs).

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