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The ACLU of Northern California’s dotRights digital privacy team will be out in force at the 2010 South by Southwest Interactive Conference. If you're there, come visit us at Booth #105 and check out our presentations on "Big Brother on the Big Screen: Fact/Fiction?" and "My Life, Take Two: The Right to Delete." Hope to see you there!

Daily compilation of links to articles related to technology and civil liberties.

Daily compilation of links to articles related to technology and civil liberties.

The Ninth Circuit's ruling in Quon v. Arch Wireless will be reviewed by the Supreme Court this Term. At stake in this case is whether public employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy for the text messages they send on devices owned by their employers. But at stake more broadly is the balance between employer access and employee privacy in a world where communications via computers, emails and text messages play a crucial and rapidly expanding role. An ACS panel on March 30th will bring together experts on electronic privacy law and employment law to discuss the case and what the Supreme Court's decision may mean for the law and for many of us who carry work-owned devices.

"While threats to civil liberties and basic equality continue, there are also significant opportunities to make a real and lasting impact. The ACLU does this every single day and I feel enormously privileged to join it in the fight." – Kelli Evans, civil rights attorney and ACLU-NC's new Associate Director. Evans' career includes serving as federal court-appointed Monitor of the Oakland Police Department and as a senior trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. She also previously served as staff attorney here at ACLU-NC.

Join the ACLU of Northern California for our 2010 Conference and Lobby Day, March 6 - 8 in downtown Sacramento!

Participants will mingle with ACLU staff and meet fellow social justice and civil liberties enthusiasts. All who are interested in becoming active participants in the struggle for freedom and justice are welcome to attend. The Conference and Lobby Day are free of charge, but space is limited. Register today!

Daily compilation of links to articles related to technology and civil liberties.

Daily compilation of links to articles related to technology and civil liberties.

ACLU-NC expressed concerns about Taser use at a hearing of the San Francisco Police Commission, noting that while the devices are less lethal than firearms they still constitute a significant level of force. The commission voted against adopting Tasers.

Kelli M. Evans is the Associate Director at the ACLU of Northern California. Evans' career as a distinguished civil rights attorney includes serving as federal court‐appointed Monitor of the Oakland Police Department and as a senior trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. She also previously served as a staff attorney at ACLU-NC, focused on criminal justice, race discrimination, and LGBT rights. Evans has litigated a variety of civil rights issues, including employment discrimination, fair housing, and public accommodations, and has testified before both the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. She received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and her law degree from the University of California at Davis, where she was the recipient of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Award for Public Service. Evans is a Harvard Law School Wasserstein Fellow and has served as a Vice Chair of the American Bar Association Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities.

The ACLU-NC works with parents and community members to ensure that the sex education provided in your local schools is medically accurate and in compliance with California law. On this page are some of the materials we have developed to help you understand the law and advocate for better sex education in your schools.

In 1986 the Bangles were all the rage, Donkey Kong was a hot video game, mobile phones were bigger than your head, and the World Wide Web didn't even exist. A lot has changed since then - but not electronic privacy law.

Come party with us, learn the latest about the Demand your dotRights campaign, and learn how we can work together to demand a privacy upgrade to match our modern online world.

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In 1986 the Bangles were all the rage, Donkey Kong was a hot video game, mobile phones were bigger than your head, and the World Wide Web didn't even exist. A lot has changed since then - but not electronic privacy law.

Come party with us, learn the latest about the Demand your dotRights campaign, and learn how we can work together to demand a privacy upgrade to match our modern online world.

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If you have a Twitter account, here is your chance to win a free ACLU t-shirt. Better act fast!

On a crisp Saturday in March 2009, Lily Haskell set out to join a peace rally in San Francisco to oppose the Iraq war. What she didn't know at the time was that by the end of the day, she would be forced to turn a DNA sample over to be placed in a national databank.

Daily compilation of links to articles related to technology and civil liberties.

"If we don’t know each others’ stories, we don’t know each other. Ethnic communities have to tell their own story. I can support Latinos, but I cannot speak for them. A Hmong can support me, but I must speak for myself. Then the community at large reaps more unity and strength by relating to each other through our common issues. The ACLU is a vehicle for this larger community."