A resource for privacy, surveillance accountability, and civil liberties in Central Oregon and beyond.
This site is home to Signals & Safeguards, a weekly newsletter tracking surveillance technology, cybersecurity, and the safeguards public officials should keep in view. It also hosts the work of the Bend Privacy Alliance, including the Bend Surveillance Oversight Series and policy frameworks submitted to the Bend City Council.
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What Two Weeks of Advocacy Accomplished — And What Comes Next
A two-week campaign generated roughly 100,000 combined views, mobilized community members at two government meetings, and produced a meaningful condition on the Deschutes County BOCC’s approval of Contract No. 2026-0327. Here’s what happened and what comes next.
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Signals & Safeguards Issue 16: Location-Data Warrants, the Data-Broker Loophole, and Proving Safeguards Work
The Supreme Court held in Chatrie that even two hours of precise Google Location History is a Fourth Amendment search; Bend strengthened ALPR Policy 428 but the compliance audits have not arrived; bipartisan oversight pushed ATF to cancel a Webloc data-broker contract; New Jersey required disclosure of facial-recognition use to defendants; and the KIDS Act…