Secure Justice

#OTD in 1942, General DeWitt issued the first of the Civilian Exclusion Orders of the Japanese American Incarceration, sending 125,000 people to camps in isolated pockets around the U.S. Learn more from the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community: bijac.org/history/exclus…

A new analysis suggests that at least half of the ICE arrests that occurred in and around S.F. were at routine immigration appointments. Those arrests were at private ICE field offices and, unlike the courthouse arrests, hidden from public scrutiny. missionlocal.org/2026/03/sf-ice…

Your Body Is Betraying Your Right to Privacy | WIRED “Your Data Will Be Used Against You” in Wired! wired.com/story/book-exc…

Exclusive: San Diego County Sheriff’s officials failed to investigate at least seven reported sexual assaults at the privately run Otay Mesa immigration detention center in 2025. cal.news/4spQfMy 📸 Adriana Heldiz

Every day, we give off a steady stream of data that broadcasts not only who we are, but where we go — and it can be bought—including by federal agencies.    Allowing federal agencies to acquire, compile, analyze, and use large profiles of information about Americans without limits, oversight, or accountability is dangerous.   We urge Congress to take action now and limit the ability of the federal government to deploy mass surveillance on Americans. oag.ca.gov/news/press-rel…

Today, CalPrivacy joined Senator Becker and CDT at the State Capitol to highlight DROP, California’s new privacy tool. Since DROP launched less than 3 months ago, more than 255,000 Californians have signed up. You can too at privacy.ca.gov/drop @SenJoshBecker @CADeptTech

Under ethics rules, an overloaded attorney has not only the right but the duty to decline new appointments. More than half of the 214 felony and misdemeanor trials in 2025 resulted in no conviction, revealing a serious pattern of overcharging by the DA. sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo…

Attachment to smart devices and biometric surveillance leaves Americans more vulnerable to police searches than ever. wired.com/story/book-exc…

ICE Paid the Salaries of This Town’s Entire Police Force wired.com/story/ice-is-p…

NEW: For the first time, ProPublica has been able to quantify how many U.S. citizen children have been directly affected by Trump’s immigration crackdown: more than 11,000 kids had a parent detained — and that’s an undercount. 1/ 🧵 propublica.org/article/trump-…

A WIRED analysis shows that ICE and CBP have collectively spent at least $515 million on products from Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Palantir in the last few years alone. wired.com/story/how-big-…

ICE Agents are now confiscating identity documents from U.S citizens they detain then refusing to return them after the persons citizenship has been verified and they're released, leaving many without any documentation. motherjones.com/politics/2026/…

Spain just fined the age verification company governments are forcing you to use €950,000 for GDPR violations. Biometric data retained too long, geolocation data kept for five years, fraud documents repurposed to train their AI. The infrastructure being built to "protect children" is already failing basic legal privacy requirements...

Not a headline we expected to read. Further proof of how wrong Trump’s actions are. Florida sheriffs say mass deportations go too far, call for path to citizenship reason.com/2026/03/18/flo…

3 Important Flock Watchdog Sites: 1. Deflock.me - Nationwide ALPR map covering Flock deployments, removals, & resistance. 2. Eyesonflock.com - Crowdsourced hub mapping Flock cameras, & city contracts. 3. Haveibeenflocked.com - Quick lookup for whether Flock is watching you & local data collection. Know the tech. Know the threat. Know the system.

At times, it can feel like the privacy community is niche and isolated. The battle for privacy rights is difficult, and its defenders are often scattered. This is why it's essential to support each other. 🙌 Learn more on how you can lift your allies up, and help to grow the movement. 🧰 Check our Privacy Activist Toolbox tip to Lift Your Allies Up: privacyguides.org/en/activism/to… #PrivacyGuides #Activism #PrivacyActivistToolbox #Privacy

The federal government is buying your private data to avoid getting a warrant. Today, I introduced the Government Surveillance Reform Act to close the data broker loophole and require a warrant for every search of Americans’ data. wired.com/story/us-lawma…

📽️Want to take control of your personal data? DROP is a free privacy tool from the State of California that helps you take more control of your personal information. Watch our quick how-to video to learn how DROP works and how easy it is to get started. youtu.be/7MdThSgi61Q?si…