Mass Surveillance: Benefits, Dangers and Solutions

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Date:

Monday, October 24, 2016

Time:

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Event Type:

Panel Discussion

Organizer/Author:

Steve Pleich

Email:

spleich [at] gmail.com

Phone:

831-466-6078

Location Details:

Louden Nelson Community Center
301 Center Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060

On Monday, October 24 beginning at 7:00 pm at the Louden Nelson Community Center, the ACLU of Santa Cruz County will host a public forum about Mass Surveillance: Benefits, Dangers and Solutions. Spy drones, automated license plate readers, street corner cameras, cell phone trackers, call interception, and email and Internet spying are some of the many methods used today to monitor our daily movements and communications.

Join four experts for a public forum on how to balance the benefits and dangers of mass surveillance. These issues will be discussed by Shahid Buttar, Director of Grassroots Advocacy at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, retiring Capitola Chief of Police Rudy Escalante, and former State Senator and current Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian, who recently achieved enactment of the first ordinance requiring public input and the balancing of civil liberties in connection with the acquisition of surveillance equipment. The discussion will be followed by questions from the audience. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Eileen Zurbriggen, professor of psychology at UC Santa Cruz.

The forum is co-sponsored by Veterans for Peace, CodePink and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and is free and open to the public.

Added to the calendar on Fri, Oct 7, 2016 1:26PM

§Email from EFF: Mass surveillance forum in Santa Cruz tomorrow

by Activist

Sun, Oct 23, 2016 1:43PM

Dear [First Name removed],

Spy drones, automated license plate readers, street corner cameras, cell phone trackers, call interception, and social media monitoring software are some of the many methods used today to monitor our daily movements and communications.

Join us in Santa Cruz for a public forum on the risks of mass surveillance and what we can do about it, including questions from the audience.

What: Mass surveillance forum featuring
-- Dr. Eileen Zurbriggen, Professor of Psychology at UC Santa Cruz;
-- Rudy Escalante, former Capitola Chief of Police;
-- Joe Simitian, Santa Clara County Supervisor; and
-- Shahid Buttar, EFF's Director of Grassroots Advocacy

When: Monday, October 24, 2016, 7:00pm

Where: Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center Street, Santa Cruz, CA

This event is free and open to the public. Sponsors include EFF, the Santa Cruz Chapter of the ACLU of Northern California, Veterans for Peace, Code Pink, and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.

See you there,

Shahid Buttar
EFF Activism Team

Electronic Frontier Foundation, 815 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 USA.
EFF appreciates your support and respects your privacy.

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