How to Navigate Mental Health Apps That May Share Your Data
As period-tracking apps draw scrutiny, we should also consider how a broader array of health apps may intrude on our privacy.
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The midterm elections are coming, but voting can be confusing and overwhelming. People want to be good voters. They want to make informed choices about who to vote for and how to vote on issues.
Nectar Cannabis
Nectar has joined us in our movement to protect civil rights and liberties over the last several years and we are grateful to partner with them again this year: as a sponsor of ACLU Oregon's Fall 2022...
Press Releases
Yamhill County judge rules that school district restrictions on displays violate the Oregon Constitution
The ACLU of Oregon's statement in response to the Yamhill County Circuit Court’s ruling in Shotts v. Newberg School District that the school district’s policy imposing content-based restrictions on displays...
VICTORY! Oregon Supreme Court rules private entities operating in jails are subject to the state public accommodations laws that prohibit discrimination
In a huge win for disability rights in Oregon jails, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled last Friday that private entities, such as Corizon Health, are subject to state public accommodations laws which prohibit...
VICTORY! City of Bend Dismisses Lawsuit Against Central Oregon Peacekeepers, Agrees to Pay Fees
The City of Bend has agreed to pay the Peacekeepers' and Satcher's attorney fees and costs. If the court accepts the motion, it would bring an end to the City’s attempt to recover some $3,600 from Satcher...
In the courts
The Peacekeepers’ original public record request sought information about the Bend Police Department’s response to 2020 racial justice protests in Bend. Instead of providing those records with a fee waiver as ordered by the district attorney, the city sued a community member and the Central Oregon Peacekeepers.
City of Bend v. Satcher/Peacekeepers
As part of the dismissal, the City of Bend has agreed to pay the Peacekeepers’ and Satcher’s attorney fees and costs. The motion, if accepted by the court, would bring an end to the City’s attempt to recover some $3,600 for the purported cost of fulfilling the defendant's public records request.
