The State of Surveillance in Portland (and Beyond): A Threat Assessment

(This is a hybrid event both in person and online)

Data is collected on us every day - from license-plate numbers scanned by cameras throughout our cities, to location data stored by wireless providers and the apps installed on our phones - and it is often not clear how that data is shared, where it is stored, or how it can be used.
With the expansion of ICE and the proliferation of surveillance tools available to the federal government, there is a real threat that the personal data of Portlanders could be used against us.

Please join us on Monday, November 17th to discuss important questions, including:

• What kind of surveillance and data-collection is the federal government engaged in currently, and how could it affect at-risk groups?
• What kind of data is already stored on us, and how could be it be shared without our knowledge or consent?
• How is the city of Portland responding, and how can we protect ourselves and each other, moving forward?

This meeting is co-hosted by Portland's TA3M and PDX Privacy.

Speaker bios:

Angelita Morillo is an American politician serving as a member of Portland City Council from District 3. She was elected in 2024 during Portland's first municipal election using proportional ranked choice voting, electing its City Council members from multi-member districts. She assumed office on January 1, 2025.

In response to recent federal immigration raids, Morillo introduced two policies focused on privacy and data collection including “A privacy policy that will address data loopholes that we have that allow agencies to buy sell data and track people's lives and, another policy to address how private security can be utilized to enforce federal law when they're supposed to be only enforcing state and local law.”

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