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ACLU of Oregon Legislative Advocacy Bill of Rights Action Network Webinar March 15, 2013 1 ACLU Legislative Advocacy Tracking almost 1,000 bills Monitor closely all bills that could impact civil liberties in Oregon Today we will
Bill of Rights Action Network Webinar March 15, 2013
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1,000 bills
bills that could impact civil liberties in Oregon
highlight a few of our priorities
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Governor John Kitzhaber (D) Senate President Peter Courtney (D-Salem) Speaker of the House Tina Kotek (D-Portland)
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Technology: drones, social media, prescription drugs
tuition equity, driver licenses
public safety reform
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received necessary FAA approval to fly drones, but it’s only a matter of time.
legislators and other stakeholders to make sure that, when drones come to Oregon, competing interests do not undermine our privacy.
limits on use, including clear terms to prohibit indiscriminate mass surveillance and monitoring of constitutionally protected activities.
*Second photo is of Insitu’s Trex450-style copter ($50,000) from www.diydrones.com
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No mass surveillance. Drones should not be used for indiscriminate mass surveillance. Their use by police should be permitted only where they are likely to collect evidence relating to a specific instance of criminal wrongdoing, or in emergencies. Information collected for one purpose should not be used for another. Information collected by drones should be kept securely and destroyed promptly once it is no longer needed. Drones should not carry weapons. Weapons developed on overseas battlefields have no place in Oregon. There is a consensus forming on this issue. The Heritage Foundation and the International Association of Chiefs of Police both support sharp limits on weaponized drones. Oversight is crucial. Communities, not just law enforcement, must play a central role in deciding whether to purchase drones. Like any new technology, drone use must be monitored to make sure it’s a wise investment that works. Communities and local governing bodies provide the best forum to exercise this type of oversight.
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schools from demanding that employees, students, or applicants hand over passwords to their private social media accounts 7
Private information should be kept private Current laws are inadequate to protect individuals from these flagrant invasions of privacy. The Act would prohibit employers and institutions of higher education from:
password-protected accounts,
such as requiring employees or students to add them to their private social networks (e.g., by “friending” them) as a condition of employment or educational benefits or privileges,
who refuses to provide access to private materials, or to threaten to do so, or refusing to hire anyone for that reason.
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the Legislature in 2009
prescription drug
doctor-shopping
info to law enforcement without a probable cause warrant
between DEA and PDMP for access
Photo from The Lund Report
No on SB 470: Significantly Expands PDMP to Collect and Share Too Much
Board of Pharmacy the authority to add any prescription drug to the list of those monitored through the PDMP
pharmacists of multiple prescriptions trigged by a vague standard of “potentially dangerous”
data only if “the confidentiality, security and privacy standards
equivalent to those of the authority.” SB 470 allows for access by practitioners licensed in CA, ID, and WA.
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No on SB 470: Significantly Expands PDMP to Collect and Share Too Much
about patients and their prescriptions, including “sex” and “source of payment,” each seemingly unrelated to effective health care delivery
pharmacist office with no additional accountability mechanism for staff misuse of the database or the records.
meant to be a tool for law enforcement against patients or to “evaluate a practitioner’s professional practice,” by providing for the program to query all prescriptions entered under one prescriber number (“DEA number”)
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(Tuition Equity): Provides for all eligible students to access in-state tuition in Oregon, regardless of their immigration status
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driver licenses to all eligible Oregon drivers
about road safety, not immigration status
system
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restore discretion in sentencing to judges for certain mandatory minimum crimes and re-invest needed savings into treatment and other crime prevention measures
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How can civil liberties advocates get involved?
about how issues on our agenda affect you
state legislator to talk about why these issues are important – then report back to us!
for issue updates and action alerts
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guidelines for law enforcement use of drones in Oregon
demanding access to private social media accounts
Program and puts medical privacy at risk
tuition for all eligible students
re-invest scarce resources where they are most effective
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