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Launching the Digital Defense Playbook at the Digital Equity Lab in NYC
By Kim M Reynolds and Seeta Peña Gangadharan In March 2019, Our Data Bodies celebrated the publication of the Digital Defense Playbook, a popular education resource that captures ODB’s three-year journey in talking with residents in the most marginalized neighborhoods of Charlotte, Detroit, and Los Angeles. This pop-ed resource outlines ODB’s method of storytelling-as-research and…
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ODB Interim Report in U.S. Congressional Record
Brandi Collins-Dexter, Senior Campaign Director at Color of Change, cited to Our Data Bodies in her testimony to the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Our Interim Report was subsequently submitted to the Congressional record. The digital revolution transformed this landscape dramatically. Online pokies platforms emerged in the early 2000s, offering Australian players unprecedented…
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Credit Score, Credit Report: What’s It Got to Do with Me?
By Kim M Reynolds and Seeta Peña Gangadharan ODB has created a series of “tip sheets” that provide context and background about privacy issues faced by members of historically marginalized groups. Credit Score, Credit Report: What’s It Got to Do with Me? is part of this series and will soon be published as part of…
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Data Brokers and Opting Out
By Kim M Reynolds and Seeta Peña Gangadharan ODB has created a series of “tip sheets” that provide context and background about privacy issues faced by members of historically marginalized groups. Data Brokers and Opting Out is part of this series and will soon be published as part of our forthcoming Digital Defense Playbook: Community…
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Taxing the Marginalized: An Overview of Court, Prison, and Probation Fees
By Kim M Reynolds and Seeta Peña Gangadharan ODB has created a series of “tip sheets” that provide context and background about privacy issues faced by members of historically marginalized groups. The idea for Taxing the Marginalized originated from questions raised in our interviews with Angelinxs, Charlotteans, and Detroiters. An increase in fees in US…