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Privacy & Surveillance Rules by City in California

28 California jurisdictions compared, 21 cities and 7 counties, 46 rules in total.

Across California, Berkeley has the most restrictive privacy & surveillance on file and Milpitas the most permissive. Every rating below is derived from ordinances we quote directly from each jurisdiction's published code: tap a place to read the text and its citation.

Light Restrictions (1)
Some Restrictions (19)
Significant Restrictions (8)

Privacy & Surveillance strictness, California

Jurisdictions without a privacy & surveillance rule on file are not shown, a missing place means we have not covered it yet, not that it has no rules.

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