CDT Comments on The Draft eHealth Patient Authorization Guidance Tool
In April 2013, the California Office of Health Information Integrity (CalOHII) released a draft version of its eHealth Patient Authorization Guidance Tool and invited public comment. The eHealth Patient Authorization Guidance Tool is an electronic decision support tool to assist health care providers in determining when patient authorization is necessary before sharing health information. CDT applauded CalOHII for developing a tool to reduce provider uncertainty in exchanging health information, but also offered recommendations for ways the tool could be improved.
Coalition Urges Senate Not to Let Companies Waive Financial Regulations for AI
CDT joined AI Now Institute, American Civil Liberties Union, and several organizations dedicated to tech policy, consumer protection, and civil rights in a letter to Senate leadership and the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee opposing the “AI Innovation Labs” language in Sec. 10509 of the CLARITY Act.
CDT and Partners Urge Passage of the California Location Privacy Act of 2025 (AB 322)
Location data is particularly sensitive, and when collected across time it can reveal a broad range of intrusive insights such as medical conditions, sexual orientation, political activities, and religious beliefs.
CDT and Allies Urge FCC Not to Violate Privacy of Cell Phone Buyers
CDT and EPIC led a coalition of 15 organizations in urging the FCC not to require phone companies to collect government IDs, physical addresses, and alternate phone numbers from every phone subscriber in the country.
