The Electronic Communications Privacy Act was created in 1986, before emails, cloud computing, and social networking were mainstream. CDT is fighting for much needed reform of ECPA to require a warrant for any searches of your private online communications.
CDT is leading efforts to rein in the NSA and protect our fundamental privacy and free expression rights.
A flurry of leaked and declassified documents have shed light on the NSA’s mass collection of communications data under Patriot Act Section 215 and the FISA Amendments Act. CDT is leading efforts to rein in the NSA and protect our fundamental privacy and free expression rights.
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CDT advocates for the continued open nature of the Internet to ensure that its benefits are enjoyed by all.
CDT is working to maintain the open nature of the Internet in both the US and Europe. We are advocates for innovation and are working to ensure that the benefits of the Internet are enjoyed by individuals, start-ups and established businesses alike.
Read MoreMicrosoft’s challenge to a warrant issued by a US court seeking to compel the company to disclose customer email stored at a data center in Ireland raises a question of growing importance: What rules should apply when one country demands from service providers with a physical presence on its territory access to communications stored in another country? At CDT, we…
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