CDT and Allies Urge FCC Not to Violate Privacy of Cell Phone Buyers
Earlier this week, 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. The FCC framed this as an anti-robocall measure, but conditioning phone access on identity documentation would impose serious privacy harms on all subscribers, endanger anonymous communications that whistleblowers, journalists, and domestic violence survivors depend on, and cut off people who lack these documents from phone service altogether.
The coalition’s letter argues that the Commission hasn’t shown universal identity collection would actually reduce illegal calls — most harmful scam operations already use stolen identities and shell companies that would pass these checks, and wireless carriers have a lackluster track record protecting the data they already hold. Rather than sweeping up every phone user in the country, the FCC should focus its efforts on high-volume callers and foreign-based customers.
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.
As Brussels starts emptying for the summer, the risks of frontier AI models continue to capture the attention of policymakers as a key chapter of the AI Act becomes enforceable, and disclosure rules around the use of AI systems and AI-generated content are further clarified.
CDT Europe’s Feedback on the Draft Guidelines for the Classification of High-Risk AI Systems under the AI Act
CDT Europe responded to the European Commission’s consultation on the draft guidelines for the classification of high-risk artificial intelligence systems.
