CDT and Partners Urge Passage of the California Location Privacy Act of 2025 (AB 322)
CDT joined a coalition of 28 civil society partners in a letter supporting the 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. This type of data has been used by scammers to facilitate fraud, and can be used in ways that can cause lasting harm. This bill would ensure that the location information is secure by default, ban the sale of location data of anyone in California, and prevent entities from collecting, using, or storing location information of an individual unless doing so is necessary to provide goods or services requested by that individual. CDT urges the California legislature to pass these common sense and necessary protections.
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 Post Floor Alert Opposing CA SB 1013 Automated License Plate Readers Bill
The best way to ensure that Automated License Plate Readers are not abused is to limit the retention of stored data and to keep loopholes to lawful process closed. CA SB 1013 is a step in the wrong direction, and we urge the California legislature to reject this approach.
The Center for Democracy and Technology has joined with civil society partners to oppose California’s SB 690, which would amend the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) to retroactively remove private rights of action against companies using pen registries to track individuals.
The 2026 legislative session has shown a continued but shifted focus on the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI), with most bills — both introduced and passed — grappling with the rise and use of chatbots in a variety of contexts.
