CDT Joins Coalition in Urging CFPB to Protect Consumers’ Financial Privacy
Today, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) joins a coalition of civil society organizations, led by Just Futures Law, urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to further protect consumers’ #Privacy over financial data.
For too long, the data broker industry has been allowed to buy & sell private, personal financial data about billions of consumers. The data is used in a variety of ways, including by law enforcement / immigration agencies to overpolice or deport people of color.
The letter calls on the CFPB to wield its regulatory and enforcement authority under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to:
Bring enforcement actions against data brokers already determined to be in violation of FCRA, and
Revise its rules to ensure that data brokers are considered “consumer reporting agencies” under FCRA when they sell data that should be considered a “consumer report.”
Specifically, CFPB should issue an advisory opinion clarifying that “credit header” data (name, address, birth date, social security number, telephone number, other data) is not exempt from FCRA, as industry has erroneously interpreted. CFPB can limit these abuses & it should as soon as possible.
CDT-led Coalition Calls for Transparency for White House AI Framework
CDT and Americans for Responsible Innovation led a broad, bipartisan coalition of over two dozen civil society groups in calling on the White House to release its Framework for review of frontier AI models.
CDT Amicus Brief Calls on Fourth Circuit to Rein In Geofence Warrants
Earlier this year the Supreme Court ruled in Chatrie v United States that the Fourth Amendment protected all cell phone location information, which CDT lauded as a landmark decision, but sent the case back down to the Fourth Circuit to assess the propriety of the geofence warrant at issue.
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.
British Public Oppose Secret Surveillance Powers and Want Strong Protections for Encrypted Communications
CDT released nationally representative polling data revealing that a the British public are broadly concerned about the security, privacy, and free speech consequences of allowing law enforcement to access encrypted communications.
