CDT Joins COS-DC Members in Letter to Mayor Bowser on Privacy & Contact Tracing
As government leaders, policymakers, and technology companies continue to navigate the global coronavirus pandemic, CDT is actively monitoring the latest responses and working to ensure they are grounded in civil rights and liberties. Our policy teams aim to help leaders craft solutions that balance the unique needs of the moment, while still respecting and upholding individual human rights.Find more of our work at cdt.org/coronavirus.
CDT is a member of Community Oversight of Surveillance D.C, an effort to require transparency, meaningful public input, and D.C. Council approval for all government uses of surveillance technology. This is our local work to implement the recommendations of the national ‘Community Control Over Police Surveillance’ campaign.
We joined several members of the COS-DC coalition in writing to the D.C. Mayor and City Council urging that as the District’s COVID-19 contact tracing program is scaled up, it be governed by a number of principles spelled out in the letter in order to respect the privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties of District residents.
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.
