Coalition Strongly Opposes Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), other civil liberties organizations, and security experts sent a clear message to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about a cybersecurity bill it will soon consider: The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA) would undermine privacy and civil liberties. A letter they sent to the Committee highlighted the most glaring problems with the legislation and urged rejection of the bill as written.
The letter to the Committee states that the revelations about the National Security Agency’s (NSA) conduct require legislation to rein in the NSA rather than grant it more access to Internet users’ communications, as CISA would do. It also warns that the bill would authorize companies to engage in dangerous countermeasures that could do more harm than good for Internet security.
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.
