NSA surveillance activities under the PATRIOT Act and FISA are consuming the attention of policymakers in Washington. At the same time, Senators are working on cybersecurity legislation that could give the NSA an even larger view into the communications of people in the U.S.
Thirty-eight civil society groups and tech companies just sent a letter to say, “We’re watching.” Citing the recent disclosures about NSA surveillance, the letter calls for Senate negotiators to include in any cybersecurity legislation “robust and meaningful” privacy protections at least as strong as those that appeared in the cybersecurity bill the Senate considered last year. They aim to ensure that a civilian agency—the Department of Homeland Security, and not the super-secret NSA—is in charge of cybersecurity for the civilian sector.
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.
