Cybersecurity: Evaluating the Administration’s Proposals
This statement for the record first examines the Administrationʼscybersecurity proposals in broad strokes and then highlights three parts of that plan that fit within the Judiciary Committeeʼs jurisdiction. The document suggests an approach to information sharing more likely to protect civil liberties and promote security, explains why the Administrationʼs data breach notification proposal is a good start but needs some modifications, and encourages the Subcommittee to address longstanding concerns with the ambiguity and breadth of the CFAA before considering the penalty enhancements the Administration has proposed.
An overarching theme of CDT’s statement for record is that Congress should take a careful, nuanced approach when crafting cybersecurity authorities, avoiding overbroad legislation and the attendant unintended consequences to individual rights and technological innovation. In particular, CDT urges the Subcommittee to think carefully about the role of government in enhancing national cybersecurity. Government action is surely required in some areas, but in others government intervention would raise significant civil liberties concerns, could impede innovation, and might be counterproductive from a security standpoint.
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.
