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Going Beyond Legal Requirements for Community Engagement on Student Privacy

August 13, 2021

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CDT Joins Coalition Letter Urging FTC to Better Protect Consumers Against Data-driven Civil Rights Harms

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CDT Comments to US Dept. of Education Urging the Protection of Students of Color and Students with Disabilities, And Their Data

From CDT's Equity in Civic Tech team, the "Five Steps to Protect Student Privacy & Support Equity in the New School Year." 5 icons on a white background.

Steps to Protect Student Privacy & Support Equity in the New School Year

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CDT Joins Others in Urging White House OSTP to Make Civil Rights Top Tech Priority Across Hiring, Credit, Housing

Screen shot of the open letter from Fight for the Future and other civil rights and youth advocacy orgs, calling on schools to ban eproctoring programs.

CDT Joins Fight for the Future, Other Civil Rights & Youth Advocacy Orgs in Calling on Schools to Ban Eproctoring Programs

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Equity in Civic Technology Project: FAQs

Tenant Screening Algorithms Enable Racial and Disability Discrimination at Scale, and Contribute to Broader Patterns of Injustice

Taking a Hard Line on AI Bias in Consumer Finance

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Joint Civil Society Statement Urges IMCO Committee to Uphold Fundamental Rights in the DSA

CDT Joins Broad Coalition in Urging Biden Administration and Congress to Nominate Fifth FCC Commissioner

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CDT Comments on Protecting Privacy Rights and Ensuring Equitable Algorithmic Systems for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Students