We are writing to express the views of the Center for Democracy & Technology on the Committee Amendment to the Cybersecurity Act of 2009. The amendment, which will be offered as a substitute for the underlying bill at a Commerce Committee mark-up scheduled for March 24, 2010, substantially improves and strengthens the legislation. It addresses almost every concern CDT raised about the original version of the legislation and adopts a number of suggestions that CDT provided to your staff.
We applaud you and your staff for the open, collaborative, year-long process that led to these dramatic improvements in the legislation. You listened to our concerns. You were willing to consider proposals that CDT and other stakeholders suggested, and you made significant changes.
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.
