If algorithmic systems aren’t implemented and managed carefully in the K-12 education space, these systems can cause harm to the very students they are intended to help. It’s important that schools are cautious and thoughtful about when they use algorithmic systems, and how. We’ve got ideas on how they can achieve this.
Read MoreIn what could be the first significant expansion of the Supreme Court’s finding in Carpenter v. United States, a federal district court in Massachusetts granted a motion to suppress evidence, ruling that police use of a “pole camera” represented a search under the Fourth Amendment. This ruling is an important signal of what may be to come for digital privacy rights and provides a necessary limitation on warrantless government video surveillance.
Read MoreCDT’s Tech Talk podcast dishes on tech and internet policy. In this episode, we talk about the FTC’s action against Facebook and bring you the latest on the push for US federal privacy law – then we tackle competition and big tech as calls to “break them up” keep getting louder.
Read MoreToday’s settlement asks the public to trust that Facebook can make the right decision when it comes to collecting data about children, using our faces for products and services, and processing our health and financial information. But we should not have to trust Facebook. Instead, we — and Congress — ought to determine what the rules of the road will be moving forward.
Read MoreChanging schools can be disruptive to a student’s education. One way schools and parents can help limit this disruption is by making sure that important data follows students as they change schools. However, data portability has to be done carefully and conscientiously, because the same data that can help students hit the ground running at their new school can also hinder them there.
Read MoreDespite opposition from CDT and our coalition partners in civil society, the U.S. government is demanding that most visa applicants—14.7 million of them—provide their social media identifiers as a condition of entry to the United States. The fight over this data collection is not over and Congress should act.
Read MoreIt has been approximately one year since the European General Data Protection Regulation went into effect, and privacy professionals around the world continue to grapple with its impact. Recently, the CDT Europe team had the opportunity to participate in two events geared towards privacy professionals that looked at what has been accomplished under GDPR and what gaps still exist.
Read MoreArtificial intelligence today is exceedingly powerful. As its capabilities continue to grow, so too does public excitement and government interest in setting standards that will allow artificial intelligence to flourish. In this post, we’ll first discuss the landscape of AI and then how standards for AI might help government, business, research, and society better grapple with an automated future.
Read MoreCDT’s Tech Talk podcast dishes on tech and internet policy. In this episode we hear from Alex Mensing of Pueblo Sin Fronteras about the enhanced screenings his volunteer network is receiving at the U.S. Border. We also talk about data security and why it should be included in any federal privacy legislation.
Read MoreThis year RightsCon is taking place from June 11-14 in Tunis, and CDT will have a large presence at the conference. RightsCon, organized by our friends at Access Now, is a can’t-miss event for the digital rights community. This post details all of the official events we’re a part of. We hope to see you there!
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