CDT joined EFF and NCL in filing an amicus brief before the Supreme Court in Frank v. Gaos. The case asks whether it’s appropriate to distribute damages to charitable organizations working to advance the relevant interests of the class rather than attempting to divide and distribute the funds among class members.
Read MoreThe Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) writes to express grave concerns about the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. His opinions are openly dismissive of the right of everyday Americans to safeguard their privacy against unwarranted government surveillance; value the free speech rights of corporations over those of individuals, and demonstrate a fundamental hostility toward the role of regulatory agencies in protecting consumers.
Read MoreThis fall, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Carpenter v. U.S., a case to determine whether the 4th Amendment requires law enforcement to obtain a warrant to access location data held by a cell phone company. In this case, the government obtained four months of stored location records with a less protective court order while investigating a robbery.
Read MoreOn July 15, the U.S. Department of Justice proposed legislation that would permit foreign governments hand-picked by DOJ to conduct wiretapping in the U.S. for the first time, and to do so without a court order based on probable cause of crime. CDT weighs in.
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