Center for Democracy & TechnologyVerified account

@CenDemTech

The Center for Democracy & Technology. Shaping tech policy & architecture, with a focus on the rights of the individual. for our EU-based team.

cdt.org
Joined September 2008
968 Photos and videos Photos and videos

Tweets

You blocked @CenDemTech

Are you sure you want to view these Tweets? Viewing Tweets won't unblock @CenDemTech

  1. Pinned Tweet
    May 15

    As a leading voice in the most critical tech and internet policy debates, our advocacy starts with the fundamental belief that every person has the right to live with dignity. OUR ANNUAL REPORT:

    11 retweets 13 likes
    Undo
  2. Oct 5

    "They ended up getting a search warrant for [the health data]. Fitbit Director of Brand Protection Jeff Bonham took custody of Navarra’s device and worked on retrieving data on her heart rate and movements from her final days:"

    4 retweets 4 likes
    Undo
  3. Retweeted
    Oct 5

    Mounting examples of the problem w/using a broad definition of political "issue ad" We need more thoughtful distinctions between "political ad" and "buying placement in an algorithmic promotion system for speech on political topics"

    1 reply 6 retweets 7 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  4. Retweeted
    Oct 5

    My blog on NTIA's privacy RFC: lots of good stuff here, but must be bolstered by legislation with explicit data protection requirements.

    4 retweets 5 likes
    Undo
  5. Oct 5

    .: "One big piece from the recent RFC is missing – endorsing a legislative floor that prohibits exploitive and intrusive data collection and use:"

    1 retweet
    Undo
  6. Oct 5

    . joins 's at ' for a fireside conversation on 10/18 about . RSVP:

    4 retweets
    Undo
  7. Oct 5

    "But impact could be bigger since stolen credentials could've been used to gain access to so many other sites. Companies that allow customers to log in w/ Facebook Connect are scrambling to figure out whether their user accounts have been compromised:"

    5 retweets 3 likes
    Undo
  8. Oct 5

    FEDERAL DATA PRIVACY: will testify before Congress next Wednesday on how the GDPR and California privacy law should point Congress towards federal data privacy legislation. DETAILS:

    3 retweets 3 likes
    Undo
  9. Retweeted
    Oct 5
    Replying to

    "...there's a heck of a lot of data being collected ... in the internet of things, in your homes in your cars in your daily life — we need some baseline permanent rules in the United States to protect the individuals' rights."

    1 retweet 5 likes
    Undo
  10. Oct 5

    "Whether data is thought of as property of the user or more like a basic human right, said it's about time 'we need to rebalance the equation between the individual and companies:'"

    1 reply 2 retweets 4 likes
    Undo
  11. Retweeted
    Oct 3

    A must read for those in our line of work❗ Thank you & for your incredibly hard work here!

    DEEP READ: The Court with the most advanced case-law addressing mass surveillance determined for the second time this year that bulk interception regimes—in principle—can be ECHR compliant. + detail the good & the bad:
    5 retweets 7 likes
    Undo
  12. Retweeted
    Oct 4

    ., U.S. Policy Manager at , & , Senior Technologist at , will be at for a fireside conversation on encryption. RSVP now:

    4 retweets 3 likes
    Undo
  13. Retweeted
    Oct 4

    Who in Congress has read the ? ’s to go before to talk data privacy:

    1 reply 2 retweets 12 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  14. Retweeted
    Oct 4

    Your reminder that biometrics don't receive same protection under law as passwords. (i.e. cops can force you to unlock phone with fingerprint or face, but not with password).

    .: "Whether you can be compelled to provide fingerprint or face, so far courts are ruling that...there isn’t Fifth Amendment violation. In terms of whether compelled disclosure of password is a violation ...majority of courts are saying it is:"
    6 retweets 9 likes
    Undo
  15. Oct 4

    .: "Whether you can be compelled to provide fingerprint or face, so far courts are ruling that...there isn’t Fifth Amendment violation. In terms of whether compelled disclosure of password is a violation ...majority of courts are saying it is:"

    9 retweets 2 likes
    Undo
  16. Oct 4

    “I hadn’t focused on [the cybersecurity of election infrastructure] until after 2016, and then after I became aware of and started really trying to immerse myself in understanding it:" ~

    2 retweets 1 like
    Undo
  17. Oct 4

    "The UK's domestic-facing intelligence agency, MI5, today admitted that it captured and read 's private data as part of its Bulk Communications Data (BCD) and Bulk Personal Datasets (BPD) programmes:"

    4 retweets 2 likes
    Undo
  18. Oct 4

    .: “Trying to use as a solution is just fraught with issues when it comes to long-term secrecy and transparency. It’s absolutely imperative that we walk slowly and carefully before we just [put] this out to the public:"

    2 retweets 3 likes
    Undo
  19. Oct 4

    LATEST FROM : * : Misses Opportunity to Adopt Balanced Position * Terrorist Content: Proposal Needs Significant Revision * to speak at

    3 retweets 2 likes
    Undo
  20. Retweeted
    Oct 3

    New law in CA enforces the transparency of automated user accounts

    "[California ] signed ...a new law that bans automated accounts, more commonly known as bots, from pretending to be real people in pursuit of selling products or influencing elections... they will need to disclose that they are bots:"
    5 retweets 9 likes
    Undo
  21. Oct 3

    WATCH: sits down with to discuss the prospects of a federal data privacy law, the GDPR, Apple and consumer data, and more:

    1 reply 9 retweets 5 likes
    Undo

@CenDemTech hasn't Tweeted yet.

Loading seems to be taking a while.

Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

    You may also like

    ·