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CDT Fall Preview - Tech Policy Press Briefing
Event: The summer of Snowden has evolved into the year of surveillance, privacy, and transparency. Join... 		Security & Surveillance 9/12/2013
Strengthening Global Privacy & Free Expression Rights in the Age of Surveillance
Blog Post: During this summer of surveillance, debate in the United States has focused mainly on the extent to... 		International 9/10/2013
Global Policy Weekly – September 9, 2013
Blog Post: CDT's Global Policy Weekly highlights the latest Internet policy developments and proposals from... 		9/9/2013
CDT Supports Internet Companies Uniting to Demand Transparency from FISA Court
Press Release: Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Yahoo! today are filing legal motions arguing for their First... 		Security & Surveillance 9/9/2013
The Open Internet Rules Head to Court: What’s at Stake
Blog Post: Amid this summer’s ongoing revelations of widespread government surveillance, another Internet... 		Internet Openness & Standards 9/6/2013
Find all our latest Policy Posts (Policy Posts are in-depth analyses on current tech policy issues from CDT experts) testimony, papers, and other reports here.
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Letter on Proposal to Release Medicare Physician Data
Letter: Earlier this week CDT, with the support of the National Partnership for Women... 		Health Privacy 9/5/2013
Riley v. California Amicus Brief
Brief: CDT joins the Electronic Frontier Foundation in this amicus brief to the Supreme Court asking it to... 		Security & Surveillance 9/4/2013
Bringing global human rights into the surveillance debate
Commentary: Originally published on Index.Around the world, there is confusion and alarm over the impact of the... 		International 8/7/2013
Bringing global human rights into the surveillance debate
Commentary: Originally published on Index.Around the world, there is confusion and alarm over the impact of the... 		Security & Surveillance 8/7/2013
FAQ: HIPAA and Cloud Computing (v1.0)
Report: “Cloud computing” – outsourcing core infrastructural computing functions to dedicated providers –... 		Health Privacy 8/7/2013

RECENT BLOG POSTS

Strengthening Global Privacy & Free Expression Rights in the Age of Surveillance
by Emma Llansó | September 10, 2013
Filed under International,
FISA and NSA Warrantless Snooping
Global Internet Freedom
During this summer of surveillance, debate in the United States has focused mainly on the extent to which the NSA’s surveillance programs infringed on the privacy of people inside the U.S. Under the now-notorious PRISM program, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) requires U.S.-based companies to disclose the communications of non-U.S. citizens located outside the U.S. In defense of the program, U.S. government officials have stressed that it only targets non-U.S. citizens outside the U.S.,...Continued »
Global Policy Weekly – September 9, 2013
by Emily Barabas | September 9, 2013
CDT's Global Policy Weekly highlights the latest Internet policy developments and proposals from around the world, compiled by CDT's Global Internet Freedom Project.FREE EXPRESSIONSections of northern Syria lost connection to the Internet on August 30 during clashes between rebel and army forces. Renesys confirmed that Turk Telekom service to Syria was disrupted, just as it was in a similar incident on August 13. While it is possible that the blackout was a result of technical failure, the...Continued »
The Open Internet Rules Head to Court: What’s at Stake
by David Sohn | September 6, 2013
Filed under Internet Openness & Standards, Internet Neutrality
Amid this summer’s ongoing revelations of widespread government surveillance, another Internet policy issue with Constitutional implications is bubbling back up to the surface. On Monday, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals will at last hear oral argument in Verizon’s 2011 challenge to the FCC’s 2010 Open Internet Rules. Yes, Internet Neutrality is coming back onto DC’s radar. And while the particular arguments we will hear on Monday may well focus on seemingly arcane legal questions about the FCC’...Continued »
CDT Asks Supreme Court to Bar Warrantless Search of Cell Phones
by Jake Laperruque | September 5, 2013
Filed under Security & Surveillance, More Issues in Security & Surveillance
For decades the law has held that, while a warrant is needed to search a building, police can seize and search items on a person during an arrest without a warrant. But can this premise stand when the phone in one’s pocket can contain more private information than an entire warehouse? In the face of evolving technology, the Supreme Court may soon consider this question. Two petitions on the issue of searching through phones seized during arrests have been filed at the Supreme Court. The...Continued »