News about Center for Democracy and Technology
  • BART defends mobile service shutdown to the FCC

    Disrupting mobile phone service is a legitimate tool for law enforcement authorities working against terrorism or other dangerous situations, a mass transit agency has said in defending its own mobile shutdown last August.

  • House passes CISPA cyberthreat sharing bill, despite privacy concerns

    The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a cyberthreat information-sharing bill that critics say will give U.S. government agencies access to the private communications of millions of Internet users.

  • CDT, White House oppose CISPA cyberthreat sharing bill

    As the U.S. House of Representatives prepares to debate a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill, a key deal with a vocal digital rights group has fallen apart.

  • CISPA sponsors support amendments addressing privacy concerns

    The sponsors of a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill will offer new amendments to address privacy concerns, with changes focused on limiting how government agencies can use information shared by private companies, as the bill comes to a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives this week.

  • CDT: Cybersecurity bills raise major civil liberties concerns

    A group of cybersecurity bills that the U.S. Congress may soon vote on contain serious privacy and civil liberties flaws, with some of the bills allowing private companies to share a wide range of their customers' online communications with government agencies, the Center for Democracy and Technology said.

Sign up now to get free exclusive access to reports, research and invitation only events.
Featured Download
/downloads/product/138/driverscanner-2010/

DriverScanner 2010

DriverScanner scans your computer and provides you with a list of drivers that need to be updated. All you have to do, then, is simply ...

Computerworld newsletter

Join the most dedicated community for IT managers, leaders and professionals in Australia