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The Center for Democracy and Technology is a non-profit public interest organization working to keep the Internet open, innovative, and free. As a civil liberties group with expertise in law, technology, and policy, CDT works to enhance free expression and privacy in communications technologies by finding practical and innovative solutions to public policy challenges while protecting civil liberties. CDT is dedicated to building consensus among all parties interested in the future of the Internet and other new communications media. 

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Deven McGraw will speak at at the Healthcare Stimulus Exchange National Road Show 2010
Deven McGraw will speak at at the Healthcare Stimulus Exchange National Road Show 2010 on Privacy and Security Compliance in the ARRA Era. See www.healthstimulusx.com for additional information.
February 10, 2010 (All day)

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Boston, MA
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Congressional Hearing: "Combating Cyber Crime and Identity Theft in the Digital Age
CDT Vice President Ari Schwatz will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee at a hearing called: Combating Cyber Crime and Identity Theft in the Digital Age.
February 10, 2010 - 10:00am - 12:00pm

Senate Dirksen Office Building
Room 226
Washington, DC
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Hot Topics

  • Graduated Response

    The use of a "graduated response" technique in punishing repeat copyright offenders has grown in recent years, but there are many ramifications to consider before employing such tactics.

  • Privacy by Design

    CDT was one of the first to promote the concept of Privacy by Design, encouraging product features and business practices that protect user privacy.

  • Patriot Act

    As Congress considers renewing provisions of the Patriot Act, CDT has called for restoring basic checks and balances on government power to access sensitive data on innocent persons.

Recent Media Attention

Towards a kinder, gentler "three strikes" for file-sharers
in Ars Technica

"Three strikes" may be controversial when applied to Internet disconnections for copyright infringement, but I suspect broad agreement could be had on applying the principle to the dreaded "car analogy." Draw three infelicitious and inaccurate parallels between an automobile and a copyright question, and you lose the right to publicly make analogies for a year.

The Honourable John Robertson, a UK Member of Parliament who takes the lead on many communications issues there, earned his first strike last week when speaking at a major DC tech policy conference (watch the panel here).

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Google may quit China over cyber-attacks
in MSNBC

Google Inc. will stop censoring its search results in China and may pull out of the country completely after discovering that computer hackers had tricked human-rights activists into exposing their e-mail accounts to outsiders.

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Jobs With Us

CDT West Spring Internships (Posted November 10, 2009)
Spring 2010 Internship (Posted November 11, 2009)
Spring 2010 Clerkship (Posted November 11, 2009)
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