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Alissa Cooper is the Chief Computer Scientist at the Center for Democracy and Technology. Her work focuses on a range of issues including consumer privacy, network neutrality, and technical standards. She conducts research into the inner workings of common and emerging Internet technologies, and seeks to explain complex technical concepts in understandable terms. She has testified before Congress and the Federal Trade Commission and writes regularly on a variety of technology policy topics. ... More »
Jim Dempsey, Vice President for Public Policy, has been with CDT since 1997. He served as Executive Director from 2003 to 2005; in 2005, he moved to San Francisco and launched CDT West. Mr. Dempsey concentrates on privacy, government surveillance, and national security issues. He coordinates the Digital Privacy and Security Working Group, a forum of over 50 computer and communications companies, trade associations and public interest organizations.Jim Dempsey testifies frequently before ... More »
Leslie Harris is the President and CEO of the Center for Democracy & Technology. Ms. Harris is responsible for the overall vision and direction serves as the organization's chief strategist and spokesperson.Since joining CDT, Ms. Harris has led a successful effort to expand the organization’s capacity and reach. Under her direction, the organization has grown significantly, opened a West Coast office and launched an influential Health Privacy Project. Ms. Harris was also ... More »
Deven McGraw is the Director of the Health Privacy Project at CDT. The Project is focused on developing and promoting workable privacy and security protections for electronic personal health information.
Ms. McGraw is active in efforts to advance the adoption and implementation of health information technology and electronic health information exchange to improve health care. She was one of three persons appointed by Kathleen Sebelius, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & ... More »
General Counsel and Director of CDT's Internet Standards, Technology and Policy Project
John B. Morris, Jr. is CDT's General Counsel, and the Director of its "Internet Standards, Technology and Policy Project." Prior to joining CDT in 2001, Mr. Morris was a partner in the law firm of Jenner & Block, where he litigated groundbreaking cases in Internet and First Amendment law. He was a lead counsel in the ACLU v. Reno/American Library Association v. U.S. Dep't of Justice case, in which the Supreme Court unanimously ... More »
Senior Counsel and Director of CDT's Project on Freedom, Security and Technology
Gregory T. Nojeim is a Senior Counsel at the Center for Democracy & Technology and the Director of its Project on Freedom, Security & Technology. CDT is a Washington-based non-profit organization dedicated to promoting democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age. In this capacity, Mr. Nojeim conducts much of CDT's work in the areas of national security, terrorism, and Fourth Amendment protections. Nojeim is also Co-Chair of the Coordinating Committee on National ... More »
Ari Schwartz is the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT). Schwartz's work focuses on increasing individual control over personal and public information. He promotes privacy protections in the digital age and expanding access to government information via the Internet. He regularly testifies before Congress and Executive Branch Agencies on these issues.Schwartz also leads the Anti-Spyware ... More »
Senior Policy Counsel and Director of CDT's Project on Intellectual Property and Technology
David Sohn joined CDT in 2005. He is Senior Policy Counsel and Director of CDT's Project on Intellectual Property and Technology, which seeks to promote reasonable pro-consumer approaches to copyright and related policy issues raised by the emergence of the Internet, new digital media, and digital rights management (DRM) technology.
Prior to joining CDT, Mr. Sohn worked for nearly five years as Commerce Counsel for Senator Ron Wyden, where he advised the Senator on technology and ... More »
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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.
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CDT was one of the first to promote the concept of Privacy by Design, encouraging product features and business practices that protect user privacy.