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CDT UNLEASHES PRIVACY WATCHDOG SITE FOR E-COMMERCE —Tool at http://watchdog.cdt.org Offers Net Users the Ability to Voice Their Privacy ConcernsWASHINGTON — December 19, 1998 — CDT today unveiled a new tool to help Internet users communicate their privacy concerns to Web sites and join an ongoing campaign to monitor the privacy practices of businesses operating online. CDT's Privacy Watchdog site gives consumers a quick way to scan and analyze privacy policies, or lack thereof, and tell Web sites what they think. Surveys have shown that privacy is the number one concern of Internet users. "The CDT Watchdog site is a way for consumers to show that privacy matters. This tool lets users send a clear privacy message to the business community," said Deirdre Mulligan, CDT Staff Counsel. |
SENATE PASSES FORWARD-LOOKING ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES BILL
WASHINGTON — October 9, 1998 — The Senate passed Congress' first major piece of legislation on electronic signatures this Thursday, approving Senator Spencer Abraham's "Paperwork Reduction Act" as part of the larger "Internet Tax Freedom Act" (ITFA) (S.442). The Abraham bill would push the federal government into the Information Age, laying down the preliminary groundrules for federal government use of electronic signatures for forms submitted online. The bill also contains first-ever privacy provisions to protect the personal information of people using electronic signature system.
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DIVERSE WORKING GROUP SUBMITS REPORT TO THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION RECOMMENDS FIRST STEPS TO ADDRESS UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL EMAILWASHINGTON — July 14, 1998 — The Ad-Hoc Working Group on Unsolicited Commercial Email delivered its report on Unsolicited Commercial Email to the Federal Trade Commission this morning. The recommendations offered reflect the Working Group's efforts to reach consensus on appropriate first steps to address the problems associated with unsolicited commercial email (UCE). |
FTC TO RELEASE REPORT ON UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL EMAIL ("SPAM") TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1998, 10:00 A.M.
WASHINGTON — July 10, 1998 — Jodie Bernstein, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, and Deirdre Mulligan, Staff Counsel for the Center for Democracy and Technology and Coordinator, Ad Hoc Working Group on Unsolicited Commercial Email (Working Group), will release the results of the Working Group's year-long exploration of the problems created by unsolicited commercial email, or spam.
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EXPERTS' REPORT UNDERMINES ADMINISTRATION'S ENCRYPTION AGENDAWASHINGTON — June 8, 1998 — A group of the world's leading cryptographers today issued a 1998 update of a crucial report that continues to raise questions about the costs and risks of government 'key recovery' proposals. The report, which updates 'The Risks of Key Recovery, Key Escrow, and Trusted Third-Party Encryption' issued last year by the same group of cryptography experts, argues that the kinds of backdoor key recovery systems proposed by the federal government will introduce tremendous new vulnerabilities and costs that jeopardize Internet privacy and security. |
CDT CALLS GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO INDUSTRY INACTION INADEQUATECALLS ON FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION TO SET ENFORCEABLE STANDARDS TO PROTECT PRIVACY FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN ON THE INTERNET WASHINGTON — June 4, 1998 — The response of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to documented inaction to protect privacy online is inadequate, the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) said today. In the wake of overwhelming industry inaction, revealed by the FTC's survey of Web sites and review of trade associations policies, CDT called upon the FTC to immediately commence regulatory proceedings to establish enforceable rules of the road to protect the privacy of all American's online. The FTC report can be found at: http://www.ftc.gov/reports/privacy3/index.html
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FTC TO RELEASE REPORT ON CONSUMER PRIVACY TOMORROW.WASHINGTON — June 3, 1998 — CDT expects the Federal Trade Commission's report on Consumer Online Privacy, to be released tomorrow, to highlight the growing privacy crisis in the online environment. |
CDT URGES FCC TO PRESERVE, BUT NOT EXPAND, MINIMUM LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITIES UNDER CALEAWASHINGTON — May 20, 1998 — The 1994 Communications Assistance for LawEnforcement Act (CALEA) was only 'intended to preserve a minimum lawenforcement surveillance capability in the face of technological change'and was not meant 'to serve as the basis for mandated expansions in thatcapability,' the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) argued in amajor filing with the Federal Communications Commission today. |
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SENATORS INTRODUCE PRO-PRIVACY ENCRYPTION BILL, IN STARK CONTRAST TO ADMINISTRATION POSITIONWASHINGTON — May 12, 1998 — A new weapon in the arsenal against misguided U.S. encryption policy will arrive when Sens. John Ashcroft (R-Mo.) and Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) introduce their new encryption bill , which lays out a pro-privacy approach to computer security that contrasts starkly with the Clinton Administration's approach.Section-by-Section Analysis of the bill here. |
CDT AND US PIRG URGE SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER PRIVACY AND CONSUMER CONCERNS IN DIGITAL SIGNATURE BILLWASHINGTON — May 1, 1998 — A bill establishing a legal framework for banks and other financial institutions to use 'digital signature' systems raises important privacy and consumer concerns, the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) argued today in a letter to the Senate Banking Committee. The full text of the CDT/PIRG letter can be found online. |
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FCC LAUNCHES CALEA PROCEEDINGWASHINGTON — April 21, 1998 — In the wake of the filing last month of petitions by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), the FBI and the telecommunications industry, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched a full-scale inquiry into the FBI's efforts to require enhanced surveillance capabilities in the nation's telecommunications systems. |
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY REPORT CONFIRMS CDT STUDY FINDING THAT KEY RECOVERY SYSTEMS ARE VULNERABLE AND FULL OF RISKSWASHINGTON — April 16, 1998 — A recent report by the National Security Agency (NSA) raises more serious questions about the Administration's policy on encryption technology. The NSA has concluded that 'key recovery' systems for encryption, or data-scrambling, software introduce new risks and vulnerabilities into American computer networks and databases. This confirms many of the findings that 11 eminent cryptographers and computer scientists reached in a study that the Center for Democracy and Technology published almost a year ago. |
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CDT ASKS FCC TO PROTECT COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY, SCALE BACK CALEA PLANSWASHINGTON — March 26, 1998 — The FBI has taken a law intended to preserve wiretapping in new digital networks and is using it to try to expand its surveillance capabiliities, the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) argued today in a petition filed with the Federal Communications Commission. http://www.cdt.org/digi_tele/980426_fcc_calea.html |
CDT LETTER URGES KYL SUBCOMMITTEE TO EXAMINE CONSTITUTIONAL IMPACT OF PCCIP PROPOSALSWASHINGTON — March 17, 1998 —In the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Kyl's Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information is holding a hearing on "Protecting America"s Critical Infrastructures: The new policy directive," a report issued last year by the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (PCCIP). |
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CDT TO WORK IN BROAD COALITION TO EDUCATE PUBLIC ABOUT THE FIGHT AGAINST DOMESTIC ENCRYPTION CONTROLSWASHINGTON—FBI demands for domestic controls on encryption technologies threaten the constitutional liberties of the more than 35 million Americans who now use the Internet frequently in their everyday lives, Jerry Berman, executive director of the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), said today at a press conference introducing Americans for Computer Privacy (ACP), a new broad-based coalition formed to fight encryption controls. |
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CDT'S JERRY BERMAN TO SPEAK AT AMERICANS FOR COMPUTER PRIVACY KICK-OFF; "MAKING COMMON CAUSE TO FIGHT ENCRYPTION CONTROLS"March 3, 1998—Jerry Berman, Executive Director of the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), will join the roster of speakers tomorrow urging Congress to reject FBI demands for domestic as well as international controls on encryption technologies at a press conference to introduce Americans for Computer Privacy (ACP). A new broad-based coalition which includes CDT, Americans for Computer Privacy is forming to fight government controls on data-scrambling technologies because such technologies are essential for protecting privacy online. |
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WEB SITE COLLECTING SENSITIVE HEALTH INFORMATION RESPONDS TO CDT COMPLAINT TO FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSIONNew Privacy Policy tells visitors more about how information is used and reveals link to pharmaceutical companies. |
MCCAIN AND COATS BILLS GO DOWN SAME MISTAKEN PATHWashington, DC, Feb. 10, 1998—At a hearing today the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee considered Sen. John McCain's new bill to require schools and libraries with federally-subsidized Internet access to use software filters, and Sen. Dan Coats' bill to criminalize the publication of material "harmful to minors" on the Internet. |
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NAVY BREAKS 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL' PRIVACY LAWSailor's Dismissal Emphasizes the Importance of Privacy Rights Online Jan. 13, 1998—The U.S. Navy's decision to discharge a sailor with an exemplary 17-year military career on the basis of information it obtained—possibly illegally—from America Online (AOL) underscores how vital it is that federal privacy laws be enforced, Deirdre Mulligan, Staff Counsel for the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Democracy and Technology, said today. |
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