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  • September 8
    Jim Dempsey will speak on a panel on privacy at the Churchill Club in Silicon Valley.
  • September 8
    John Morris will speak on "Protecting Civil Rights" at the National Governors Association's Executive Policy Forum on Cyber and Electronic Crime
  • September 12
    Ari Schwartz will speak on a panel entitled "Cloud Computing: Navigating the Next Frontier" at a Google DC Talk in Washington DC.
  • September 17
    Ari Schwartz will speak on a panel entitled "No Strings Attached? Monetizing without breaching user privacy" at the Pike & Fisher Legal Risk Management Forum: Overcoming Obstacles in the Web 2.0 World in Washington, DC.
  • September 19
    Ari Schwartz is speaking on a panel on advertising privacy and security at the OMMA Global Conference in New York, NY.
  • September 22
    Deven McGraw will moderate a panel on the application of RFID in health care at the Trans-Atlantic Symposium in Washington, D.C.
  • September 23
    Ari Schwartz will speak on a panel entitled "The Intersection of Digital Culture and Children’s Privacy" at the International Association of Privacy Professionals Privacy Academy in Orlando, FL.
  • September 24
    Ari Schwartz will speak on a panel titled "Governmental View on Malware & Botnets" at the MAAWG and ASC conference.
  • October 10
    Ari Schwartz will deliver a keynote at Oakland University School of Business Administration's Center for Integrated Business Research and Education Fall Conference entitled "Surveillance at the intersection of the Public and Private Sectors" in Rochester, MI.
  • October 22
    Alissa Cooper will speak on an online privacy panel at the eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit in Alexandria, VA.
  • October 22
    Ari Schwartz will speak on behavioral targeting at a WPP/Kantar Forum in New York, NY.
  • January 8
    Leslie Harris will speak on a panel titled "Washington Update: The Times They Are A Changin’" at the 2009 International CES in Las Vegas.
 
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CDT Submits Comments in Music Licensing Rulemaking

In comments submitted today to the Copyright Office, CDT, EFF, Public Knowledge, and four other groups expressed support for the goal of providing greater licensing clarity to digital music services. That clarity could assist in the continued growth of the lawful online music market. The comments warned, however, that this goal could be undermined by rules that unnecessarily address controversial questions with important implications outside the music licensing context, such as the legal status of "buffer copies." CDT and its allies instead argued for a narrowly-tailored rule that would serve as a "safe harbor" covering any copies created in the course of providing a digital music service. August 28, 2008

Comments in Rulemaking Proceeding on Sec. 115 Compulsory License [PDF] August 28, 2008

Press Release on Sec. 115 Comments August 28, 2008

Policy Post on Music Licensing Issues November 02, 2007

Limits Needed On DHS Border Crossing and Driver Information Databases

In comments filed with the Department of Homeland Security today, CDT highlighted privacy concerns implicated by DHS' new system of databases to record personal information and border crossing history. CDT called on DHS to reduce the 15-year period for retaining records of the date, time and place an American re-enters the United States at the land borders, and to limit the vast array of "routine uses" for which that data can be shared with other government agencies, foreign governments, and the public. In related comments, CDT urged DHS to work with states and other issuers of new "enhanced drivers licenses" to provide the department with access only to personal information about drivers crossing the border rather than information about all those holding EDLs, and to ensure that states do not create their own records of drivers' border crossing activities. August 25, 2008

CDT Comments on Border Crossing Information System of Records [PDF] August 25, 2008

CDT Comments on Non-Federal Entity Data System of Records [PDF] August 25, 2008

Other Leading Headlines

Dempsey to Be Nominated to Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board August 19, 2008
Study: State AGs Fail to Adequately Protect Online Consumers August 12, 2008
CDT Files Supreme Court Brief In Support of Free Speech on Broadcast August 08, 2008
Constitution Protects Location Information, CDT Argues August 07, 2008
Appeals Court Reverses "Remote DVR" Decision August 04, 2008
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