We're working hard to protect your privacy






The European Union. The State of California. Soon, the State of Washington.

Data privacy laws are advancing globally, and CDT expects the United States to be next.  

With multiple bills proposed in the House and Senate, the United States is inching closer to where it should be — with your privacy protected. The permeation of technology into every facet of society, combined with the constant expansion of data-driven technologies, have forced the issue. We need to act now.

CDT is working hard to answer the most pressing privacy questions of today while shaping innovative, rights-centered policies for the future.

In the final days of 2018, CDT put forth a discussion draft for a Federal Baseline Privacy Legislation ([link removed]), addressing the numerous challenges that drafting such legislation raises. The discussion draft set reasonable limits on the use, collection, and sharing of personal information and provides individual rights to access, correct, delete, and port data.

Since introducing the discussion draft, our team has been aggressively pursuing comprehensive federal privacy legislation. Michelle Richardson, Director of CDT's Privacy and Security project, has testified multiple times on the subject before Congress, most recently in December ([link removed]) 2019 ([link removed]). 

In the coming year, we expect to see a single comprehensive privacy and security law put forth for a vote. We will continue to educate decision-makers on the details and implications of such legislation, and urge legislators at the federal level to take consumer privacy seriously, while also urging state governments to do the same.

We will continue to work with companies to review their products and policies and to recommend courses of action to make their products more privacy-focused. With each small change, we are helping companies take a large step forward for the millions of consumers they serve.

We can no longer ignore the issue of unregulated data collection and processing. The United States should be leading the way in protecting digital civil rights and personal privacy. CDT is helping it get there. 

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CDT's Federal Baseline Privacy Legislation Discussion Draft

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Statement of Michelle Richardson before the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Technology

CDT is working tirelessly to ensure that your privacy is protected. Partners like you have been indispensable in this fight. If you are not yet engaged, but want to learn more, please reply to this email to join the conversation. Thank you for putting democracy and individual rights at the center of the digital revolution.

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