Groups Urge White House to Move on Privacy, Civil Liberties Board

Today CDT and 28 other civil liberties and public interest groups sent a letter to the White House voicing concern about the absence of nominations by President Obama to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. "The Board is one of the few safeguards put into place to protect privacy and civil liberties following the major legal and policy changes put in place to help fight terrorism and strengthen law enforcement," the letter says. A federal cybersecurity review released in May noted the Board's importance and advised the President to "accelerate" nominations to the panel. The letter asks Obama to make nominations a priority and send them to the Senate this year, before the first session of the 111th Congress ends. November 11, 2009

Copy of Letter [PDF] November 11, 2009

CDT Submits Comments for FTC Public Roundtable Discussions

CDT submitted comments to the FTC in advance of the agency's public roundtable discussions exploring the privacy challenges posed by 21st century technology and business practices that involve the collection and use of consumer data. CDT views these roundtable sessions as a historic opportunity for the FTC to develop and announce a comprehensive privacy protection policy for the next decade. The FTCʼs current notice, choice and security regime has brought progress toward corporate compliance on privacy, but seems to have met the limits of its utility. In its comments, CDT urged the FTC to finally move beyond this limited framework. November 09, 2009

CDT's Comments Submitted to FTC [PDF] November 05, 2009

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