What We Do

The Center for Democracy and Technology is a non-profit public interest organization working to keep the Internet open, innovative, and free. As a civil liberties group with expertise in law, technology, and policy, CDT works to enhance free expression and privacy in communications technologies by finding practical and innovative solutions to public policy challenges while protecting civil liberties. CDT is dedicated to building consensus among all parties interested in the future of the Internet and other new communications media. 

Our Events

Alissa Cooper will speak on a panel entitled "Consumers and Traffic Management" at the Westminster eForum seminar "Net Neutrality in the UK."
September 28, 2010 - 10:20am - 11:20am

London, England

Leslie Harris will moderate a panel at the 32nd Annual International Conference of Privacy and Data Protection Commissioners entitled "Challenges and Opportunities of the New APP Economy."
October 27, 2010 - 12:16pm - October 28, 2010 - 12:16pm

Jerusalem, Israel

Hot Topics

  • Despite all rumors to the contrary, privacy is not dead, it's on its way to a comeback. Facebook responds to deepening user criticism by retooling its privacy policies.

  • The Smart Grid promises great benefits to consumers and the environment. But what about the privacy risks?

  • The proliferation of high-powered mobile devices has spawned a thriving market for location-based services and applications. 

  • Digitial Due Process is a coalition effort to update the rules for government access to email and private files stored in the Internet "cloud."

Recent Media Attention

in The New York Times

The Obama administration is rewriting new rules on medical privacy after an outpouring of criticism from consumer groups and members of Congress who say the rules do not adequately protect the rights of patients.

in Kansas City Star

The far-flung folks of Euronet Worldwide represent just one of many armies of corporate warriors toting BlackBerry phones around the globe.