Center for Democracy and Technology Archives

A display shows a vehicle and person recognition system for law enforcement during the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference in Washington, DC, November 1, 2017. (Image credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images).

AI ‘Bill of Rights’ must be accompanied by NIST risk management framework say experts

Bias and privacy risks associated with the technology can't be properly identified until NIST completes much-awaited impact assessments.

Oct 4, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

DHS sued over social media surveillance of visa holders

Naturalization attempts may have been denied based on posts from applicants' social media connections.

Jan 19, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

How can companies better inform consumers of how they plan use and protect the data their devices collect? (Mike Lee/Flickr)

Experts: Privacy and security must be ‘baked in’ as IoT grows

Speaking during a panel at CES Wednesday, a number of government officials and private sector experts say privacy and security need to baked into the design of…

Jan 6, 2016

Congressmen urge support for student data privacy bill

Reps. Luke Messer, R-Ind., and Jared Polis, D-Colo., are trying to gain more sponsors for their Student Digital Privacy Act, which was introduced in the House in…

Jun 3, 2015