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On May 18, 47 Lara Flint will speaking on the USA PATRIOT Act at the Library of Congress. On June 11, 48 Paula Bruening will speak on two panels "Privacy Sensitive Technologies; Secure Beneath the Watchful Eyes: Privacy and Persistent Surveillance," and "Privacy Sensitive Technologies: No Place to Hide - Privacy in a GPS World" at IAPP TRUSTe Symposium: Privacy Futures in San Francisco. CDT told the Subcommittee that the best way to have an immediate impact on the spyware problem is to prosecute the many "spyware" practices that are already illegal; April 29, 2004 * CDT's Testimony before the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection on Spyware, April 28, 2004 61 pdf * 62 Consumer Software Working Group Examples of Unfair, Deceptive or Devious Practices Involving Software pdf , April 19, 2004 * CDT Report 63 "Ghosts in Our Machines: Background and Policy Proposals on the 'Spyware' Problem" pdf November 2003 * 64 CDT's Spyware page Industry, Public Interest Groups Oppose FBI Move to Regulate VoIP - A diverse group of companies, trade associations and public interest groups from across the political spectrum filed a joint statement at the Federal Communications Commission urging rejection of an FBI petition to extend controversial wiretap design mandates to the Internet. In a separate filing, CDT said that a recent report by the Department of Justice Inspector General shows that the 1994 law relied on by the FBI is fundamentally broken even as applied to traditional telephone networks and is especially ill-suited to the Internet. April 28, 2004 * 65 Joint Statement of Industry and Public Interest Groups pdf , April 27, 2004 * 66 CDT Reply Comments pdf , April 27, 2004 * 67 DOJ/FBI/DEA Reply Comments pdf , April 27, 2004 * DOJ, OIG report "Implementation of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act by the Federal Bureau of Investigation" 68 pdf 69 html , April 19, 2004 CDT Urges FTC to Prosecute Devious Software Practices - Speaking at the FTC's Workshop on "Spyware," CDT Associate Director Ari Schwartz presented a list of "Unfair, Deceptive, or Devious Practices Involving Software" condemned by a broad coalition of software companies, Internet service providers, anti-spyware technology vendors, and consumer groups convened by CDT. Schwartz told the FTC that there is a consensus that many "spyware" practices common today are already illegal under current law, and he urged the Commission to step up enforcement. The site, called "Watching Justice," contains fact sheets and links to publications by other organizations working on relevant issues, including CDT. CDT Executive Director Jim Dempsey said, "We're not going to solve the information collection and sharing problems that still plague our counterterrorism efforts by creating a new bureaucracy. A domestic intelligence agency cut loose from the criminal justice system would not only threaten civil liberties, it might worsen gaps in information sharing. April 12, 2004 * 79 CDT Comments to FCC Regarding Petition for CALEA Rulemaking pdf April 12, 2004 * 80 CDT VoIP and Law Enforcement Page * 81 All Comments for FCC Proceeding RM-10865 Google's Mail Program Highlights General Privacy Concerns - Google's planned offering of a free mail service raises significant privacy concerns. The service, known as Gmail, would scan the content of user emails in order to serve targeted ads. It promises users the capacity for long-term, large-scale storage on Google's servers. Yet, Google has been clear about the consumer privacy expectations and many concerns raised by Gmail are similar to those posed by other free email services. CDT has offered preliminary recommendations to Google, other providers and policymakers to better address these concerns. Charles Pickering (R-MS) both introduced legislation earlier this month. The Sununu bill includes a provision on law enforcement access but would not make VoIP subject to the design mandates of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). The Pickering bill would apply CALEA to VoIP if the FCC determines it is feasible. The content throughout this Web site that originates with CDT can be freely copied and used as long as you make no substantive changes and clearly give us credit.
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