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June 26, 2008
14:12
CDT Endorses Policy Framework for Consumer Health Record Services
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CDT has joined prominent health care providers, Internet companies, insurers, and other consumer advocates in endorsing a set of practices for new Internet services that allow individuals to access and maintain their personal health information. The framework, developed in a collaborative process organized by the Markle Foundation, recommends a detailed and comprehensive set of practices that can help protect the privacy and security of Personal Health Records (PHRs) and other services.
June 24, 2008
22:47
CDT Policy Post: Privacy and Security Principles for Health Information Technology
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CDT issued a policy post today on the topic of Privacy and Security Principles for Health Information Technology. In the document, CDT emphasizes the importance of building privacy and security into e-health systems from the outset and identifies the basic requirements of a comprehensive privacy and security framework for health information technology. The document makes several suggestions for Congress to consider when crafting legislation; it also calls on federal lawmakers to build a comprehensive framework for e-health through the enactment of incremental, workable policy solutions.
June 21, 2008
4:33
CDT Urges Congress to Reject FISA Amendment Legislation
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CDT today urged Congress to reject legislation to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that is expected to be voted on in the House tomorrow and in the Senate next week. The legislation fails to give the FISA court adequate authority to ensure that the Americans are protected against unjustified surveillance of their communications. It also provides immunity to telecommunications carriers that assisted with warrantless surveillance for years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
June 18, 2008
13:49
CDT Urges Congress to Move This Year to Update Federal Privacy Legislation
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In testimony today before the Senate Government Affairs Committee, CDT called on Congress and the Executive Branch to work together on closing well-known gaps in the aging Privacy Act. Although the Act provides several privacy benefits, it has not kept pace with technology, CDT said. CDT also ended its call for a commission to study the Act, as hearings and new government reports have already accomplished that work. In its testimony, CDT made several recommendations consistent with those outlined by the Government Accountability Office. CDT urged the Committee to draft a bill incorporating those recommendations and move it quickly to the floor for a vote.
June 14, 2008
9:54
CDT Highlights Privacy and Security Impact of Tax Reporting Plan
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In testimony before the House Small Business Committee today, CDT expressed concern about the impact on privacy and data security of a proposal that would require banks to track credit card payments and report the data to the Internal Revenue Service for tax enforcement purposes. CDT explained that the proposal would require increased private sector tracking of Social Security numbers of individual businesspeople, could lead to additional data collection from small businesspeople and others, and would set a dangerous precedent.
9:54
CDT Urges Stronger Guidelines for Behavioral Advertising
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The Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) should consider major revisions to its proposed privacy guidelines for online behavioral networks, CDT said today. CDT viewed the original NAI guidelines-- developed in 2000--as a good first step; however, problems with the original version and the proposed update have left major gaps in the protection of consumer privacy online, even as data collection for online advertising proliferates. In addition to suggesting major changes, CDT urged the NAI to institute a two-year review cycle for its guidelines.
June 06, 2008
10:53
Congressional Investigation of ISP Data Collection Scheme Urged
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Fifteen of the nation's leading privacy and public interest groups today released a letter urging Congress to hold hearings on the growing practice of Internet Service Providers targeting ads to subscribers based on their personal Web activities. The letter urges the House Telecommunications Subcommittee leadership to investigate the plan of Charter Communications to capture all of the messages and activities of its Internet subscribers and share that data with a third-party firm, which plans to use the data to target those consumers with specific ads. The plan raises serious privacy and legal issues, the letter says.
10:53
CDT Releases "Internet in Transition"; Launches Companion Web Site
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CDT today released "Internet in Transition: A Platform To Keep the Internet Open, Innovative and Free," a 1.0 version of the organization's policy recommendations on Internet and technology policy for the next administration and Congress. CDT also launched a companion Web site, which encourages Internet users to review and comment on the draft. Those comments will inform the final version of the transition document, which will be presented to the new political leadership.
10:53
CDT Testimony Supports Draft Health Information Legislation
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CDT today testified before the House Health Subcommittee in support of draft legislation regarding health information technology and privacy. CDT supports the draft language because it takes critical steps toward the goal of a comprehensive privacy and security framework, and targets many of the key issues raised by the new e-health environment. CDT urged the Subcommittee to develop this framework by building on the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. CDT also recommended including strong protections for health information held, or managed on behalf of consumers, by employers and companies not part of the traditional health care system.
June 04, 2008
13:35
CDT Supports Transparency Act Improvements
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CDT wrote today to sponsors of the Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending Act, a bill improving the Transparency Act introduced today by Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and Tom Coburn (R-OK). CDT wrote to the sponsors of the bill in support for the goals of the legislation, including improved data quality on USASpending.gov and greater availability of information about recipients of federal money.

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