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CDT Comment to House E&C Argues Federal Comprehensive Privacy Framework Should Protect Against Harms and Bolster Consumer Trust. White document on a grey background.

CDT Comment to House E&C Argues Federal Comprehensive Privacy Framework Should Protect Against Harms and Bolster Consumer Trust
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Meaningful Opt-Out Rights Require Companies to Do Their Part. State Governments Might Have to Make Them.
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This International Privacy Day, Choosing Hope Over Despair
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CDT Supports Independent Researchers Speaking Truth to Power
CDT report, entitled "Rules of the Road: Political Advertising on Social Media in the 2024 U.S. Election." White document on a grey background.

Report — Rules of the Road: Political Advertising on Social Media in the 2024 U.S. Election
CDT brief, entitled "Defining Contextual Advertising." White document on a grey background.

Brief – Defining Contextual Advertising
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So Much for the “Privacy Sandbox”: Google Backtracks on Commitment to Deprecate Third-Party Cookies
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The European Data Protection Board’s Opinion on “Pay or Okay” Models – Surveillance-based Advertising is on Borrowed Time
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Online Advertising is Broken & We Need a Plan to Fix It: Introducing CDT’s Future of Online Advertising Project
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To Protect Elections, Protect Researchers

CDT Comments to NTIA on AI Accountability
CDT response to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights call for inputs on the relationship between human rights and technical standard-setting processes for new and emerging digital technologies. White document on a grey background.

On the relationship between human rights and technical standard-setting processes for new and emerging digital technologies