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US court refuses to release Spanish company's URLs

...t agree". Since the EFF, along with co-amici Public Knowledge and Center for Democracy and Technology, submitted an amicus brief on the case, the... Read more

5 August, 2011

Telecoms business users call for net neutrality

...develop," Milner said. Alissa Cooper, the chief computer scientist for the US Center for Democracy and Technology, also spoke at the eForum. "The virtue of... Read more

28 September, 2010 by David Meyer

Anti-adware group starts naming-and-shaming campaign

...makers of adware in business, and advertisers should be more scrupulous, the Center for Democracy and Technology, a Washington-based public advocacy group, said on... Read more

21 March, 2006 by Joris Evers

Anti-spyware: Into the front lines

...the past few months, Ari Schwartz and the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Democracy and Technology have leapt into the front ranks of the... Read more

12 February, 2004 by John Borland

Support grows for Pentium III protest

The Center for Democracy and Technology and two other advocacy groups in the US... Read more

8 April, 1999 by ZDNet

Obama to appoint US cybersecurity co-ordinator

...issue to that level and we thank [Obama] for his leadership". The Center for Democracy and Technology said it "is evident that the report's... Read more

1 June, 2009 by Declan McCullagh

US red tape leaves Conficker on medical devices

...between the public and private sectors. Gregory Nojeim, senior counsel for the Center for Democracy and Technology, said DHS should naturally hold jurisdiction over cybersecurity... Read more

5 May, 2009 by Stephanie Condon

Experts: US has hazy grasp of cloud computing

...for research. Ari Schwartz, vice president and chief operating officer for the Center for Democracy and Technology, said there should be enough protections and privacy... Read more

15 September, 2008 by Stephanie Condon

Google Health beta test launched

...larger issues that pose problems, said Leslie Harris, chief executive of the Center for Democracy and Technology. "I think Google's privacy policies are good... Read more

20 May, 2008 by Stephen Shankland

Report praises search engines' privacy efforts

...group in a new report. An analysis released on Wednesday by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) concluded that it is good news for... Read more

9 August, 2007 by Anne Broache

Antitrust: Is Google the next Microsoft?

...said Microsoft was the new AT&T," said Ari Schwartz of the Center for Democracy and Technology, which has received money from Microsoft, AT&T... Read more

23 July, 2007 by Anne Broache and Declan McCullagh
Google tightens up search privacy

Google tightens up search privacy

Data-retention changes will make it harder to tie searches to individual computers, but privacy experts say more could be done Read more

15 March, 2007 by Elinor Mills

AOL axes staff over privacy breach

Three employees, including AOL's CTO, are leaving the Net giant after personal search data from thousands of members was released by mistake Read more

22 August, 2006 by Anne Broache and Elinor Mills

US Government renews domain-name contract

...such as domain-name registrar GoDaddy.com and the Washington DC-based Center for Democracy and Technology, charged at the recent hearing that the administrative... Read more

17 August, 2006 by Anne Broache

AOL sorry for search data 'screw-up'

...AOL is taking it seriously," said Ari Schwartz, deputy director of the Center for Democracy and Technology. "Companies that deal in search results have to... Read more

8 August, 2006 by Dawn Kawamoto and Elinor Mills

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