Our Work
Founded in 2014, the Center on Privacy & Technology is a leader at the intersection of privacy, surveillance, and civil rights.
Latest Work
Privacy Center signs on to letter opposing HR 1 AI proposal
The Privacy Center signed on to a letter opposing the proposal in H.R. 1 that includes a 10-year ban on the enforcement of state and local law related to artificial intelligence (AI) The letter was drafted by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. The letter was signed by 59 civil rights and civil society organizations. The moratorium advocacy worked– the provision was removed from the final bill.
Privacy Center signs on to letter opposing the “big beautiful bill”
The Privacy Center joined a diverse coalition of organizations in signing on to a letter opposing the proposal in House Republicans "big beautiful bill" (funding package) that would bar state enforcement of regulation pertaining to AI or automated decisionmaking tools for a decade. The letter was drafted by Demand Progress. Other signatories included Cornell University, Public Citizen, the Innocence Project, Southern Poverty Law Center, worker organizing groups from Alphabet and Amazon, and many more. The moratorium advocacy worked--the provision was removed from the final bill.
Privacy Center filed an amicus brief with the Harvard Cyberlaw Clinic
The Center on Privacy & Technology filed an amicus brief with the Harvard Cyberlaw Clinic in Commonwealth v. Rodriguez (SJC-13727). The brief supports the defendant-appellee’s objection to the use of racially-targeted police investigatory techniques on social media platforms.
Privacy Center jointly submitted report to the UN Human Rights Council
The Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law and seven other organizations jointly submitted a report to the UN Human Rights Council, “Entrenching Authoritarianism: Expanding the Terrorism Framework and the Infrastructure of Surveillance to Repress Expression and Stifle Dissent.” The report shows the surveillance system available to the Trump administration and its use to repress freedom of expression. Truthout covered the release in this piece, “Rights Groups Detail “Authoritarian” Reality of US Surveillance in Report to UN.”
Guest lecture at Howard University School of Law
Senior Associate Clarence Okoh guest lectured at Howard University School of Law for the "Contemporary Issues in AI and Civil Rights" seminar course. He spoke on "AI, Civil Rights and School Discipline."