"With yesterday’s release of a judgment in a little-known case...it turns out that the Court may effectively have just done exactly that:" http://bit.ly/1ZkX6BE.

NEW: To help advance the conversations around zero rating in a manner that can be applied broadly, here's our new paper on the topic, “Zero Rating: A Framework for Assessing Benefits and Harms:" http://bit.ly/1TVD0N7.

"Effectively, it is the ambition of some governments to turn back the clock on the role of stakeholders in the management and the governance of the Internet:" http://bit.ly/1RcRSs3.

Disappointed by the unnecessarily rushed, secretive process lawmakers turned to in order to reconcile the three bills. We hope that, in their haste, lawmakers managed to include crucial privacy protective measures in their final conference report: http://bit.ly/1NeBnrM.

NEW PODCAST: Gautam and Brian highlight everything behind the simple truth: "more data, more questions." Rita discusses that murky line between professional conduct and personal capacity, in the context of the recent Backpage.com vs. "Sheriff" Dart case. LISTEN:

Are your ‪#‎CyberMonday‬ sales over yet? Don't forget, your money can also support the orgs you care about –– ‪#‎GivingTuesday‬: http://bit.ly/21s4QWk.

NEW PODCAST – LISTEN:

Thank you, to those who fight to let us keep on typing. #freespeech #openinternet #VeteransDay 

"Hopefully, with time and community involvement, the scorecards will show greater alignment between police departments’ body cam policies and the Civil Rights Principles on Body Worn Cameras:" ~ Harley, http://bit.ly/1NFxkXg.

"Naturally, the CJEU cannot strike down US laws, nor did it seek to do so. In the absence of reforms to Section 702, however, any new data transfer agreements between the EU and the US are very likely to be invalidated by the Court:" http://bit.ly/1P8rUDZ.

NEW PODCAST: Fellow Katie McInnis on advertising's newest phenomenon – cross-device tracking – discussing accuracy rates and... audio beacons. Plus, Nuala's immense experience w/ cross-border data flows translates the recent EU/US Safe Harbor Agreement.

"The European institutions have no authority on matters of national security, and the resolution has no legal effect. However, it is right for the Parliament to keep calling attention to the need to reform government surveillance – and the abject failure of European countries to do this:" http://bit.ly/20e7zlS.

"Ironically ‪#‎CISA‬ would increase the gap in data protection between Europeans and Americans in US law, rather than help close it:"‪ http://bit.ly/1jViznM ‎#cybersecurity‬ 

With a ‪‎CISA‬ vote ever closer, Greg explains the very modest additional pro-privacy changes to the Managers' Substitute, while delving into the key privacy and security concerns (that CDT identified) that remain unaddressed or insufficiently addressed:

NOW HIRING: As well as a Communications Intern for spring 2016, we're also looking for a Director of Development. Know anyone who might be interested? Please share! More details: http://bit.ly/cdtcareers.

"The Umbrella Agreement and the JRA can reasonably be described as limited, but not insignificant, improvements of the privacy rights of EU citizens. CDT has called for full extension of Privacy Act rights to non-US persons:" http://bit.ly/1Pj83Ci.

"In fact, CDT played a major role in crafting two of the models that are available this year, and this week the Uniform Law Commission has unveiled a new model that is both privacy protecting and administrable:" http://bit.ly/1NocXyv.