Deirdre K. Mulligan

The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) is a 501(c)(3) organization that promotes democratic values by shaping technology policy and architecture, with a focus on the rights of the individual. The American company has announced the formation of the Task Force on Protecting Reproductive Health Information, a multistakeholder group of experts representing tech companies, academia, and civil rights and privacy organizations aimed at identifying ways to protect the privacy and access to information of people seeking reproductive health care. The organization has outlined best practices for companies that collect, retain, share, sell, and use data about people’s reproductive health to reduce the likelihood that the information they collect could be used in abortion-related prosecutions and civil lawsuits.