Matthew Scherer

Center for Democracy & Technology

Senior Policy Counsel, Workers' Rights and Technology

Matt Scherer is Senior Policy Counsel for Workers’ Rights and Technology at the Center for Democracy & Technology. He studies how emerging technologies affect workers in the workplace and labor market, including the impacts of emerging digital surveillance and management technologies on workers' privacy, health, dignity, and autonomy. He works with CDT's Privacy & Data Project to advocate for both governments and private organizations to adopt policies that protect workers’ digital rights and ensure that new technologies enhance social justice and equality.

 

Contributions by Matthew Scherer

  • States Forging Ahead: Trends and Emerging Frameworks in State AI Legislation
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2025
  • I Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watching Me — Emerging Issues in Workplace Privacy
    Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2024