Content, Privacy & Data Regulation
Protecting consumer privacy without inhibiting developers’ ability to innovate.
Shaping Effective Privacy Policy That Doesn’t Overstep
Consumer protection, specifically related to digital privacy and data regulation, continues to be a focus of policymakers worldwide. But we believe good intentions can have unexpected results. Unnecessarily burdensome standards for securing online communications and tracking confidentiality can have a horrendous impact on small businesses and software developers. We work with the tech industry and lawmakers to help them better understand this complex topic as they write new regulation.
The Latest on Privacy & Data Regulation
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Developers Require a Balanced Federal Privacy Law
Read more: Developers Require a Balanced Federal Privacy LawIt has been nearly 25 years since the Federal Trade Commission recommended Congress pass a national online data privacy law. Since then, 20 states have adopted varying online data privacy…
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Department of Justice Search Suit Jeopardizes the App Ecosystem
Read more: Department of Justice Search Suit Jeopardizes the App EcosystemIn 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging that the company’s payments to device manufacturers to make Google their default search engine violated antitrust…
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Developers Alliance files Amicus Brief to Argue that Algorithms are Protected by the First Amendment
Read more: Developers Alliance files Amicus Brief to Argue that Algorithms are Protected by the First AmendmentThe Developers Alliance, along with SIIA, filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court to aid the Justices in understanding that the algorithms and code developers create to perform…
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A Busy Regulatory End of the Year in Europe
Read more: A Busy Regulatory End of the Year in EuropeThe November & December 2023 European Policy Update Artificial Intelligence Act EU lawmakers have struck a deal on the AI Act after 36 hours of intense negotiations over three days….
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Developers Alliance Joins Global Coalition Backing WTO’s E-commerce Initiative
Read more: Developers Alliance Joins Global Coalition Backing WTO’s E-commerce InitiativeDevelopers Alliance has joined a multi-association coalition in support of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Joint Initiative on E-commerce (JSI) negotiations. The associations represent technology companies active across the world…
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Developers Share Small Biz Experiences and Champion App Store Model on Capitol Hill
Read more: Developers Share Small Biz Experiences and Champion App Store Model on Capitol HillAs Congress turns its attention away from leadership elections and back to policy discussions, a coalition of app developers and app advocates hosted a panel discussion on Capitol Hill to…
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Developers Alliance Joins Coalition Opposing U.S. Government’s Surprise Decision to Withdraw Its Support for Digital Trade Policies
Read more: Developers Alliance Joins Coalition Opposing U.S. Government’s Surprise Decision to Withdraw Its Support for Digital Trade PoliciesThe Developers Alliance joined fifteen other industry associations in a letter highlighting how the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) decision to withdraw its support for the World Trade Organization’s (WTO)…
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UK’s Online Safety Act Is Live, While the EU Sends the First Formal Warnings to Very Large Online Platforms
Read more: UK’s Online Safety Act Is Live, While the EU Sends the First Formal Warnings to Very Large Online PlatformsThe October 2023 European Policy Update Content regulation Source: Ofcom (https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2023/safer-life-online-for-people-in-uk) The Online Safety Act, the UK’s framework content law, has received Royal Assent and will be implemented by Ofcom…
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Rudderless House Must Correct Course to Support Devs and Grow the Economy
Read more: Rudderless House Must Correct Course to Support Devs and Grow the EconomyOctober 2023 US Policy Update House Chaos Hits Home for Devs In early October, a band of hardline conservative Republicans voted to oust Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from his role as…
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We have (non-European) ‘gatekeepers’ under EU’s DMA, and encryption is still under threat in both EU and UK
Read more: We have (non-European) ‘gatekeepers’ under EU’s DMA, and encryption is still under threat in both EU and UKThe September 2023 European Policy Update Artificial Intelligence The AI Act is closer to a final version as the legislative process enters the last mile. A large part of the…
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