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 Alliance Joins Broad Coalition Calling On Senate to Reject STOP CSAM Act
Read more: Developers Alliance Joins Broad Coalition Calling On Senate to Reject STOP CSAM ActThe Developers Alliance joined dozens of other industry associations, civil rights groups, and groups representing LGBT+ individuals and journalists in a letter identifying how the Senate’s STOP CSAM Act (S. 1199) will create more problems than it will solve, harming developers and internet users. Washington, D.C., September 29, 2023 – The Developers Alliance has released…
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Fall 2023: Regulating Tech
Read more: Fall 2023: Regulating TechDeveloper issues are going to be widely debated behind the scenes even as politics takes center stage If you live inside the Brussels or DC bubble, you already know that regulating tech is the newest big thing. AI regulation in the US, EU, and now globally through the G20. Age verification and user identification everywhere.…
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Developers Alliance Joins Industry Call on the CSA Regulation
Read more: Developers Alliance Joins Industry Call on the CSA RegulationDevelopers Alliance joined 12 other tech industry associations in calling the EU lawmakers to safeguard encryption and limit detection orders in the proposal for an EU Regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse (CSA Regulation). The joint statement points out 2 key issues that the EU co-legislators still need to address:…
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Developer’s Alliance Addresses Global Data Privacy and AI Regulation at Chennai (India) Conference
Read more: Developer’s Alliance Addresses Global Data Privacy and AI Regulation at Chennai (India) ConferenceThe Faculty of Law, Dr. MGR ERI, Chennai, India organized a two-day National Conference on ‘Data Protection and Security in Digital Governance – Legal Issues and Challenges’ on July 26-27, 2023. The conference brought together experts, legal luminaries, academicians, technocrats, legal professionals, scholars, and students to discuss multidisciplinary issues, including evolving technologies like AI and…
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The new Data Privacy Framework for transatlantic data flows is now available – a court challenge is pending
Read more: The new Data Privacy Framework for transatlantic data flows is now available – a court challenge is pendingThe June and July 2023 European Policy Update Data Protection & Privacy The European Commission has adopted the new adequacy decision for the EU-U.S data flows. The companies participating in the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) will be able to transfer personal data from the EU without additional data protection safeguards. The DPF is administered and…
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Developers Alliance Deeply Engaged with U.S. Policymakers and Agencies. Will They Listen?
Read more: Developers Alliance Deeply Engaged with U.S. Policymakers and Agencies. Will They Listen?June/July 2023 US Policy Update Beltway Voices: A Conversation with Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA) Few members of Congress understand innovation and American competitiveness better than Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA). First elected to Congress in 1992, Representative Eshoo represents a large swath of Silicon Valley. Her work in Congress has focused on internet deployment, privacy, cybersecurity…
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Beltway Voices: A Conversation with Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA)
Read more: Beltway Voices: A Conversation with Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA)Few members of Congress understand innovation and American competitiveness better than Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA). First elected to Congress in 1992, Representative Eshoo represents a large swath of Silicon Valley. Her work in Congress has focused on internet deployment, privacy, cybersecurity for small businesses, digital equity, and STEM education among many other areas. She has…
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Competition Bill Introduced (Again) in the Senate; Will (Still) Harm Consumers and Devs
Read more: Competition Bill Introduced (Again) in the Senate; Will (Still) Harm Consumers and DevsA shrinking handful of Senators reintroduced the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) again this Congress. Opposition to the bill remains strong, and that’s a good thing. Five fewer Senators cosponsored the legislation upon introduction this time around, and there doesn’t appear to be a legitimate path forward for similar legislation in the House.…
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Developers Alliance Joins Tech Associations in Calling for a Legal Basis for Voluntary Measures to Combat Child Sexual Abuse Online
Read more: Developers Alliance Joins Tech Associations in Calling for a Legal Basis for Voluntary Measures to Combat Child Sexual Abuse OnlineDevelopers Alliance has joined a coalition of technology industry associations calling on policymakers to ensure that the Regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse provides a robust legal basis for risk mitigation measures, including voluntary efforts. The signatories recommend the following: The joint industry statement reflects the unified commitment of several associations with a diverse…
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On Its Fifth Anniversary, GDPR Proves (Again) to Be a Road Block for Data Flows
Read more: On Its Fifth Anniversary, GDPR Proves (Again) to Be a Road Block for Data FlowsMay 2023 European Policy Update Data Protection & Privacy TLDR: Data Protection Authorities are issuing millions of dollars in fines against companies exporting personal data from Europe. At this time, the Alliance opinion is that there is no mechanism to avoid fines that doesn’t include processing all data inside the EU. Meta received a record…
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