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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Senate Panel Holds Content Moderation Hearing, Alliance Weighs In
Read more: Senate Panel Holds Content Moderation Hearing, Alliance Weighs InYou could argue that some of the most important words in society today are found in a relatively obscure law crafted in 1996. That was the year Congress passed the Communications Decency Act (you’ll be forgiven if you were otherwise consumed with the Macarena, cloning, or Michael Johnson). The Communications Decency Act included what are…
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The DSA marks its first deadline, while the DMA gets into technical discussions
Read more: The DSA marks its first deadline, while the DMA gets into technical discussionsThe European February 2023 Policy Update Competition in Digital Markets The European Commission has sent an updated Statement of objections to Apple on concerns over App Store rules for music streaming providers. Initially, the Commission took issue with Apple’s rules on imposing music streaming app developers to use its in-app purchase payment technology (‘IAP obligation’),…
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Tech on Front Burner As Congress and Courts Tackle Multiple Issues
Read more: Tech on Front Burner As Congress and Courts Tackle Multiple IssuesFebruary 2023 US Policy Update The U.S. Supreme Court has a decision to make. Will they override We the People? The legal plumbing at the heart of all this is section 230 of the mostly-defunct Communications Decency Act – the “26 words that created the internet.” Passed into law in the mid 1990’s, section 230…
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Stop Terrorism: Erase the Internet?
Read more: Stop Terrorism: Erase the Internet?The U.S. Supreme Court has a decision to make. Will they override We The People? What, exactly, do Supreme Court Justices know about the internet? Its origins, how it works, and how it’s managed? I’m sure they know more than the framers of the constitution, whom they’re about to consult, but perhaps not a lot…
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While U.S. Dithers, EU Pushes Ahead on Privacy and Data Protection
Read more: While U.S. Dithers, EU Pushes Ahead on Privacy and Data ProtectionThe EU & UK December 2022 & January 2023 Policy Update Data protection and privacy The European Commission has launched the adoption process of an adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. The decision recognizes the measures put in place by the US to address the concerns raised by the Court of Justice of…
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Alliance Weighs In on Critical Internet Liability Cases Before SCOTUS
Read more: Alliance Weighs In on Critical Internet Liability Cases Before SCOTUSJanuary 2023 US Policy Update Developers Alliances Submits Brief in SCOTUS Internet Liability Case On January 19, the Developers Alliance submitted an amicus brief in the case of Gonzalez v. Google LLC which will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court this year. The case hinges on the high court’s interpretation of Section 230 of…
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Data Privacy Week a Time to Urge Congress to Do More
Read more: Data Privacy Week a Time to Urge Congress to Do MoreThis week, developers and firms around the world are working to raise data security awareness as part of Data Privacy Week. Data Privacy Week was created in 2008 by the National Cybersecurity Alliance to help consumers better understand their power to control their own data, as well as helping firms understand why it’s important to…
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Developers Alliance Joins Industry Coalition Asking for Legislative Clarity in EU Data Act Text
Read more: Developers Alliance Joins Industry Coalition Asking for Legislative Clarity in EU Data Act TextBrussels, EU, January 18, 2023 – Developers Alliance joined 12 other associations in a joint industry statement, urging the EU lawmakers to prioritize legal clarity and certainty over speed in the legislative process on the Data Act. Key Facts The Data Act proposal is an important part of the EU strategy to boost the data economy and will have…
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Regulators’ scrutiny on different fronts, business as usual for the European digital economy
Read more: Regulators’ scrutiny on different fronts, business as usual for the European digital economyThe EU&UK November 2022 Policy Update Data protection & privacy Developers Alliance has joined the call of a broad transatlantic coalition of 41 business associations for EU policymakers to swiftly conclude the EU adequacy decision process so businesses can confidently rely on the new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. The coalition, representing companies of all sizes…
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EU’s digital rules are starting to become a reality and Meta is forced to sell Giphy by an UK antitrust order
Read more: EU’s digital rules are starting to become a reality and Meta is forced to sell Giphy by an UK antitrust orderThe October 2022 EU & UK Policy Update The DSA and the DMA have been entered into the EU’s rulebook The two landmark regulations, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA) were published in the Official Journal of the EU – the final step before they take effect. The DMA will…
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