ACT | The App Association gives a voice to small technology companies. Our mission is to help members promote an environment that inspires and rewards innovation while providing resources to help them raise capital, create jobs, and continue creating incredible technology.
Our Policy Priorities
Our policy priorities reflect the opportunities and challenges today’s small business app developers and IoT innovators face in the app ecosystem such as access to broadband, workforce development, and economic growth. We also contribute our thought leadership to broader issues affecting our members and consumers like data privacy, digital healthcare, and accessibility.
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Age-Appropriate Design – A New Era for Children’s Privacy in California (and Likely Elsewhere Too)
Back in March, when we wrote about the State of Children’s Privacy, we flagged California’s AB-2273, the Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AADC) as a [...]
Digital Markets Act Explainer
With the recent publication of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the Official Journal of the European Union on 12 October 2022, you may [...]
Event Recap: See Yourself in Cyber
A Fireside Chat with Chris Sims, CEO of CAVU, and Nikos Kiourtis, Co-Head of Research and Development at Quokka This October, ACT | The [...]
Recap: The App Economy in Europe – Challenges and opportunities for digital health in Europe
On 12 October, ACT | The App Association brought together industry experts and policymakers to discuss digital health policy in the European Union (EU) [...]
Fall ’22 Member Priorities, Pt. 1: Broadband
Over the summer, Congress seriously considered some questionable bills that ACT |The App Association members opposed, prompting us to ask our members, “What should [...]
An Open Letter to Platforms Regarding Privacy Nutrition Labels
Privacy nutrition labels are among the most innovative and trendiest user-oriented privacy tools rolled out by digital platforms in recent years, with both Apple [...]
Opportunities and challenges for UK and EU businesses in the U.S. digital health sector
With the advent of new technologies, U.S. healthcare is changing and creating opportunities for digital health innovators. On 5 October 2022, ACT | [...]
ACT | The App Association Welcomes President Biden’s Executive Order to Implement the European Union-U.S. Data Privacy Framework
President Joe Biden unveiled an Executive Order On Enhancing Safeguards For United States Signals Intelligence Activities to create the legal instruments necessary to effectuate [...]
