No Warrant? No Cellphone.
Today the Supreme Court ruled in Riley v. California that law enforcement must get a warrant before accessing the data on your cellphone or smartphone. This unanimous decision by the [...]
ACT Statement for the Record on Expansion of First Sale Doctrine to Digital Content
Statement from ACT President, Jonathan Zuck to Congressman Howard Coble regarding the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet’s hearing on June 2, 2014, “First Sale Under Title 17." [pl_button type="info" link="http://actonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ACT-First-Sale-Hearing-Letter.pdf" [...]
Supreme Court Affirms Warrant Needed to Search Phone Data
ACT | The App Association executive director Morgan Reed issued the following statement in response to today’s Supreme Court ruling in Riley v. California requiring a warrant for law enforcement [...]
Secrets, secrets are no fun
Microsoft Executive Vice President and General Counsel Brad Smith (left) and Cameron Kerry discuss the future of global technology, privacy, and regulation at The Brookings Institution on June 24, [...]
Buyer Beware: Android Phones Now Ship with Malware
It was reported last week that certain Android phones manufactured in China are shipping with pre-installed malware. Worrisome enough are the risks associated with downloading apps from uncurated stores, but pre-loaded [...]
The Supreme Court’s Decision in Alice Makes Us Wonder
Yesterday, the Supreme Court announced their decision in Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, which invalidated the patents at issue. There's a "big picture" here, but there's some smaller, more intriguing parts of [...]