About ACT | The App Association

The App Association is a global trade association for small and medium-sized technology companies. Our members are entrepreneurs, innovators, and independent developers within the global app ecosystem that engage with verticals across every industry. We work with and for our members to promote a policy environment that rewards and inspires innovation while providing resources that help them raise capital, create jobs, and continue to build incredible technology.

ACT | The App Association Statement on State Visit to the United Kingdom and Signing of U.S.-UK Technology Prosperity Deal

  WASHINGTON – Today’s Technology Prosperity Deal between the United States and United Kingdom, with investment commitments from private corporations of £31 billion to develop UK AI, has the potential to supercharge transatlantic innovation partnerships for startups and small tech companies. ‘Our members and companies like them are the leading [...]

By |2025-09-18T19:11:33-04:00September 18th, 2025|Statement, United Kingdom|

Introduction of DMA-Style Brazilian Online Platform Legislation Will Stifle Growth of Digital Economy

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – ACT | The App Association is discouraged by today’s announcement from Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of proposed legislation to regulate the digital economy, similar to the approach taken in the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). The DMA so far has produced no [...]

By |2025-09-18T13:09:21-04:00September 18th, 2025|Competition, Global, Statement|

ACT | The App Association Raises Red Flags From Small Businesses on New Jersey’s Data Privacy Act Implementation

  The legislation aims to provide New Jersey residents with ‘more control over their personal data’, but provisions contain unnecessarily far-reaching and unusually restrictive mandates on innovative small businesses in the Garden State.  Washington, DC (9/11/25) - The App Association shared comments with the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs [...]

By |2025-09-11T13:38:15-04:00September 11th, 2025|Press Release, Privacy|

ACT | The App Association Welcomes President Von der Leyen’s Focus on Startups and Scaleups

  BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – ACT | The App Association welcomes European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s emphasis on startups and competitiveness in her 2025 State of the Union speech. Her recognition of the role of Europe’s innovators sends an important signal at a critical moment for the EU’s digital [...]

By |2025-09-10T10:10:31-04:00September 10th, 2025|European Union, News, Statement|
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