Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission announced that Commissioner Julie Brill will resign next week to join Hogan Lovells as a partner and co-director of its privacy and cybersecurity practice. In response to this news, Morgan Reed, executive director of ACT | The App Association released the following statement: Commissioner Brill [...]
Today, the Department of Justice was set to pursue its case to force Apple to weaken the security protections on the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino attackers. But, hours before the scheduled hearing, the Department of Justice asked the court to vacate the hearing, saying it had found [...]
“We are happy to announce that Chelsea Thomas and David Maloney are joining the growing team at ACT | The App Association,” said executive director Morgan Reed. Chelsea Thomas, most recently of Apple’s government affairs team and former international trade advisor for the Senate Finance Committee, joins the organization as [...]
Today, New York Magistrate Judge James Orenstein said in a ruling that the United States government couldn’t use the All Writs Act to force Apple to hack into an iPhone that was seized in connection with a drug case. This is the same law that the Department of Justice has cited in [...]
Over the past two weeks, we've seen the FBI's battle with Apple capture headlines and become an important topic in public discourse. Below is a brief FAQ to keep you up to speed on the latest developments and the serious issues at hand. To begin: what is encryption? Encryption is [...]