(Washington, DC—6/23/2023) Today, ACT | The App Association submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on the highly-contested Negative Option Rule.The letter stated: “We write to share our views about the role of subscriptions in the digital economy, and to express our concerns with aspects of the FTC’s proposed [...]
Members of ACT | the App Association have been advocating for a national privacy framework for years, and as the national conversation around health data evolves, that framework becomes more important than ever. The App Association represents an ecosystem valued at approximately $1.8 trillion—which supports 6 million American jobs. All [...]
Today, Morgan Reed, president of ACT| The App Association, testified in front of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce on the privacy risks and benefits of activities related to the collection and processing of consumer data adjacent to the sector-specific federal privacy frameworks. [...]
The App Association welcomes the European Commission’s efforts to improve transparency in the system for licensing standard-essential patents (SEPs) and for its recognition of the central role small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups play in the innovation process and the development of the European economy. A SEP licensing ecosystem [...]