Today's survey by the FTC raised the same concerns that ACT has shared in our Congressional testimony on mobile app privacy. Many children's education app developers are unaware of existing privacy regulations and how they may be interpreted to prevent seemingly innocuous features. ACT has traveled across the country [...]
ACT is pleased that Apple has taken the appropriate steps to ensure that users have full control over their contact lists and address book. What is most important to app developers is the customers' confidence that the apps they use won't mislead them or abuse their trust. We depend on [...]
Our friends at TechNet and Rey Ramsey have published some interesting findings on the app economy. In a newly released study, TechNet found that the app marketplace has created 466,000 new jobs. TechNet came by this figure through a comprehensive analysis of want ads for app developers combined with a [...]
I spend my (work) life talking about mobile devices and mobile app developers. I have been pitched on more great app ideas than I can count, and nearly every week been blown away by ideas I never could have conceived. As part of this give and take with the [...]
Today ACT submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) which is seeking guidance as it rewrites regulations affecting mobile app developers. Specifically, the FTC is updating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), enacted in 1998 to protect children online. With its draft revision under consideration, the FTC is [...]