The FTC deserves praise for listening to industry and advocacy concerns over its proposed amended rule on children's online privacy. Some of the specific points ACT raised in meetings with the Commission were included in its addended rule released on Wednesday. There is still room for improvement and clarity on [...]
Today the Future Privacy Forum published the results of its app privacy study. We are encouraged by FPF's findings which show the self-regulatory efforts of the app industry are producing measurable improvement in consumer privacy transparency. ACT has spoken with thousands of developers through boot camps, developer conferences and workshops. [...]
NTIA Administrator Larry Strickland gave a speech today before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in which he declared mobile apps to be the primary target for the administration's privacy bill of rights multistakeholder process. We are disappointed that the administration has singled out mobile apps in what it [...]
ACT today filed comments with the International Trade Commission on its consideration In the Matter of Gaming and Entertainment Consoles, Related Software, and Components Thereof Given the economic and public value of the app industry, ACT’s members believe that granting an exclusion order for “Standards Essential Patents” is against the [...]
The Association for Competitive Technology welcomed forty of our app developer members to Washington, DC to meet with the White House, Congress, and the Federal Trade Commission. Our message is simple. The pace of innovation that is taking place right now in the app economy is remarkable. Washington should avoid [...]
