On 12 October, ACT | The App Association brought together industry experts and policymakers to discuss digital health policy in the European Union (EU) and in other parts of the world. The event opened with a keynote message by Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Deirdre Clune, who highlighted the [...]
Over the summer, Congress seriously considered some questionable bills that ACT |The App Association members opposed, prompting us to ask our members, “What should Congress be doing instead with the precious few legislative days remaining in 2022?” Just before members of the House and Senate reconvened for the remainder of [...]
Privacy nutrition labels are among the most innovative and trendiest user-oriented privacy tools rolled out by digital platforms in recent years, with both Apple and Google gradually integrating them into their app stores and many other players in the internet ecosystem following their lead. These labels (first conceptualized by Innovators [...]
President Joe Biden unveiled an Executive Order On Enhancing Safeguards For United States Signals Intelligence Activities to create the legal instruments necessary to effectuate the previously announced Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework with the European Commission. The framework essentially paves the path toward reinstating the transatlantic data sharing mechanism previously known [...]
Mobile app industry now represents 0.7 per cent of GDP and employs an estimated 1.4 million people Brussels, Belgium, 3 October, 2022 – A new report commissioned by ACT | The App Association and prepared by Deloitte Finance reveals the app economy contributed €210 billion in direct and indirect revenues [...]
