A curious thing happened last week. A staggering number of the 7,800 encrypted devices the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI or Bureau) has deemed inaccessible are accessible after all. It turns out the number of inaccessible devices is actually somewhere between 1,000 and 2,000 devices – a significant number, but [...]
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Supreme Court Justices will hear oral arguments in the ongoing United States v. Microsoft data privacy case. The case explores whether U.S. law enforcement can compel Microsoft, a U.S. company, to provide communications content stored on a server in Ireland. In our interconnected, cloud-enabled word, [...]
For more than a decade, Congress has tried to address the rampant occurrences of data breaches. Since the ChoicePoint breach in 2005, the House and Senate have introduced roughly 50 different pieces of legislation related to data security. None of them have been enacted into law. The reasons for this [...]
Yesterday, China introduced its new Cybersecurity Law, a long debated law that will impose tough regulations, introduce serious uncertainties, and possibly prevent market access for American companies conducting business in China. This law is particularly toxic for ACT | The App Association’s app developer and small business members seeking access [...]
ACT | The App Association has long been a leading voice in the fight to ensure that our members and other digital economy innovators are permitted to utilize strong technical encryption to protect consumers and their data. We strongly encourage policymakers around the globe to think carefully as they deliberate [...]