Global ACTivists for Change: An Open Letter to Leaders Around the World

The global members of ACT | The App Association are innovative small businesses and enterprises changing the way we live, work, and play through apps and connected technology. Our members are leading the next generation of trailblazers working to solve problems and fill gaps across the app economy—from artificial intelligence [...]

Webinar Debut – Encryption and Equity: A Global Call for Consumer Protection

With the risk of privacy breaches increasing daily, researchers continue to find that the dangers of such compromises disproportionately burden disenfranchised communities. In order to protect the most at-risk populations, lawmakers around the globe must tackle consumer protection issues one by one, especially the widespread efforts directed at privacy, content [...]

World Encryption Day Meets Cybersecurity Awareness Month: A Match Made for Inclusive Digital Safety

Our digital world continues to evolve at breakneck speed, making the importance of safeguarding our online information paramount. With the risk of privacy breaches increasing daily, researchers continue to find that the dangers of such compromises disproportionately burden disenfranchised communities, particularly Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), and LGBTQIA+ populations. [...]

By |2023-10-20T09:32:47-04:00October 20th, 2023|Amplify, App Economy, Blog, Cybersecurity, Encryption, Policy, Trends|

Lost in the Consumer Protection Forest: The Case for Cracking One Nut at a Time

ACT | The App Association has been calling for “The Year of Privacy” since at least 2017, with the hopes that lawmakers in the United States would pass a national privacy law to protect people of all ages who use technology. Despite the fact that we have yet to see [...]

Understanding the UK’s Online Safety Bill

In an attempt to crack down on illegal content and minimise the likelihood that users will encounter harmful or age-inappropriate online posts, the UK Parliament drafted a piece of legislation called the Online Safety Bill (OSB). Unfortunately, what once started as a bill to protect people from violent or dangerous [...]

By |2023-08-04T11:15:04-04:00August 4th, 2023|App Economy, Blog, Cybersecurity, Encryption, In the news, United Kingdom|
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