ACT | The App Association Applauds the United States and European Commission for Restoring Privacy Shield

On March 25, 2022, the United States and European Commission announced that they had reached an agreement on what is called the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (the Framework), which would create new legal protections for European Union personal data when it enters the United States. The agreement is the culmination [...]

By |2022-05-25T12:54:30-04:00May 18th, 2022|Privacy, Uncategorized|

How the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (S. 2992) Would Undermine App Stores

S. 2992 seeks to undo the current management structures of large, privately managed marketplaces, including software platforms (app store / operating system combinations). The provisions seek to limit actions large platforms take that would advantage their own offerings or disadvantage other offerings. The central provisions of S. 2992 require open [...]

By |2022-04-28T11:21:18-04:00April 27th, 2022|Blog, Privacy|

Privacy and Antitrust Part 2: What’s Really at Stake if Congress Prohibits App Store Management?

Antitrust reform advocates argue strenuously that consumers will not lose privacy or security benefits if Congress prohibits mobile software platforms from being able to remove malware and other bad actors from app stores. The bills they are pushing, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (S. 2992) and the Open [...]

By |2022-04-26T11:25:40-04:00April 27th, 2022|Blog, Privacy|

Antitrust and Privacy Part 1: The Market for Privacy on Mobile Platforms

It’s often said that privacy means different things to different people. But increasingly, policymakers, courts—and most importantly, consumers—are seeing privacy, in its shifting forms, as a tangible benefit with real value. For example, mobile software platforms (app store / operating system combinations) recently introduced additional controls for smartphone owners, enabling [...]

By |2022-04-26T10:12:50-04:00April 26th, 2022|Blog, Privacy|
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