Today the U.S. District Court issued a significant ruling that Google can be held liable for damages under the Wiretap Act because of its Wi-Spy program that collected usernames, passwords, whole emails, and other private data. The Wi-Spy program was a part of a Street View initiative in which Google [...]
ACT's Morgan Reed testified at the Senate Commerce Subcommittee hearing on mobile privacy on May 19. This event was covered by C-SPAN and has just been published. Here is Mr. Reed's opening statement. ACT's Morgan Reed Testifies before Senate Commerce Committee on Mobile Privacy from Association for Competitive Tech on [...]
ACT President Jonathan Zuck testified before Senator Al Franken's Judiciary Subcommittee on Mobile Apps Privacy. His opening statement is below. The full text of his submitted testimony is here. ACT President Jonathan Zuck Testifies Alongside Apple and Google at Senate Mobile Apps Hearing from Association for Competitive Tech on Vimeo..
Representing thousands of app developers, ACT applauds Apple's proposed steps to address concerns raised by the use of location data on mobile phones. The public outcry we are witnessing demonstrates that the technology industry must do more to make consumers confident in the security of their personal information. Apple has [...]
On Monday, the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation hosted a panel discussion that focused on several new online-piracy-related studies, including the recent MarkMonitor study of online counterfeiting and piracy, and an ambitious new study by the firm Envisional, commissioned by NBC/Universal, entitled An Estimate of Infringing Use of the Internet [...]