"The FTC believes the world would be a better place if we spent $250 million more on lawyers and $250 million less on developing educational apps and content for kids."
The Association for Competitive Technology is launching a new developer resource, the ACT App Trust Project. This is a community-led effort to create new solutions and best practices for building trust with your customers. We’re looking for developers, designers, UI experts, and even some policy and legal types to join [...]
In the discussions at Wednesday’s NTIA multistakeholder meeting, considerable time was spent hearing alternatives to the process outlined by the agency. There were a small number of participants who participated reluctantly, feeling they lacked sufficient technical understanding of the app marketplace to provide a valuable contribution. As the trade association [...]
The Association for Competitive Technology and the Family Online Safety Institute will host a panel discussion today to brief lawmakers, staff, and interested parties about the FTC's amended proposed changes to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). On August 1, the FTC released a supplementary notice of proposed rulemaking, [...]
The FTC deserves praise for listening to industry and advocacy concerns over its proposed amended rule on children's online privacy. Some of the specific points ACT raised in meetings with the Commission were included in its addended rule released on Wednesday. There is still room for improvement and clarity on [...]