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 [...]
The Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision today in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association struck down a California law that prohibited, in part, the sale of certain video games to minors. One of the most important aspects of this decision was the court’s recognition of media equality; electronic media receive the same [...]
ACT rejects the proposal by Cellular Telephone and Internet Association to rate smartphone apps and act as the apps regulator. Software developers have expressed loud and clear that they do not want an association with competing interests to regulate the applications ecosystem. Recently, government officials and trade associations have been [...]
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 [...]
Today, Senators Reid, Schumer, Lautenberg and Udall released a letter they sent to mobile applications stores asking them to block distribution of traffic software apps like Trapster and PhantomALERT because user-generated input can warn drivers about drunk driving checkpoints. While I applaud the Senators for seeking to curb drunk driving, [...]