ACT's Jonathan Godfrey is moderating a panel today at the Austin tech convention, South by Southwest. Selected from thousands of applicants, the panel "Can Washington Make Your App Illegal" addresses widespread concern about potential future regulation of the app industry. Godfrey is joined by Mike Sax of Asigo and Ahmed [...]
ACT applauds the Administration's efforts to address consumer privacy and its inclusion of the mobile apps community in the multi-stakeholder process. We were particularly pleased to note that the words "internet" and "online" do not appear in the proposed enumerated Bill of Rights. We say this not because we think [...]
I appeared on NPR's Diane Rehm Show this morning to participate in an hourlong segment entitled, New Concerns Over Online Privacy. Our panel in the studio included Washington Post Tech Reporter Cecilia Kang and EPIC President Marc Rotenberg, and we were joined on the phone by Congressman Ed Markey, Co-Chair [...]
Today's survey by the FTC raised the same concerns that ACT has shared in our Congressional testimony on mobile app privacy. Many children's education app developers are unaware of existing privacy regulations and how they may be interpreted to prevent seemingly innocuous features. ACT has traveled across the country [...]
ACT member group Moms with Apps was profiled by the Wall Street Journal this afternoon for their work on kids education apps. The Journal also highlighted the tremendous organizational work by Lorraine Akemann who heads the group and works to keep her members informed about best practices. Lorraine [...]