Today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a tool for health app makers in coordination with Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In response, Morgan Reed, executive director of ACT | [...]
Earlier today, the Department of Justice announced that they were able to get into the San Bernardino attacker's iPhone without Apple’s help. The DOJ asked the judge in the case to vacate the original order demanding Apple help the FBI hack the phone. In response to today's news, Morgan Reed, [...]
Last week, ACT | The App Association hosted the Connected Health Demo, drawing nearly 200 senior Congressional and agency staff to the Rayburn House Office Building foyer. Leading connected health companies from around the globe flew in for the event. These included AirStrip, Avizia, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Cisco, GE Care [...]
Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission announced that Commissioner Julie Brill will resign next week to join Hogan Lovells as a partner and co-director of its privacy and cybersecurity practice. In response to this news, Morgan Reed, executive director of ACT | The App Association released the following statement: Commissioner Brill [...]
Today, the Department of Justice was set to pursue its case to force Apple to weaken the security protections on the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino attackers. But, hours before the scheduled hearing, the Department of Justice asked the court to vacate the hearing, saying it had found [...]