Today, ACT | The App Association/Morning Consult released polling indicating that Americans living in 10 states strongly support efforts to protect small app developers’ growth while maintaining a trusted digital marketplace with consistent security standards applied to both large and small businesses. Polling captured adults’ (18+) opinions on security standards, [...]
On March 25, 2022, the United States and European Commission announced that they had reached an agreement on what is called the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (the Framework), which would create new legal protections for European Union personal data when it enters the United States. The agreement is the culmination [...]
In the wake of the public comment period on proposed revisions to standard-essential patent policy, which revealed overwhelming support for the changes, the Biden administration should finalize the draft statement, says Brian Scarpelli at ACT | The App Association. Read the Law360 article here.
S. 2710 seeks to undo the current management structure for mobile app stores. The provisions track some of the complaints from the largest companies selling digital-only goods and services on the app stores, which have an ultimate purpose of forcing app stores to distribute their products for free. As a [...]
ACT | The App Association congratulates the Honorable Laurie Locascio on her recent confirmation as director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Under Director Locascio’s leadership, the App Association recommends NIST continue to prioritize standards, cybersecurity, privacy, artificial intelligence (AI), and other areas that will support U.S. [...]