Lost in the Consumer Protection Forest: The Case for Cracking One Nut at a Time

ACT | The App Association has been calling for “The Year of Privacy” since at least 2017, with the hopes that lawmakers in the United States would pass a national privacy law to protect people of all ages who use technology. Despite the fact that we have yet to see [...]

Understanding the UK’s Online Safety Bill

In an attempt to crack down on illegal content and minimise the likelihood that users will encounter harmful or age-inappropriate online posts, the UK Parliament drafted a piece of legislation called the Online Safety Bill (OSB). Unfortunately, what once started as a bill to protect people from violent or dangerous [...]

By |2023-08-04T11:15:04-04:00August 4th, 2023|App Economy, Blog, Cybersecurity, Encryption, In the news, United Kingdom|

Ecodesigning a Better Future: Part Two

Earlier this summer, the European Parliament (EP) voted to roll back some concerning amendments that had been included in the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (AKA the New EcodesignRegulation). On 12 July, the European Parliament voted on its final position of the regulation, and while the removal of the amendments [...]

By |2024-09-06T13:23:37-04:00July 31st, 2023|Blog, European Union, Manufacturing, Sustainability, United Kingdom|

Bridging the Atlantic: A Small Business Guide to Self-Certify under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission implemented an adequacy decision regarding the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), which is a self-certification program that seeks to ease the transfers of personal data from the EU to the United States and allow companies to streamline their compliance with EU data flow [...]

By |2024-09-06T13:23:45-04:00July 21st, 2023|App Economy, Blog, European Union, Policy, Privacy, United Kingdom|

Standard Essential-Patents (SEPs) in the UK

Summary The current SEP licensing landscape furthers the interests of a few large international SEP holders, while creating disproportionate barriers to the innovation ambitions of small businesses in the United Kingdom (UK).  New survey data and UK High Court findings have demonstrated the urgent need for action to protect the [...]

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