Understanding the CRA: An update

Earlier this summer, we outlined the ins and outs of Europe’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), including our four main concerns, particularly in relation to small and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs) like our member companies. Since then, both the European Parliament’s (EP) Committee on Industry, Research, and Energy (ITRE) and the EU Council, [...]

By |2024-09-06T13:23:27-04:00September 19th, 2023|App Economy, Blog, Cybersecurity, European Union, Policy, Trends, United Kingdom|

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 [...]

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 [...]

By |2025-08-05T17:29:17-04:00August 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|
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